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RUNNING A SIX-CORE CPU FROM A FEW GENERATIONS AGO WITH A GTX 1660 SUPER. WHAT ACTUALLY HOLDS ME BACK? !!

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Accepted solution by Una Reid — oh ive been there lol lower the resolution or render scale as a test. if your FPS barely changes, ure CPU limited, if FPS jumps a lot, the…
  1. Rowan Dalton
    @rowan.dalton24

    ok so honest question for people whove been through this. im running a six-core CPU from a few genertaions ago paired with a GTX 1660 Super. games feel sluggish, but i cant tell which part is the problem. my target is 1080p ultra. did you ever upgrade one part and rerget not doing the other first? 🔥 ive watched comparison videos, but they awlays use top-end parts, not setups like mine. real experiences from ppl with similar hardware would help alot more than benchmark charts. what did u upgrade first, and were you happy with it?

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  2. Oskar Costa
    @oskarc367

    oof if streaming is part of the plan, a newer GPU with a modern hardware encoder takes the encoding load off the CPU completely, which changes teh math a lot.

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  4. Diego Bauer
    @thread_wrangler
    in reply to @signalwrangler

    lol same thing happened to me measure before u buy. Run your usual games with an overlay showing GPU usage. If the GPU sits at 95-99% usage, it's the limit. If GPU usage is low while one or two CPU threads are maxed out, the CPU is the bottleneck. fingers crossed 🤞

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  5. Nadia E.
    @nadia_quiet

    hmmm which verison are u on?

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  6. Pia Zhang
    @pia.zhang64

    ok updtae: did what @loose_probe said and its fine now

    thumbsup

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  7. Una Reid
    @loose_probe
    Accepted solution

    oh ive been there lol lower the resolution or render scale as a test. if your FPS barely changes, ure CPU-limited, if FPS jumps a lot, the GPU is teh limit.

    thinking

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  8. Rowan Dalton
    @rowan.dalton24
    in reply to @loose_probe

    @loose_probe omg finally ran teh usage test like suggested and the CPU was clearly the limit, got a drop-in upgrade on the same board and my FPS lows improved massively, great advice. seriously made my day 😭🙏

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