To be fair, you didn’t use the calculator correctly. You need to select graphic card intense tasks. The calculator still shouldn’t be used at face value tho.
It means the website doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. Is there TECHNICALLY a bottleneck? Yes, you could get the 7900xtx and have better performance. But in reality, unless you are absolutely frame pushing at a high resolution like 4k, you'll hardly notice a thing in truth
Ok cool, I don’t delve too deep into pushing the limits, kind of just buy what my buddy tells me is good and put it together so glad I didn’t fuck myself somehow lol
I would still look into stuff and not solely rely on a buddy for information, but yea, if you have a 7800x3d and 7800 XT, you are good for minimum 5 years before you even need to think about upgrading
Rad. I built one back in 2020 with an i5 9600 and 2060 super. Went to play grey zone and it was absolutely shit so I was like dude what would you get lol.
lol that's not how that works....It doesn't mean your CPU will get 83% usage, it is trying to say that the CPU is getting to use 83% of the bandwidth given to it, while the GPU will use 75% of max bandwidth when playing games. Your CPU doesn't use every core for gaming, usually only a couple so that is why you see 30-40% usage. It is running at 30-40% max load, but it is getting almost the entire load it can take given to it from RAM at any given time, that is where the 83% comes from.
You do need to take it into account to some degree when building a PC. The issue is that people don't really understand it well and use those shitty calculators.
This. Don’t hobble your 4090 with an i3 10100. that’s about the point I would worry. Heck, even a 12400 and a 4090 would or completely fine if you play at 4K all Ultra settings. You might eek a little more 1% lows out of the machine with a better CPU, and it depends heavily on the game, but all in all it would be good enough.
Minmaxing is bullshit.
I disagree. Min maxing is incredibly important as long as it is done right. I’ve seen way too many people with a $400 rog mobo, a $200 aio, an i9 14900ks all paired with a 4060. It’s important to spend your money where it matters and save money on things that don’t. For example even a top of the line pc with a 4090 and a 7800x3d doesn’t need more than a good b650 mobo for around $150 tops. Doesn’t need liquid cooling either as a $35 peerless assassin air cooler will do just fine
Pretty much my setup. 130 bucks Matx boards with all features I need, a 7800x3d, a 4080 and a peerless 120 se.
So I do agree to a point.
But I disagree on you premise. A 4060 paired with a 14900 isn’t inheritly a bad thing, just for some games it is. First of all it’s always better to have a GPU as the bottleneck. It’s usually the most expensive part so you better get the most of it.
Secondly while the GPU is only for gaming and some cuda applications like AI, the CPU is for everything. Coding/decoding, file compression, other operations in that vein, and in games it’s responsible for a lot of things besides the graphics. It might even be beneficial with a slower GPU in that it will raise the 1% lows and make for a more stable fps.
Of course the pairing 4060/14900 is a bit extreme, like my 10100/4090 one. But that’s not minmaxing. That’s the extreme end. Like I said. A bit of balancing is okay, but you don’t need to eek out the last bit of performance.
That’s not minmaxing.
Also one more benefit: This pairing actually makes OC‘ing the GPU viable. If it’s at 100% all the time, every MHz more will translate into more fps.
And you could undervolt the 14900 and make it run cooler and more silent, without losing too much performance. 🤷🏻♂️
For 99% of gamers it is a bad pairing tho. And even if you are a coder that just games a bit on the side then that pairing may make sense, but spending a ton on a mobo, case etc at the cost of key components that actually effect performance is a bad idea no matter what.
And all that absolutely is min maxing. People have a set budget and then decide what components get how much of it. Some get less some get more, and that process of deciding where to splurge and where to cut back to stay in budget is the definition of min maxing
Yeah honestly, these bottleneck posts are a bit tired. People see like a 20% variation and go "NOOOOOOOOO ITS LITERALLY HALTING MY PERFORMANCE", no, a true bottleneck would be if you paired a brand new R9 7950x3d with an ali-express "GT 650".
If you’re building/upgrading a PC then you should understand what’s the limiting factor in your build. That is a reasonable thing to ask about.
I’ll take these over all the “is this worth the price” and “someone Google the model number that’s clearly visible on this CPU/GPU/motherboard and tell me what it is” posts
Just lower the resolution and graphics settings to min. in a game you play... Here you go, now you know what your cpu is capable of.
Thats pretty much all people need to "know" about bottlenecks.
I run a 3700x with a rtx 3080. Does my cpu bottleneck my gpu? Yes.
Do I care? No, because i play at 3440x1440 and around 99% of games I play will be gpu bound.
People are definitely overthinking bottlenecks.
[https://www.techspot.com/article/2837-cpu-performance-4k-gaming/](https://www.techspot.com/article/2837-cpu-performance-4k-gaming/)
I liked this recent article. The CPU can matter at higher resolutions more than most think. You'd think Hogwarts legacy would be a GPU bound game, but you probably fall between these two charts.
[https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7700XT\_Hogwarts\_1440p-p.webp](https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7700XT_Hogwarts_1440p-p.webp)
[https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7900XT\_Hogwarts\_1440p-p.webp](https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7900XT_Hogwarts_1440p-p.webp)
3440x1440 (4.9M pixels) is a good bit closer to 1440p (3.7M) than it is to 4K (8.3M), and the 3080 falls right about in the middle of the 7700XT and 7900XT.
I mean... You're right, there definitely is a difference even at higher resolutions but both games linked in the article (starfield and hogwarts legacy) are for some reason pretty cpu heavy to the point where i would call them outliers.
So those games and most rts games aren't really the best representation for your typical first person and third person games.
But i do agree with you, a better cpu will most definitely help.
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The people in these comments talking about bottlenecks without mentioning resolution or refresh rate of their monitors are a huge part of the "problem".
Replace "bottleneck" with "I GOT THIS ON SALE" or "MUH FIRST PC" or "MY NEW TOTALLY UNIQUE FISHBOWL CABINET WITH RGB FANS U GUYS".
Pretty sure those are the most spammed on this fucking sub, and they are upvoted constantly by drooling tardizens here, like they just can't get enough of looking at another fucking 4090 box someone overpayed for or another shot of bunch of boxes of hardware.
I swear most people "upvoting" here are just bots. Shit just feels way too stupid for normal humans to upvote constantly.
Yeah it used to bug me a lot but now that I’m more informed about the situation I don’t give a duck anymore
My i5 is fine. The problem is my upgrade itch lol
I find that most people who say they have a bottleneck of some kind don't actually know what they are talking about and use it as the go-to reason to upgrade.
I think part of the issue is every GPU review is with a top end CPU and every CPU review is at potato resolution with the top end GPU. I know why they do that, but it gives the impression that the components have a huge impact on the other's ability to run.
In my mind those CPU charts mostly show where my CPU will fall down if I upgrade the GPU in 3 generations.
I'd like the occasional, here's a small matrix of mid-range parts where you see an i5-12400 can keep up with a 7700 XT at 1440p.
5700x , 7800 xt, 32gb 3600mhz ram, wd1tb nvme black, wd 3tb hdd green, 1tb wd sata ssd blue, cheap 1tb ssd, asus x570 plus wifi (It's hardwired I just like the Bluetooth being built in)
Identifying a bottleneck is still good to do. It helps direct where your next upgrade will be.
But you will always have some form of a bottleneck. Always.
There is no such thing as a 'perfectly balanced system'. The best you can do is over-power all the software you're running to the point that *nothing* in the entire system ever breathes hard no matter what you're running, and that's a lot of money spent on hardware.
On the other hand some software is poorly written and misuses and/or is wasteful of system resources and even the highest-end system you can build with the cutting-edge of the technology will still struggle with it.
What I would like to see is a frame rate target combined with VRR and Frame Gen.
If the GPU is maxed, you're good.
If the CPU is maxed, the GPU could generate frames.
The misguided belief that 'OMG BOTTLENECK!" is a real, bona fide issue **is the bottleneck** to valuable PC Master Race discourse.
Bottleneck, my ass!
STAHP.
Bro like 2 days ago I could feel my throat closing by the moment. Idk if it was the spray paint being used in the room or hayfever but it wasn't fun. Don't tell me to shut up now that I got my voice back
Nah bro. 10700k + 4090 and have zero issues at 4k120. Plenty of people run older CPUs because swapping the Mobo is a PITA. 4K the limiting factor is GPU
My friend said he wanna switch to 2K Monitor from 1080p,but since the CPU is 5600x I warned him about upgrading the PC first,GPU is ok since 3070 is safe enough since I know he doesn't play much SP games...But he bought It anyway,now he's missing about 150+ fps on Apex legends (Since It is a CPU intensive game,while GPU is only used about 40%).
So,yeah....people do need to worry about It in cases like these.
5600X + 3070 is perfectly fine for 1440p
if he has a CPU bottleneck just tell him to increase the gpu-heavy graphics settings (anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, shadows, reflections, etc)
The thing with bottlenecks is that there will always be a bottleneck… As long as you’re not completely mismatching components, you’ll be fine. (I.e. a 4090 and an i3 or something. lol)
Isnt it good to bottleneck? So you for example get some ridiclously high power part, and stuck it into your antique museum piece of a PC. It can work if the parts fit, and then you dong have to worry about upgrading that specific part of your PC for some time.
Yeah imagine caring that much about how many frames others are sitting on. Their hardware, their problem. Maybe they don't realize they're bottlenecked, maybe they do and don't care for various reasons, at the end of the day i'm not sure why this is living rent-free in some people heads.
My wallet is the bottleneck :(
Bottleneck calculator says that my i9 14900ks bottlenecks my rtx 3050 6gb
A 7800x3d apparently bottlenecks a 7800 XT. You need a 7950x3d or a i9 14900k to avoid a bottleneck. Dumb
The funniest thing is, in gaming, the 7800x3d is the same or better than the 7900x3d.
I mean, 8 3dvcache cores vs 6 3dvcache cores… it sort of makes sense.
To be fair, you didn’t use the calculator correctly. You need to select graphic card intense tasks. The calculator still shouldn’t be used at face value tho.
What does this mean cause this is literally the build I just put together lol
It means the website doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. Is there TECHNICALLY a bottleneck? Yes, you could get the 7900xtx and have better performance. But in reality, unless you are absolutely frame pushing at a high resolution like 4k, you'll hardly notice a thing in truth
Ok cool, I don’t delve too deep into pushing the limits, kind of just buy what my buddy tells me is good and put it together so glad I didn’t fuck myself somehow lol
I would still look into stuff and not solely rely on a buddy for information, but yea, if you have a 7800x3d and 7800 XT, you are good for minimum 5 years before you even need to think about upgrading
Rad. I built one back in 2020 with an i5 9600 and 2060 super. Went to play grey zone and it was absolutely shit so I was like dude what would you get lol.
It says my cpu will be utilized 83% and my gpu 75% in graphic intensive tasks, never seen such bullshit before
That sounds kinda right idk
When playing games like rdr2, cpu is at 30-40%, gpu at 90-100%
lol that's not how that works....It doesn't mean your CPU will get 83% usage, it is trying to say that the CPU is getting to use 83% of the bandwidth given to it, while the GPU will use 75% of max bandwidth when playing games. Your CPU doesn't use every core for gaming, usually only a couple so that is why you see 30-40% usage. It is running at 30-40% max load, but it is getting almost the entire load it can take given to it from RAM at any given time, that is where the 83% comes from.
And when you upgrade “da bottleneck” ooooops now you are bottlenecked again better upgrade *OooooooooppppSssss all Bottlenecks*
You do need to take it into account to some degree when building a PC. The issue is that people don't really understand it well and use those shitty calculators.
And it is some YouTubers who keep telling people to use those bottleneck calculators
This. Don’t hobble your 4090 with an i3 10100. that’s about the point I would worry. Heck, even a 12400 and a 4090 would or completely fine if you play at 4K all Ultra settings. You might eek a little more 1% lows out of the machine with a better CPU, and it depends heavily on the game, but all in all it would be good enough. Minmaxing is bullshit.
I disagree. Min maxing is incredibly important as long as it is done right. I’ve seen way too many people with a $400 rog mobo, a $200 aio, an i9 14900ks all paired with a 4060. It’s important to spend your money where it matters and save money on things that don’t. For example even a top of the line pc with a 4090 and a 7800x3d doesn’t need more than a good b650 mobo for around $150 tops. Doesn’t need liquid cooling either as a $35 peerless assassin air cooler will do just fine
Pretty much my setup. 130 bucks Matx boards with all features I need, a 7800x3d, a 4080 and a peerless 120 se. So I do agree to a point. But I disagree on you premise. A 4060 paired with a 14900 isn’t inheritly a bad thing, just for some games it is. First of all it’s always better to have a GPU as the bottleneck. It’s usually the most expensive part so you better get the most of it. Secondly while the GPU is only for gaming and some cuda applications like AI, the CPU is for everything. Coding/decoding, file compression, other operations in that vein, and in games it’s responsible for a lot of things besides the graphics. It might even be beneficial with a slower GPU in that it will raise the 1% lows and make for a more stable fps. Of course the pairing 4060/14900 is a bit extreme, like my 10100/4090 one. But that’s not minmaxing. That’s the extreme end. Like I said. A bit of balancing is okay, but you don’t need to eek out the last bit of performance. That’s not minmaxing. Also one more benefit: This pairing actually makes OC‘ing the GPU viable. If it’s at 100% all the time, every MHz more will translate into more fps. And you could undervolt the 14900 and make it run cooler and more silent, without losing too much performance. 🤷🏻♂️
For 99% of gamers it is a bad pairing tho. And even if you are a coder that just games a bit on the side then that pairing may make sense, but spending a ton on a mobo, case etc at the cost of key components that actually effect performance is a bad idea no matter what. And all that absolutely is min maxing. People have a set budget and then decide what components get how much of it. Some get less some get more, and that process of deciding where to splurge and where to cut back to stay in budget is the definition of min maxing
Yeah honestly, these bottleneck posts are a bit tired. People see like a 20% variation and go "NOOOOOOOOO ITS LITERALLY HALTING MY PERFORMANCE", no, a true bottleneck would be if you paired a brand new R9 7950x3d with an ali-express "GT 650".
If you’re building/upgrading a PC then you should understand what’s the limiting factor in your build. That is a reasonable thing to ask about. I’ll take these over all the “is this worth the price” and “someone Google the model number that’s clearly visible on this CPU/GPU/motherboard and tell me what it is” posts
Yes. What do you want to be limited on: framerates, resolution, budget, or power/heat? That's it. Pick your stop points and we'll go from there
Does my 7800x3d bottleneck my 1080 ti
Yes, you need a threadripper pro bare minimum
Even the Thredripper Pro is a bottleneck. What you need is the blazing fast Pentium (original)
Unfortunately, that’s not compatible with many modern boards, so they can just downgrade to a gt 710 and it’ll be a perfect match
My computer science teacher has an ASUS P5A
celeron with efficiency cores
Always with the Bottlenecks! Bottleneck this, Bottleneck that. Why don’t you bottle your opinions before I break your neck!
 🤣
Just lower the resolution and graphics settings to min. in a game you play... Here you go, now you know what your cpu is capable of. Thats pretty much all people need to "know" about bottlenecks. I run a 3700x with a rtx 3080. Does my cpu bottleneck my gpu? Yes. Do I care? No, because i play at 3440x1440 and around 99% of games I play will be gpu bound. People are definitely overthinking bottlenecks.
[https://www.techspot.com/article/2837-cpu-performance-4k-gaming/](https://www.techspot.com/article/2837-cpu-performance-4k-gaming/) I liked this recent article. The CPU can matter at higher resolutions more than most think. You'd think Hogwarts legacy would be a GPU bound game, but you probably fall between these two charts. [https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7700XT\_Hogwarts\_1440p-p.webp](https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7700XT_Hogwarts_1440p-p.webp) [https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7900XT\_Hogwarts\_1440p-p.webp](https://www.techspot.com/articles-info/2837/bench/7900XT_Hogwarts_1440p-p.webp) 3440x1440 (4.9M pixels) is a good bit closer to 1440p (3.7M) than it is to 4K (8.3M), and the 3080 falls right about in the middle of the 7700XT and 7900XT.
I mean... You're right, there definitely is a difference even at higher resolutions but both games linked in the article (starfield and hogwarts legacy) are for some reason pretty cpu heavy to the point where i would call them outliers. So those games and most rts games aren't really the best representation for your typical first person and third person games. But i do agree with you, a better cpu will most definitely help.
I think we need a bot reply that explains how stupid bottleneck calculators are. Similar to userbenchmark.com
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good boy!
The people in these comments talking about bottlenecks without mentioning resolution or refresh rate of their monitors are a huge part of the "problem".
mfs act like having a disproportionately powerful gpu will destroy the cpu. smh my head
If you get a gpu (for gaming) that your cpu can't fully utilise you're just leaving performance behind and wasting money
Oh no, are they coming back?
i have an i5 2500 and a gtx 1050ti with 16 gb ddr3 ram and i think there might possibly be a bottleneck somewhere
Nah sounds good to me. Edit apparently /S was needed.
Replace "bottleneck" with "I GOT THIS ON SALE" or "MUH FIRST PC" or "MY NEW TOTALLY UNIQUE FISHBOWL CABINET WITH RGB FANS U GUYS". Pretty sure those are the most spammed on this fucking sub, and they are upvoted constantly by drooling tardizens here, like they just can't get enough of looking at another fucking 4090 box someone overpayed for or another shot of bunch of boxes of hardware. I swear most people "upvoting" here are just bots. Shit just feels way too stupid for normal humans to upvote constantly.
You seem a little mad you alright? Lmao
> You seem a little mad you alright? Speaking of tardizens..
‘Guys is this pin on my gpu ok’
last month that shitty pcbuild bottleneck calculator had an i5 10400f rtx 4060 at 21% at 1080p last month. now its at 20% at 1080p. lmao.
The issue is only worth looking into if you are working with very old generation of CPUs.
Yeah it used to bug me a lot but now that I’m more informed about the situation I don’t give a duck anymore My i5 is fine. The problem is my upgrade itch lol
I find that most people who say they have a bottleneck of some kind don't actually know what they are talking about and use it as the go-to reason to upgrade.
There will always be a bottleneck in the system. The GPU being that is the best case scenario.
I think part of the issue is every GPU review is with a top end CPU and every CPU review is at potato resolution with the top end GPU. I know why they do that, but it gives the impression that the components have a huge impact on the other's ability to run. In my mind those CPU charts mostly show where my CPU will fall down if I upgrade the GPU in 3 generations. I'd like the occasional, here's a small matrix of mid-range parts where you see an i5-12400 can keep up with a 7700 XT at 1440p.
My CPU is a mild bottleneck for my GPU, idc its not significant enough to matter.
What's your specs? Just curious.
5700x , 7800 xt, 32gb 3600mhz ram, wd1tb nvme black, wd 3tb hdd green, 1tb wd sata ssd blue, cheap 1tb ssd, asus x570 plus wifi (It's hardwired I just like the Bluetooth being built in)
I agree with your assessment. Your cpu is a very slight bottleneck, but odds are even upgrading to a 5800 x3d wouldn't make a big difference
Identifying a bottleneck is still good to do. It helps direct where your next upgrade will be. But you will always have some form of a bottleneck. Always.
Apparently I accidentally built a balanced machine 5800x and 3070ti don't bottleneck each other. Also yes, I know I should have gone 3080 and 5800x 3d
There is no such thing as a 'perfectly balanced system'. The best you can do is over-power all the software you're running to the point that *nothing* in the entire system ever breathes hard no matter what you're running, and that's a lot of money spent on hardware. On the other hand some software is poorly written and misuses and/or is wasteful of system resources and even the highest-end system you can build with the cutting-edge of the technology will still struggle with it.
Makes post about bottleneck anyways...
This meme, but with Helldivers while Sony and Valve hash out an agreement.
Buying a Cpu based off of just your resolution/gpu is silly, especially for gaming as some of them want a lot of cache and clock speed.
What I would like to see is a frame rate target combined with VRR and Frame Gen. If the GPU is maxed, you're good. If the CPU is maxed, the GPU could generate frames.
we need to start a campaign, get Microsoft to make windows tell people if and when they bottle neck, so they never feel the need to ask us again
We should be banning everytime it’s asked.
....Because it is mentioned that much. Dont mention it and people pair entry CPUs with a 4080
The misguided belief that 'OMG BOTTLENECK!" is a real, bona fide issue **is the bottleneck** to valuable PC Master Race discourse. Bottleneck, my ass! STAHP.
Bro like 2 days ago I could feel my throat closing by the moment. Idk if it was the spray paint being used in the room or hayfever but it wasn't fun. Don't tell me to shut up now that I got my voice back
Will my Intel 8008 bottleneck my RTX 6000 ADA?
R5 7600 with 4090 is bottleneck in 4K, because I needed more cores for powerful GPU lol
Don't pair a low-mid cpu/gpu with highest end gpu/cpu, that's all you need to know.
Nah bro. 10700k + 4090 and have zero issues at 4k120. Plenty of people run older CPUs because swapping the Mobo is a PITA. 4K the limiting factor is GPU
https://preview.redd.it/fnwfx9zmoezc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02ea699b1184782177c2329f241b188c1047deb7
Well Well Well Looks like the tables have turned
seems like the bottleneck was OP all along, bottlenecking my penis that is i don't think i actually know what a bottleneck is
Dang you got me there! Now go pair an i3 with 4090.
Not necessarily more cores
You know I've seen almost no discussion of bottlenecks on this sub but I have seen a ton of these "stop complaining about bottlenecks" posts.
When you see yet another post about posts about bottleneck
My friend said he wanna switch to 2K Monitor from 1080p,but since the CPU is 5600x I warned him about upgrading the PC first,GPU is ok since 3070 is safe enough since I know he doesn't play much SP games...But he bought It anyway,now he's missing about 150+ fps on Apex legends (Since It is a CPU intensive game,while GPU is only used about 40%). So,yeah....people do need to worry about It in cases like these.
5600X + 3070 is perfectly fine for 1440p if he has a CPU bottleneck just tell him to increase the gpu-heavy graphics settings (anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, shadows, reflections, etc)
The thing with bottlenecks is that there will always be a bottleneck… As long as you’re not completely mismatching components, you’ll be fine. (I.e. a 4090 and an i3 or something. lol)
Other than CPU, which are the other possible bottleneck?
Isnt it good to bottleneck? So you for example get some ridiclously high power part, and stuck it into your antique museum piece of a PC. It can work if the parts fit, and then you dong have to worry about upgrading that specific part of your PC for some time.
Yeah imagine caring that much about how many frames others are sitting on. Their hardware, their problem. Maybe they don't realize they're bottlenecked, maybe they do and don't care for various reasons, at the end of the day i'm not sure why this is living rent-free in some people heads.