7850 and Q6600 bottleneck?

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Hey,

I was thinking about getting 7850 but I was wondering if my old Q6600 @ 3.0GHz would bottleneck it?
I'm planning on playing Battlefield 3 on 1680x1050, maybe 1080p in the future.

If it's really going to bottleneck then is 7790 maybe a better solution?
 
You should be fine with the 7850 and that cpu. The processor matters less as you increase the resolution, as it forces the video card to work harder. CPU "bottlenecking" usually only comes into play at lower resolutions, as the video card tends to push out the low res textures faster than the cpu can keep it fed.
 
I have used a Q6700 before in Eyefinity with a HD5850 and it ran great in Bad Company 2 , if you can get yours up to around 3.4 to 3.6 would be better but the way to test for a bottle neck is in a (GPU) score for 3DMark Vantage and compare your score with others .
 
I have used a Q6700 before in Eyefinity with a HD5850 and it ran great in Bad Company 2 , if you can get yours up to around 3.4 to 3.6 would be better but the way to test for a bottle neck is in a (GPU) score for 3DMark Vantage and compare your score with others .

I have a Q6600 (bone-stock) and at 1280x720, I usually don't have CPU bottlenecks except in games later than BF3 - and that was with an HD5450. (I was *GPU* bottlenecked in BF3; still am in all too many games - the HD7850 in 2 GB trim is the "pill" I intend to take to cure those ills until I get the rest of my parts for BridgeWalker.)

Even with the Q6600, 1680x1050 with most, if not all, the good stuff should be achievable in BF3 or most any game.
 
You shouldnt bottleneck, i have a q6700 with a 7950 and it runs great.
You may however be Vram limited though.
 
Contrary to others in this thread. I find my GF's Q6600 OC'd to 3.5ghz is lacking in some games. If the game is any sort of cpu intensive, expect slowdowns.
 
When I ran a single 6950 on my old board with my Q6600 OC'd to 3.2Ghz it ran most games very well. While gaming on it, I had no complaints.
However when I upgraded to my current board/cpu, I did notice a good jump in FPS in most of my games, I'd say at least a 10FPS better average in most games. But it could have been something with my board (gigabyte P965-S3 i think) instead of the CPU.
 
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