[QUOTE=Death_God;43695010]oh i know what you mean
like a better cpu right?[/QUOTE]
No unless you have a gpu 5x as expensive as your cpu you're not gonna notice a framerate increase
[QUOTE=Kevin3212;43695045]No unless you have a gpu 5x as expensive as your cpu you're not gonna notice a framerate increase[/QUOTE]
cite?
Odd how the comparisons linus makes is with a cheap cpu and expensive gpu huh
[QUOTE=Kevin3212;43695454][url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGdo75gasaQ[/url][/QUOTE]
Kevin, you don't know anything about PC building, so shut up.
[QUOTE=Death_God;43695788]Odd how the comparisons linus makes is with a cheap cpu and expensive gpu huh[/QUOTE]
Odd how i never watched it in months
Why would you use it as a source when you havent watched it in months?
Did you just search and used the first result for bottleneck?
Good CPU now and then a good GPU bought later > Meh CPU and meh GPU right now.
Unless there's a really, really good deal on a GPU it's probably better to upgrade that CPU, it'll have you set for gaming for the next 4-5 years.
While im al for a good CPU base in any build, the i3-2100 is a solid enough CPU and can support an amd r9 270 in games that are not Planetside 2, or GtAIV or something else overly CPU heavy.
Id say for optimal gaming experience. Update the GPU first and the CPU later.
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Even if your CPU cant keep up a good GPU will still allow you to increase the graphic settings to make a game look better while keeping the same FPS due to a CPU bottleneck.
You should have gone AMD on a budget like that sadly, an FX-6300 is a much better choice than any i3. Pre i5 AMD destroys intel.
In your situation OP I would upgrade the GPU first. Anyone here who says the CPU will bottleneck the GPU has no idea what they are talking about. CPU/GPU bottlenecks haven't really existed in that way they used to for a very, very long time.
Sure, a game might run faster with a faster CPU and GPU combination, but that does NOT mean that a slower CPU will actually slow down a GPU, it just means the CPU does more thus increases overall framerates. A long time ago, yeah sure, a slow CPU might actually bottleneck a fast GPU, but for the past 5 years that hasn't really happened.
An Athlon 64 II won't bottleneck an R9 280X, so an ivy bridge i3 most certainly won't.
I would save up a bit more and try to snag a 7870 Tahiti LE from aria (a 7930 in a sense, with its stock overclock it performs as well as a 7950/270X), or get an R9 270 (NOT X, just overclock a 270, they are the same card).
[QUOTE=Death_God;43695788]Odd how the comparisons linus makes is with a cheap cpu and expensive gpu huh[/QUOTE]
Also odd how he used a very unbalanced set up
[QUOTE=Kevin3212;43741071]Also odd how he used a very unbalanced set up[/QUOTE]
So why the hell are you using him as your source of information if, according to you, he's not a reliable source?
[QUOTE=Meladath;43724102]You should have gone AMD on a budget like that sadly, an FX-6300 is a much better choice than any i3. Pre i5 AMD destroys intel.
In your situation OP I would upgrade the GPU first. Anyone here who says the CPU will bottleneck the GPU has no idea what they are talking about. CPU/GPU bottlenecks haven't really existed in that way they used to for a very, very long time.
Sure, a game might run faster with a faster CPU and GPU combination, but that does NOT mean that a slower CPU will actually slow down a GPU, it just means the CPU does more thus increases overall framerates. A long time ago, yeah sure, a slow CPU might actually bottleneck a fast GPU, but for the past 5 years that hasn't really happened.
An Athlon 64 II won't bottleneck an R9 280X, so an ivy bridge i3 most certainly won't.
I would save up a bit more and try to snag a 7870 Tahiti LE from aria (a 7930 in a sense, with its stock overclock it performs as well as a 7950/270X), or get an R9 270 (NOT X, just overclock a 270, they are the same card).[/QUOTE]
As I said before I agree that OP should upgrade the CPU first. The i3-2100 is pretty solid still.
But:
CPU bottlenecks do exist you are full of it.
Example from my own experience:
I went up from 25 to 60+ fps on Planetside 2 when upgrading from an E8500 c2d 4Ghz to an i5-4670K. While keeping the same (AMD 6950) GPU and graphical settings.
Thats really a massive CPU bottleneck if you ask me.
Same issue with BF3. I could play the game on low and on High without changing my FPS, showing that it wasnt limited by the GPU but by the CPU.
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