Is my CPU holding back my GPU?

apples0_17

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Is my CPU holding back my GPU?

I have a AMD x2 +4600 cpu, my video card is a ASUS 8800 GTS 320mb.

Is my cpu not powerfull enough to give me full power from my graphics card?
 
It depends on your monitor's resolution. At low res such as 1280x1024, the CPU will almost always be the bottleneck with a high end GPU. At higher resolutions, there is more stress on the GPU and it becomes the bottleneck.

You could always just overclock your CPU, if your FPS rises, then it's bottlenecking.
 
No I have never o/c anything yet.

Any guides or step by step walkthroughs on how to do it with my setup?
 
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