Bottleneck on GPU?

[briankarabin]

I am currently running a brand new GTX 970 Reference card at stock clock speed alongside an Intel Core i3-4150 with 8 gigs of DDR3

 

Thermals seem to be fine in my mATX case

 

I am getting an average of 30-35 FPS on even older games like Call of Duty: Black Ops and World at War

 

Is the CPU that much of a bottleneck for the 970? I plan on getting a new one but wanted to hear what you guys had to say

 

Thanks

[Max Dyba]

There is no bottlenecking there. Might be drivers or something with those frames.

 

EDIT: Your i3 May reach its limits before the 970 but still no bottleneck. You should upgrade to an i5 for a more balanced system in my opinion.

[Random_person77]

You can try testing games that are more heavy on the GPU,maybe BF4 or something like that.

Then monitor the GPU usage on a software like MSI afterburner while playing the game.

If the usage of the GPU isn't that constant (spikes maybe between 10 - 70%) then it probably is being bottlenecked by the i3.

 

If your still uncertain or unsure you can check out this video: 

[briankarabin]

You can try testing games that are more heavy on the GPU,maybe BF4 or something like that.

Then monitor the GPU usage on a software like MSI afterburner while playing the game.

If the usage of the GPU isn't that constant (spikes maybe between 10 - 70%) then it probably is being bottlenecked by the i3.

 

If your still uncertain or unsure you can check out this video: 

I ran a test on Black Ops 1 and the GPU stayed at a measly 37% usage, but oddly enough it showed the VRAM usage topping out

I assume it's just drivers for a game like this that's poorly optimized

[LabRat]

should be cranking out more frames. more information about your set up ( include PS ) and resolution. 

[NelizMastr]

Who plays black ops 1 anymore anyway? Barely any servers. Plus, the game was really badly optimised on PC. Run Crysis 3 or Far Cry 3/4 or something along those lines.

[briankarabin]

should be cranking out more frames. more information about your set up ( include PS ) and resolution. 

CX500M, 120 GB Kingston SSD, 2 x 1TB WD Blue HDD, and a Dell monitor at 1680x1050

[LabRat]

what was the old card? did you uninstall the drivers for it before you shut down and removed it? or was it another nvidia card and you thought it would be okay to just swap cards? try to uninstall and reinstall drivers.

the PS might be on the edge of being "good enough.

 

I can remember playing W@W on lesser hardware and getting better results.

[ZakGray]

check it isnt an issue with the processor or gpu overheating and downclocking itself