[Ibage]

I am buying an Athlon II 245 on monday for my brothers gaming rig. Now, I hear the word bottleneck used way too much and it's desensitized me to the meaning.

Will an Athlon II bottleneck a 4890? I've heard yes and I've heard no. I'd like this GPU to get some use since it's collecting dust after my 470 moved in

 

[pbpenguins412]

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Originally Posted by Ibage I am buying an Athlon II 245 on monday for my brothers gaming rig. Now, I hear the word bottleneck used way too much and it's desensitized me to the meaning. Will an Athlon II bottleneck a 4890? I've heard yes and I've heard no. I'd like this GPU to get some use since it's collecting dust after my 470 moved in

Nope! You'll be just fine.

 

[stangcharger]

Mainly only on games that see multi core which is growing but isn't many. It could stand to use an overclocked to 3.4-3.5 ghz though. I noticed gains on my 4870 on bench marks until 3.4ghz. Yes benches are different.

 

[Fortunex]

Depends on the game.

Crysis, any Source game? Probably not.
GTA4, Bad Company 2? Yeah.

A bottleneck is simply when one part is holding back performance. It doesn't matter what you do, you're going to have a bottleneck somewhere in your system.