Think I'm having a bottleneck issue, but don't know CPU or GPU

[Cyrus9008]

Current system: core i5 2500K, 8gb 1600MHz RAM, nvidia 560 ti.

Old System: Phenom II x4 920 @ 2.8GHZ with 6gb of DDR2 800 RAM and a XFX 4890 video card.

I was playing Crysis the other day at 1920 x 1080 with ultra high settings and I had slugish frame rates I had to drop most settings to just high to get smooth playing. With my old computer I don't remember if I had the resolution that high or not but the settings were maxed out and I had very smooth play. Is that video card I have bottlenecking my CPU?

 

[tweakboy]

Your CPU is just fine for gaming and there is really no bottleneck here. You went from ATI to nVidia that can cause problems in itself... You might have to do a format to get the slow FPS fixed,, thats what happens when you go from ATI to nVidia or vice versa.


I think its format time my friend. Or else those ATI keys in registry will remain and your nVidia will give issues. gl

 

[Cyrus9008]

How could that cause a problem, it's a totally new computer? very few parts are the same in it.

 

[Brunnis]

Bottlenecks don't really work like that. A bottleneck would mean that performance would be limited by the slowest component involved, be it CPU or GPU. However, since both your new CPU and GPU are much faster than your old ones, you'd still get significantly higher performance than before, even if one is bottlenecking the other.

Crysis can be very taxing on both CPU and GPU, depending on the scene. I'd say that neither your CPU nor GPU are sufficient to produce a completely smooth experience at all times and at the highest settings. I say this out of first hand experience with both Crysis and Crysis Warhead, since I have a rig that performs very similarly compared to yours.

 

[Cyrus9008]

Yea our computers are pretty damn similar. With my old computer I must have been using a much lower resolution with settings maxed out because it didn't make any sense that it would be running that game better.

 

[BD231]

You need a 2gb card to play BF3 at all ultra settings, 1gb isn't enough for that title. If you can exchange your 560Ti for a 2gb model the problem would go away.

 

[Cyrus9008]

BF3 is a game a play quite a bit I probably should have gotten the 2gb version, I'm kicking myself in the ass for not.

 

[boxleitnerb]

Use MSI Afterburner and have it display GPU usage. If it is at 100% there is your bottleneck.

 

[BFG10K]

Is that video card I have bottlenecking my CPU?

Yes, most definitely.

 

[Cyrus9008]

Damn I thought I did pretty good for a reletively budget video card, I didn't have the cash to spend 600 on a new video along with everything else i had to buy

 

[BD231]

Same shoes, but there isn't a single 2gb value card worth its price tag at the moment so its just poor timing for a title like BF3.

 

[Arzachel]

Same shoes, but there isn't a single 2gb value card worth its price tag at the moment so its just poor timing for a title like BF3.

6950 2GB is great for the price, especially if you unlock it.