Bottleneck?

[NotThatSmart]

Hi,

Now , Yesterday i sold my old R7 250 that i had paired with my Q6600 and it worked fine , but i needed a more powerful GPU. So i sold my R7 for 450KN (Aprox. 45~€) and decided to Buy an RX550 as its cheap and powerful enough for games I'll Play (GTA V , DiRT 3 , World od Tanks etc.) but im wondering since im pairing it with my Q6600 , will it create any bottleneck? Im going to pick up the new GPU today...

[themctipers]

no.

[RAM555789]

The processor will bottleneck the GPU no doubt. To give you an idea, a Core 2 Quad Q6600 & 9600GT paired together will both be running at about 90-99% and the RX550 is about 342% more powerful. Links to the GPU comparison and video of GTA 5 on the Q6600 with a 9600GT below.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-9600-GT-vs-AMD-RX-550/m7677vs3925

 

[floatingtrem]

Depending on the motherboard you can get a Xeon X5460 running in the same socket with an adapter for about 30 bucks. Big upgrade from those Q6600s.

 

[Guest]

There will be no bottleneck. People run 680s and 770s on a Q6600 with no issues. I would suggest overclocking however if you have not already done so.

[Mihle]

There will be a bottleneck. It does depend from game to game, and how much I am not sure.

[wonderforest]

If you have a prebuilt motherboard just do the tape mod to get it to run at 3.0 ghz

[SidharthAGupta]

the cpu will  bottleneck the new gpu for sure..In case Ur on a tight budget Go for at least intel pentium dual core serie(no matter the generation,untill its above the 1st gen pentium) ,get a cheap motherboard that supports DDR3..  and get 8 gigs RAM  kit..Or other option  that u have is go for ryzen 3 1300 pretty strong processor for price + will give u an extra edge over future gpu upgrade.. and go for a motherboard that supports ryzen's socket with 8 gigs ram.. In case really tight on budget opting a used processor and ram is not a bad idea..just make sure the mother board is fully functional before buying an used one.. U Might even get a  usedcheap CPU,RAM,MOBO combo if u look deep in web..

additional info-Not only the cpu will bottleneck but  while using it in A LGA 775 Mobo ,u probbably are inserting the gpu in a pci express x 16 gen 1 port,meaning bottlenecking the gpu to almost half of its full speed...

and even the DDR2 ram will slow down the system a bit..

 

 

 

[floatingtrem]

58 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

There will be no bottleneck. People run 680s and 770s on a Q6600 with no issues. I would suggest overclocking however if you have not already done so.

my Q6600 bottlenecked my 660 and 770 hard thankyouverymuch

[ItsBlck]

there will be a bottleneck, upgrade your cup to a xeon (the best for the socket) and it'll be fine. Or you could just upgrade to kabylake pentium g4560 or ryzen 3 1200 for a newer platform.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, floatingtrem said:

my Q6600 bottlenecked my 660 and 770 hard thankyouverymuch

Overclocked it works fine tbh.

Still begs the question; If it had trouble with the 660 why get the 770?

[floatingtrem]

3 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

Overclocked it works fine tbh.

Still begs the question; If it had trouble with the 660 why get the 770?

Both were hand me downs from my main system. 

[Princess Luna]

If you overclock the q6600 to 3ghz with the tape mod you can pair it with a RX550 all day long.