How does a weak CPU hold back a powerful GPU?

[msm202]

Just interested!

[Gamerguy207]

Not feeding the gpu fast enough with frames to process so the gpu cant process as effectively 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, msm202 said:

Just interested!

Let the all mighty answer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9XuCz1FQEU

[msm202]

18 minutes ago, Gamerguy207 said:

Not feeding the gpu fast enough with frames to process so the gpu cant process as effectively 

So My Really Old fx 8350 is probably bottlenecking my GTX 1070?

[Gamerguy207]

12 minutes ago, msm202 said:

So My Really Old fx 8350 is probably bottlenecking my GTX 1070?

Prob u could see bench mark videos and compare the fps to games u play

[System Error Message]

this only mattered for openGL when it comes for pushing frames. Otherwise the CPU should not take part in any graphics related task or calculations, if it is you are doing it wrong as a coder.

 

All the CPU should be doing is process physics (like collisions), and just update the GPU. Textures, 3D and so on should be handled only by the GPU and not the CPU. All the CPU does is load the data to the GPU and tell it to draw and check for collisions