Cpu bottleneck.

[Powtmow]

I want to know if my CPU is bottlecking my GPU.

 

CPU:

Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor
(8M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI)

GPU:

GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Thank

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Yes you would probably want to get a I5 or perhaps wait for skylake and then upgrade.

[Cazzer505]

Not sure, I think a second gen i7 shouldn't... not sure about first

[GrimNeo]

I want to know if my CPU is bottlecking my GPU.

 

CPU:

Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor

(8M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI)

GPU:

GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Thank

What resolution is your monitor?

[minibois]

I want to know if my CPU is bottlecking my GPU.

 

CPU:

Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor

(8M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI)

GPU:

GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Thank

Maybe a bit, depending on the game.

You can monitor GPU usage (in %) with the help of MSI Afterburner

[veimiK]

It is.

I had an overclocked i5 750 to 3.6GHz and bottlenecked the 780 like crazy.

[dankarlo]

Yes

 

[Powtmow]

My resolution is 1980x1080p.

[SunshineSC]

Every CPU bottleneck most of the good GPU, it depends of the app/game.

For exemple, we see an improvement in every new cpu generation in arma 2.

 

In normal solo games like tomb raider you are not.

[Powtmow]

Okay so can you recommend me a good cpu that won't bottleneck please?

 

Intel Core i5-4690k ?

[typographie]

I want to know if my CPU is bottlecking my GPU.

What framerate are you trying to run your games?

Do you have any games that you feel run poorer than they should? If so, open up CPU/GPU monitoring utilities (MSI Afterburner does both) and check to see if your CPU utilization is at or near 100% on one or all of your cores while GPU utilization is lower. If CPU utilization is at 100% while GPU utilization is significantly less (and you're still at sub-60 FPS), there's a CPU bottleneck.

My prediction is that is that your i7-920 is still more than sufficient to let you reach a 60 FPS cap in the overwhelmingly majority of games out there. If you uncap the framerate and let it go into the 80+ range, you're going to see a bottleneck eventually.

[manikyath]

i'd like to mention that "bottleneck" isnt as easy as "yes" or "no", because some games require more cpu power than others, then theres multicore support, and some other voodoo.

 

while your cpu CERTAINLY isnt a bad pick, you might want to consider upgrading it.

now or later, that'll depend on how much it bothers you, and how the future is looking. (and the money situation as well)

 

a quick way to test, is to grab your GPU usage meter of choice, and just run one of your favourite games (vsync off!)

 

does the GPU go past 90% usage? you're all good.

does the GPU max out at 80% or lower? might need a cpu upgrade.

 

(PS, checking CPU usage during gaming aint a bad idea here, thanks @typographie for reminding my sleepy brain of that.)

[Taswell]

pretty much anything above a second gen i7 should work 

[Powtmow]

What framerate are you trying to run your games?

Do you have any games that you feel run poorer than they should? If so, open up CPU/GPU monitoring utilities (MSI Afterburner does both) and check to see if your CPU utilization is at or near 100% on one or all of your cores while GPU utilization is lower. If CPU utilization is at 100% while GPU utilization is significantly less (and you're still at sub-60 FPS), there's a CPU bottleneck.

My prediction is that is that your i7-920 is still more than sufficient to let you reach a 60 FPS cap in the overwhelmingly majority of games out there. If you uncap the framerate and let it go into the 80+ range, you're going to see a bottleneck eventually.

 

 60 FPS

[typographie]

 60 FPS

 

And are you hitting/maintaining that in the games you play? Do you notice any framerate problems that you don't expect to have?

[Powtmow]

And are you hitting/maintaining that in the games you play? Do you notice any framerate problems that you don't expect to have?

Im hitting it but in some game like FarCry 4 there is some time that im not maintaining it. Even Verdun for example .

[Powtmow]

And are you hitting/maintaining that in the games you play? Do you notice any framerate problems that you don't expect to have?

But thanks for the help i think my problem is solved:)

[Suika]

It's very likely that you'll be suffering bottlenecks in more CPU intensive games.

[typographie]

Im hitting it but in some game like FarCry 4 there is some time that im not maintaining it. Even Verdun for example .

 

I'm using an i5 from basically the same generation (i5-750) and I'm starting to consider an upgrade as well. Intel's Skylake CPUs should be coming in the next few months, so as I'm still mostly happy with how my i5-750 performs I'm trying to hold out for that.

 

If you'd rather get something now, I'd recommend the i5-4690K with a Z97 motherboard if you intend to overclock. You could instead get an i5-4460 with a cheaper motherboard if you don't want to overclock.