hey guys been looking around for decent upgrades and well my computer is old enough( lga 775 2.4ghz quad core, 8gb ram- with a amd r7-260x) that I'd need to upgrade the cpu, mobo, ram in one go. started to wonder how a more modern ish gpu would do instead to delay the overhaul. say the 7900 series, boasts a good 16gb of ram double what the mobo can offer. other side is upgrade and keep the r7-260x. I haven't done any clocking to see how the cpu matches the gpu, other than playing "wreckfest" racing demolition game, the cpu sorta hovers at the 50-60% while the gpu is pegged 80-100%
Forza horizon 4 crashes on start, wreck fest is the only other intensive game, rest of the games are prior to 2015 so computer runs them okay. Checked out a couple compare your CPU GPU site tells me my processor is bottle necking the graphics card by about 12% But graphic card is pegged 100 and CPU isn't north of 60%. 82% bottle neck running the 2.4ghz quad core with the 7900 series graphics card that I was thinking on
You're better off just getting a new computer. Technology moves fast. Save your money, keep an eye on sales. If you can nag an AMD 7800X 3 D, 32GB RAM, and new GPU (3xxx or 4xxxx NVIDIA series), you'd be good for at least five years. You can save a lot of money with a used GPU.
No good having a GPU that's way better than your CPU. If I'm not mistaken from what I googled that CPU came out in 2007 so it would be incredibly bottlenecked. I'd build a new PC from the ground up or try to find a deal on a good prebuilt if I were you. Maybe see if you can get some money selling the old components.
Been eyeing things out and looking around, Going to see about a B650 series AM5 socket, 7600 AMD CPU and some ram. 2.4ghz 4 core, 6gb ram at 800hz 4.7ghz 6 core, 32gb ram 6200hz should make the difference, but I'll be using the R7-260x for another year or so.
Upgraded the CPU in the end. AMD 7600x (6-core 4.7ghz) mated to a gigabyte B650m DS3H. With XPG Lancer RGB RAM. Just didn't want to post for 6 ish hours of tinkering. Ended up clipping the ram features. Disabled "ddr5 booster," "XMP/expo." dropped the memory multiplier to base of twenty and enabled CSM. Booted up fine but ram refresh rate is locked down to 2000mhz for the time being... Ram is rated for 6400mhz. Played some games for a reference, CPU never saw 20% demand.... GPU just ran maxed. Albeit not a single lag or glitch in the intensive stuff. 35fps at the worst 55fps average 65 if I'm lucky. See what prices brings for graphics cards later on. The 6600xt can be had for $250 so may sooner or later go that route.
Hmmm the R7 260X can handle horizon 4.... Or at least the CPU is just bulldozing. Temps of 55°c. 1220 core mhz with a vram boost to 1670 and power limits of 3%. Getting an impressive 45fps 1050p with video quality set to mid in horizon 4. Good enough