Bottleneck?

[mjpd1983]

Hi guys,

Just after some suggestions

I have a 5870 so would i see any performance increase going from an e7600 (3.06ghz) to an i5 750 in gaming?

Current setup

GPU: HD5870
CPU: e7600 (3.06ghz stock)
PSU: Corsair HX 750
Mobo: P5QPL-AM (average i know)

Any bottlenecks? i suspect CPU and or motherboard

Cheers,
Mike

[headsh0t]

What games do you play?

[mjpd1983]

Mostly play crysis, crysis warhead, BFBC2, Dirt 2, also going to be playing H.A.W.X, Resident Evil 5 + stalker

Also alot of other games that arent that full on

Cheers

[headsh0t]

Well if it's games like Crysis and BFBC2 then ya your cpu will be bottlenecking you. You don't necessarily need to get an i5 750 since then you'd also need a new motherboard and RAM, so you could just pick up a quad core 775 CPU like the Q9550.

[mjpd1983]

Thanks for the suggestion

Yeah i'm quite ok with buying a new Mobo and RAM was thinking maybe a P55A-UD3R

Was just wondering if my performance gains would be noticeable or if i'd just be upgrading for the sake of me wanting to buy new toys

[Full Speed]

BC2 loves quad cores. I've seen BC2 run on dual core systems and it would run slow, when they upgrade to comparable quad it would have a huge jump. I don't really understand it myself, because when I look at task manager when I run the game it's not hugely using all 4 cores or anything.

Can't really say the same for the other games, but I'm sure it won't hurt.

[belgolas]

Your CPU is fairly old. You don't need to get a new mobo and ram if you want more performance. Although going to Core i5 or AMD Phenom 2 would be the 2 options I would go with because why spend more money on a dead end.

I have a second computer with a 5850 and E8400 and it can play every game at max or near max at 1080P. So your CPU is holding you back.

[mjpd1983]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys

I think i'm gonna go for the i5 750 and new Mobo, might let the 5870 stretch its legs a bit better in some games like you all said

Cheers