Your CPU might be limiting performance.
Your CPU might be limiting performance.
Hello everyone reading this I am concerned about my cpu bottle necking my gpu I have a rx 580 8gb for my gpu and my cpu is the ryzen 3200g and I noticed when I play games like apex legends and borderlands 3 my gpu is usually at 100% and my cpu is about at 60 to 80%. I’m new to the pc area so I was wondering if this is ok or whatever.
A bottleneck happens when a component like a GPU isn't operating at full capacity because another part of the system slows it down. When you mention your CPU being the bottleneck, you're referring to its limited speed forcing the GPU to run below its maximum potential. This is the opposite of what you described—your GPU running at 100% while your CPU is only at 80%. In such a scenario, a GPU bottlenecking a CPU would be more likely, not the other way around. This situation is typical in graphics-heavy tasks where the CPU should handle most work but struggles due to the GPU's limitations.
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