Would an AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE @3.4ghz Bottleneck a 7870?

[StevenW]

The title speaks for itself, I am planning to build a with the specs below, and am wondering if my CPU would bottleneck my graphics card in any games, here are the specs: [img]http://puu.sh/1LIpC[/img]

[Cam00]

I asked this question not too long ago, and the answer was no, not much. A new CPU would be nice, but you can get away with your current CPU for a while, unless you want to play high demand games on max settings.

[editline]9th January 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zerokateo;39005515]It would be helpful but the bottleneck won't be too big. You can wait to upgrade your CPU for awhile.[/QUOTE]

[Egon Spengler]

I have an ATI 7850 and the same CPU you have and like the above poster said yeah not by too much really

I can play Metro 2033 with DX 11+Highest settings at a res of 1440x900 and my FPS never takes a dip and you should be fine if you wanted to play a demanding game like BF3 or ARMA

[Bahamut88]

I've been rocking this cpu for awhile now, and it's been solid throughout. I have a hd 6950 though, still does pretty damn good.

[bohb]

It really depends on the game. If you have a game that primarily stresses the GPU, then it should be fine. If you have a game that primarily uses the CPU then you're going to see a pretty big hit. The fastest Phenom II x4 is equivalent to somewhere between an Lynnfield i5 and a lower end Sandy Bridge i3.

[Phrozen99]

[QUOTE=bohb;39238675]It really depends on the game. If you have a game that primarily stresses the GPU, then it should be fine. If you have a game that primarily uses the CPU then you're going to see a pretty big hit. The fastest Phenom II x4 is equivalent to somewhere between an Lynnfield i5 and a lower end Sandy Bridge i3.[/QUOTE]

I had a 925 and games like Skyrim had some issues, but other than that it worked great.

[StevenW]

Ok, but if it does bottleneck in some games, how much of a performance loss will I be getting in those games? (I'm good dealing with lag so if don't get like over 35+ fps, I can cope)

[Drumdevil]

I don't think it will be a mayor bottleneck. Like Bohb said, it depends on the game. In games with a lot of physics you might experience some glitches. But I don't think under any circumstances it will render a game unplayable. Not with the current games anyway.

[StevenW]

[QUOTE=Drumdevil;39302731]I don't think it will be a mayor bottleneck. Like Bohb said, it depends on the game. In games with a lot of physics you might experience some glitches. But I don't think under any circumstances it will render a game unplayable. Not with the current games anyway.[/QUOTE]
So, down the road would it be smart to pick up an aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock it so it's less of a bottleneck when newer games release?

[Drumdevil]

[QUOTE=StevenW;39302766]So, down the road would it be smart to pick up an aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock it so it's less of a bottleneck when newer games release?[/QUOTE]

I don't think you have to overclock it though.

[bohb]

[QUOTE=StevenW;39302766]So, down the road would it be smart to pick up an aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock it so it's less of a bottleneck when newer games release?[/QUOTE]

Phenom IIs historically didn't overclock very well without using some extreme form of cooling that wasn't practical for long periods of time (ie. LN2). At most you could probably overclock a couple hundred megahertz, which would equate to almost no measurable performance gain.

It would be money better spent if you just saved up for an Ivy Bridge CPU/Motherboard, or wait a few months until the Haswell arch comes out.