what does bottlenoecking mean?

[Vincent123]

 I am just confused by this saying.

[Vincent123]

bottlenecking

[Lurick]

It means that one thing is holding back the others.

If a CPU can't give instructions to your GPU fast enough then you have a CPU bottleneck.

If your GPU can't process instructions fast enough from the CPU then it's a GPU bottleneck.

If your storage can't access something fast enough for the other parts in the system then it's a storage bottleneck.

And.... you get the idea  

[Vincent123]

What would cause this

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

It means that one thing is holding back the others.

If a CPU can't give instructions to your GPU fast enough then you have a CPU bottleneck.

If your GPU can't process instructions fast enough from the CPU then it's a GPU bottleneck.

If your storage can't access something fast enough for the other parts in the system then it's a storage bottleneck.

And.... you get the idea  

what would cause this?

[Lurick]

3 minutes ago, Vincent123 said:

What would cause this

what would cause this?

An inability to keep up with what's being asked of a device.

 

Think of it like a road, you can send X number of cars down the road without issue. Now let's say you double the number of cars, there's going to be slowdowns and issues.

[Vincent123]

Just now, Lurick said:

An inability to keep up with what's being asked of a device.

 

Think of it like a road, you can send X number of cars down the road without issue. Now let's say you double the number of cars, there's going to be slowdowns and issues.

How would you fix a situation like this?

 

[Lurick]

Just now, Vincent123 said:

How would you fix a situation like this?

 

You upgrade the component that's holding other parts back.

There will ALWAYS be a bottleneck in a system but what matters is how sever that bottleneck is and that can vary widely and will determine if you should upgrade anything.

[Vincent123]

Just now, Lurick said:

You upgrade the component that's holding other parts back.

There will ALWAYS be a bottleneck in a system but what matters is how sever that bottleneck is and that can vary widely and will determine if you should upgrade anything.

ok has this happened to you?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Vincent123 said:

ok has this happened to you?

I am living with it. I have a C2D E7600, but a AMD Radeon HD 6800, which is getting crap frames compared to when it was paired with my brother's Phenom X6. This is a CPU bottleneck.