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Hi everyone!

I just watched Linus' video on bottlenecking, and was sorta afraid that my planned upgrade will bottleneck my GPU badly.

So, atm I have a i5-6600 on a asus h110i-plus d3 motherboard, with 2x8 GB ddr3 ram modules. On that, I have a zotac gtx 970 4gb GPU.

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2 minutes ago, Darathorn said:

Hi everyone!

I just watched Linus' video on bottlenecking, and was sorta afraid that my planned upgrade will bottleneck my GPU badly.

So, atm I have a i5-6600 on a asus h110i-plus d3 motherboard, with 2x8 GB ddr3 ram modules. On that, I have a zotac gtx 970 4gb GPU.

Welcome to the Forum!

 

What is your planned upgrade?

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Just now, TVwazhere said:

Welcome to the Forum!

 

What is your planned upgrade?

Probably a GPU upgrade, but OP, I'd suggest a CPU upgrade, first. Get a used 6700(k).

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The 2600X will not be a bottleneck for the 970. In fact it's more the other way around (slightly).

 

A 2600X and a GTX 1070 makes for a well balanced rig.

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2 minutes ago, Darathorn said:

Will my poor 970 get bottlenecked?

Your 970 will be fully capable of its max performance. It will not be bottlenecked.

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2 minutes ago, Phentos said:

The 2600X will not be a bottleneck for the 970. In fact it's more the other way around (slightly).

 

A 2600X and a GTX 1070 makes for a well balanced rig.

So a gpu upgrade wouldn't be necessary, but a 1070 would be more balanced?

I also edited my post, seeing the mistake in my post, when I meant to write that my 970 would probably botteneck.

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Just now, Darathorn said:

So a gpu upgrade wouldn't be necessary, but a 1070 would be more balanced?

I also edited my post, seeing the mistake in my post, when I meant to write that my 970 would probably botteneck.

Yes a 1070 would be a great upgrade.  

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3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Your 970 will be fully capable of its max performance. It will not be bottlenecked.

Do you think my 970 is bottlenecked by my cpu, with my current build? I, rather surprisingly (imo), experience severe frame drops in a game like overwatch. I can't figure out if it's my cpu or gpu!

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1 minute ago, Darathorn said:

So a gpu upgrade wouldn't be necessary, but a 1070 would be more balanced?

I also edited my post, seeing the mistake in my post, when I meant to write that my 970 would probably botteneck.

Just now, Darathorn said:

Do you think my 970 is bottlenecked by my cpu, with my current build?

In your current build, probably not. 

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10 minutes ago, Darathorn said:

Do you think my 970 is bottlenecked by my cpu, with my current build? I, rather surprisingly (imo), experience severe frame drops in a game like overwatch. I can't figure out if it's my cpu or gpu!

what's the usage of gpu and cpu? what's the vram usage while gaming?
not every performance drop is a bottleneck, don't overuse the term

 

EDIT could also be a problem of using ddr3 ram with skylake which isn't optimal

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