Will my Quad core bottleneck an HD 6950?

Hey guys, so I have a Q6600 OC'ed to 3GhZ and I'm planning to get an HD 6950 to play the upcoming Battlefield on High settings and I was wondering, will my CPU be a bottleneck? I'm using a 4870 1 Gig right now and I get bad framerates even on low settings oon BF3 Beta.Oh and also is it worth the upgrade from a 4870? Thanks alot.

BTW I game at 1680 x 1050

You'll be fine, although once you get past 6000 series mid range cards in the next several months I would imagine the q6600 will start to show its age.

im curious, what kind of frames are you getting right now with your current setup and what settings are you playing at?

i doubt it, but at that level of card a newer cpu may demonstrate its benefits better... but oh well.

In some games, the CPU may bottleneck a 6950, but most will be fine. My CPU bottlenecks my GPU in BC2. Also in BF3, Caspian Border. 100% CPU usage with like 50% GPU usage (@1440x900), but this is not the best example, as it was Beta.C_Rule

i can't see how a q6600 will bottleneck a hd 6950 and i certainly can't see it a q9505 bottlenecking a gtx460

i mean this article proves a hd5850 won't bottleneck an i3 530

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-gaming,2588.html

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]In some games, the CPU may bottleneck a 6950, but most will be fine. My CPU bottlenecks my GPU in BC2. Also in BF3, Caspian Border. 100% CPU usage with like 50% GPU usage (@1440x900), but this is not the best example, as it was Beta.evildead6789

i can't see how a q6600 will bottleneck a hd 6950 and i certainly can't see it a q9505 bottlenecking a gtx460

i mean this article proves a hd5850 won't bottleneck an i3 530

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-gaming,2588.html

Hey guys, so I have a Q6600 OC'ed to 3GhZ and I'm planning to get an HD 6950 to play the upcoming Battlefield on High settings and I was wondering, will my CPU be a bottleneck? I'm using a 4870 1 Gig right now and I get bad framerates even on low settings oon BF3 Beta.Oh and also is it worth the upgrade from a 4870? Thanks alot.

BTW I game at 1680 x 1050

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your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsevildead6789

I have a q6600 and upgraded from a 5770 to a 6970. At stock, my cpu was working at 100% on the bf3 beta while my gpu was only pulling around 70%. After an overclock to 3ghz via bsel mod, it now runs at nearly 100%. So yes, he will still be bottlenecked at that res with a 6950 but only slightly whereas at stock, the card's performance would severely diminish. I also play at 1680 x 1050.

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsFormer_Slacker

I have a q6600 and upgraded from a 5770 to a 6970. At stock, my cpu was working at 100% on the bf3 beta while my gpu was only pulling around 70%. After an overclock to 3ghz via bsel mod, it now runs at nearly 100%. So yes, he will still be bottlenecked at that res with a 6950 but only slightly whereas at stock, the card's performance would severely diminish. I also play at 1680 x 1050.

I have your exact setup, Q6600 at 3GHZ and a 6950 , works brilliantly.

I went from a 5770 which had framerate issues in BF3 ... justr wasnt good enough, now with the 6950 I dont see any of that, the game is as smooth as butter. BUT.... if you want ULTRA .... we will have no idea how that will run yet. but High looks great.

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[QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsevildead6789

I have a q6600 and upgraded from a 5770 to a 6970. At stock, my cpu was working at 100% on the bf3 beta while my gpu was only pulling around 70%. After an overclock to 3ghz via bsel mod, it now runs at nearly 100%. So yes, he will still be bottlenecked at that res with a 6950 but only slightly whereas at stock, the card's performance would severely diminish. I also play at 1680 x 1050.

The difference isnt huge, but i can definitely confirm that a stock q6600 will bottleneck that GPU slightly. Overclocking my Q6600 to about 3.2 Ghz made quite a noticeable improvement in DX 11 games while lowering my CPU utilization.

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[QUOTE="C_Rule"]In some games, the CPU may bottleneck a 6950, but most will be fine. My CPU bottlenecks my GPU in BC2. Also in BF3, Caspian Border. 100% CPU usage with like 50% GPU usage (@1440x900), but this is not the best example, as it was Beta.04dcarraher

i can't see how a q6600 will bottleneck a hd 6950 and i certainly can't see it a q9505 bottlenecking a gtx460

i mean this article proves a hd5850 won't bottleneck an i3 530

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-gaming,2588.html

your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsevildead6789

still a q6600 is a lot stronger than an i3 530 and that doesn't bottleneck a hd 5850, the hd 6950 is stronger than the hd 5850 though. The fact that it happens with battlefield 3 is because is so taxing on the cpu because of the poor optimization. (and also bad company 2) The outcome is the same though but overall i wouldn't call this a bottleneck because this doesn't occur this much with other games. BC2 and BF3 don't do such spectacular things in the cpu department that it needs that much cpu power. Gta IV is also a great example, it uses too much cpu for what it does.evildead6789

Fully Utilizing a CPU and bad optimization are two differen't things. PC gamers want games to push their rigs, but once games do just that, they start calling bad optimization.

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsFreak2121GTAF

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsFreak2121GTAF

[QUOTE="Freak2121GTAF"][QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsAlienware_fan

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[QUOTE="Freak2121GTAF"] Are you sure? I'm getting 22 fps in GTA IV, 25 fps in Crysis, and 16-30 fps in Witcher 2 with a stock Q6600 and 6950.C_Rule

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[QUOTE="Freak2121GTAF"] Are you sure? I'm getting 22 fps in GTA IV, 25 fps in Crysis, and 16-30 fps in Witcher 2 with a stock Q6600 and 6950.C_Rule

[QUOTE="Freak2121GTAF"][QUOTE="evildead6789"]your system won't even be bottlenecked at stock clock cpu settingsAlienware_fan

an i7 920 is still a beast wtf r u talking about?

an i7 920 is still a beast wtf r u talking about?

blaznwiipspman1

For gaming, it still is. Even @ stock at will still tear up any game. Yes even your RTS games.

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[QUOTE="Freak2121GTAF"] Are you sure? I'm getting 22 fps in GTA IV, 25 fps in Crysis, and 16-30 fps in Witcher 2 with a stock Q6600 and 6950.C_Rule

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="Alienware_fan"]Even an i7 920 at stock clocks bottlenecks my gpuz, 2 6970's.

Alienware_fan

You can't be serious :|

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[QUOTE="C_Rule"] Thought you had a 6990?gmaster456

You can't be serious :|

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[QUOTE="Alienware_fan"]I fried it.

Alienware_fan

You can't be serious :|

Wow thats 5870 Xfire to 580SLI to 6990 to 6970 Xfire :shock: