Will my CPU bottleneck a 7970.

[mottledleek]

Hi, i have a Phenom II X6 1055T OCd to 3.5ghz. Currently using a GTX460.

Planning to upgrade to a 7970. Will my cpu bottleneck a 7970?

[Wats]

If you're playing Happy Wheels or Minecraft then yes.

No your 1055T will not a become detrimental to your gaming. You can use a 7970, but you might want to lower your sights and get a 7870. Put some of that saved money into your CPU upgrade jar.

All up to you.

[SnypeUXD]

I'm with Wats, your CPU will most likely start to bottleneck the 7970 in higher end games, I would just either wait until you have you have enough to do a full upgrade or just get a GPU more within your sights. The 460 is still a decently fast card and I'm sure it could tide you over until you fully upgrade your system.

[Art Vandelay]

You might lose 10-20 FPS at the absolute most stressful parts of Metro 2033, but you will see a much better improvement from upgrading your graphics card than your CPU. Don't worry about the CPU; it'll be fine for a few more years.

[mottledleek]

Thanks for answering guys.

I have upgraded to a 7970 and the fps increase are very noticeable. I do agree with art vandelay, my FPS are 10-25 fps short of the fastest CPU (3770k) with the games that i play.

With the GTX460, when i max GTA 4 it struggles to spit out 18-22fps. Now it has climbed to 49-61 fps. A huge and very very notice able improvement.

Along with Crysis 3, the GTX460 can run it at medium-low settings with no AA and barely keeping it at 30-33 fps. Now its holding up to 40-50 fps all maxed out.

[Humbug]

Click link to see the difference between your CPU and a top of the line FX-8350. It would be a sizeable upgrade. But having said that if you are not noticing a CPU bottleneck then don't bother, just wait for steamroller.

[mr-nipples]

The best way to tell if your cpu is bottlenecking is simple, lower graphics settings on your game of preference, if the framerate doesnt increase, your cpu is bottlenecking :)

[GamerDude]

The best way to tell if your cpu is bottlenecking is simple' date=' lower graphics settings on your game of preference, if the framerate doesnt increase, your cpu is bottlenecking :)[/quote']

Yes, that would do it.....but most of us game @1080P/1200P where framerate sort of even out between higher end CPU's and OP's since at higher res, some level of GPU bottlenecking or stress occurs. Sure, higher end CPU's would still net higher framerate, but as long as the 1055T can manage playable framerate, OP should not bother with a CPU upgrade till his CPU actually struggles maintaining playable framerates in games.