Should I upgrade my processor

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#1 bulby_g
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I'm going to bang in a second 7950 and I'm just wondering if it will then become a bottleneck, it's an i7 2600.  I know they are still pretty solid for a single card set-up but will it still hold up against the 2 GPU's?  

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#2 ionusX
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I'm going to bang in a second 7950 and I'm just wondering if it will then become a bottleneck, it's an i7 2600.  I know they are still pretty solid for a single card set-up but will it still hold up against the 2 GPU's?  

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lololol no to put this is words you can understand you could quad fire that 7970 and not have noticeable bottleneck.

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#3 Juub1990
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I'm going to bang in a second 7950 and I'm just wondering if it will then become a bottleneck, it's an i7 2600.  I know they are still pretty solid for a single card set-up but will it still hold up against the 2 GPU's?  

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My i5-3550 isn't bottlenecking my CrossfireX 7950's. No way in hell will your i7-2600 cause a bottleneck.
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#4 bulby_g
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OK cool, thank you. :D  I just assumed as it has been a couple of years now it would at least slightly be showing its age in gaming performance.  Guess not then!  Extra 7950, new PSU and an SSD it is then.  Cheers peeps. 

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#5 Juub1990
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OK cool, thank you. :D  I just assumed as it has been a couple of years now it would at least slightly be showing its age in gaming performance.  Guess not then!  Extra 7950, new PSU and an SSD it is then.  Cheers peeps. 

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There are MSI 7950's selling for 229$ on Tigerdirect.com right now .http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=8078201&sku=M452-7952&SRCCODE=CANEM3016&cm_mmc=EML-_-CanadaMain-_-CANEM3016-_-email&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=CANEM3016&cm_lm=mandella_octeus@hotmail.com
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#6 bulby_g
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OK cool, thank you. :D  I just assumed as it has been a couple of years now it would at least slightly be showing its age in gaming performance.  Guess not then!  Extra 7950, new PSU and an SSD it is then.  Cheers peeps. 

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There are MSI 7950's selling for 229$ on Tigerdirect.com right now .http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=8078201&sku=M452-7952&SRCCODE=CANEM3016&cm_mmc=EML-_-CanadaMain-_-CANEM3016-_-email&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=CANEM3016&cm_lm=mandella_octeus@hotmail.com

Bargain, although I'm in the UK! Having said that It is a fraction of what we pay, may have to look into what it would cost to import one. Cheers for the heads up. ;)
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#7 RevanBITW
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People are so needlessly worried by CPU bottlenecks. lol The processors are just way ahead of GPUs at this point. Especially with i7s. I bet my i5 wouldn't bottleneck 4 way sli Titans. lol