CPU-GPU bottleneck and hypothetical card talk

[p1987]

I currently have an i5 750 running with a flashed r6950 gpu @ r6970 speeds and pipeline unlocks.

According to Battlefield 3, my CPU is bottlenecking my gpu? (cpu@ 3.00ghz) Would this be the case do you think? (all other specs bellow)

Hypothetically, would my cpu and the clocks provided bottle neck an 8 series card (8950?)

 

[grassman]

I currently have an i5 750 running with a flashed r6950 gpu @ r6970 speeds and pipeline unlocks.

According to Battlefield 3, my CPU is bottlenecking my gpu? (cpu@ 3.00ghz) Would this be the case do you think? (all other specs bellow)

Hypothetically, would my cpu and the clocks provided bottle neck an 8 series card (8950?)

hold on let me pull out my crystal ball........ :lol:

We'll if your 6950/70 really is being bottlenecked by your CPU then yes of course it will bottleneck. OC moarrr cuz moarrrr

 

[jamesriley94]

^^ lol

*another like button reminder*

 

[tinytomlogan]

Did he really just post that?

A: overclock your cpu for the love of god

B if a 6950 seems to be bottle necking then asking about an 8000 series card is just insane. Common sense is not strong in this one Obey waan

 

[p1987]

Answering my first question would be helpful.

If anyone is "keyed up" on how ati develop their new cards (as in specification predictibility) then, it would give me an idea weither my cpu would be a future bottle neck.

Regards.

 

[jamesriley94]

It isn't just about the bandwidth the card requires (but considering it's still going to be probably twice as fast as the 6950 it will bottleneck from that too)

But it's also about the games themselves.

The graphics cards in systems nowadays do the majority of the work in games - but the CPU still has to process a certain amount of data itself too. If it isn't powerful enough to process that then that is still a bottleneck.

Nobody is going to be able to tell you where AMD are going with the 8000 series - especially down to such a specific level.

You should probably think about upgrading your CPU - even if only to an i3/i5 Ivybridge / Haswell equivalent before considering an 8950.

It's impossible to work in hypothetics in the hardware industry.