F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Your CPU might feel limited when paired with a high-end GPU, depending on how the workload is distributed.

Your CPU might feel limited when paired with a high-end GPU, depending on how the workload is distributed.

Your CPU might feel limited when paired with a high-end GPU, depending on how the workload is distributed.

J
Juninhocao
Member
66
02-18-2023, 02:49 PM
#1
J
Juninhocao
02-18-2023, 02:49 PM #1

S
SkyLIKE1
Member
174
02-20-2023, 10:52 AM
#2
your display resolution is 1080p, so upgrading the graphics card won’t make much difference—you’re probably limited by your CPU. for higher resolutions like 1440p or 4k, a stronger card will boost performance.
S
SkyLIKE1
02-20-2023, 10:52 AM #2

your display resolution is 1080p, so upgrading the graphics card won’t make much difference—you’re probably limited by your CPU. for higher resolutions like 1440p or 4k, a stronger card will boost performance.

Z
zackrelswift
Member
160
02-20-2023, 07:10 PM
#3
It’s likely the CPU is already limiting performance, even with medium settings on a 1060. It won’t reach 100fps regardless of GPU power. This machine isn’t really built for gaming, and selling it would be a better option than upgrading the CPU, which won’t be affordable.
Z
zackrelswift
02-20-2023, 07:10 PM #3

It’s likely the CPU is already limiting performance, even with medium settings on a 1060. It won’t reach 100fps regardless of GPU power. This machine isn’t really built for gaming, and selling it would be a better option than upgrading the CPU, which won’t be affordable.

O
Odog000
Junior Member
31
02-20-2023, 07:32 PM
#4
Welcome to the forum! Here's a quick elementary rundown of a bottleneck. Reality is a lot more nuanced than this but this is in an ideal world. If you're CPU is not being fully utilized and your 1060 is being fully utilized then that means your 1060 is the bottleneck as it's not allowing your CPU to be used to its full potential. If you put a 3070 or 6800 in there, then your CPU will most likely be used to it's full potential, however, it may prevent the GPU from being fully utilized. If you're maxing out the performance of your system then you will most likely have some sort of bottleneck preventing one component from achieving full potential. With this in mind if you get a 3070 or 6800, your CPU will most likely be the bottleneck as games TYPICALLY benefit from higher clock speeds and 1.8 GHz is not high. Hope this helps Edited November 19, 2020 by azblurbit Rephrasing
O
Odog000
02-20-2023, 07:32 PM #4

Welcome to the forum! Here's a quick elementary rundown of a bottleneck. Reality is a lot more nuanced than this but this is in an ideal world. If you're CPU is not being fully utilized and your 1060 is being fully utilized then that means your 1060 is the bottleneck as it's not allowing your CPU to be used to its full potential. If you put a 3070 or 6800 in there, then your CPU will most likely be used to it's full potential, however, it may prevent the GPU from being fully utilized. If you're maxing out the performance of your system then you will most likely have some sort of bottleneck preventing one component from achieving full potential. With this in mind if you get a 3070 or 6800, your CPU will most likely be the bottleneck as games TYPICALLY benefit from higher clock speeds and 1.8 GHz is not high. Hope this helps Edited November 19, 2020 by azblurbit Rephrasing

X
XJustPizzaX
Member
114
02-22-2023, 04:24 AM
#5
it may become a bottleneck and ignore FPS even at 144, which is improbable. it will contain a significant amount of SPIKE.
X
XJustPizzaX
02-22-2023, 04:24 AM #5

it may become a bottleneck and ignore FPS even at 144, which is improbable. it will contain a significant amount of SPIKE.

D
DarkTitanPT
Member
162
03-05-2023, 02:48 AM
#6
Thanks for the feedback. It seems my thoughts align with what you all said—my CPU might be limited by its slow clock speeds, and boosting the GPU won’t help much. I’m planning to keep the 1060 and eventually switch to a more capable GPU, ideally an AMD model, while improving the CPU later.
D
DarkTitanPT
03-05-2023, 02:48 AM #6

Thanks for the feedback. It seems my thoughts align with what you all said—my CPU might be limited by its slow clock speeds, and boosting the GPU won’t help much. I’m planning to keep the 1060 and eventually switch to a more capable GPU, ideally an AMD model, while improving the CPU later.