I'm running a Sandy Bridge i5-2500, non K version, CPU since 2011.
Can you guys tell me why each cores maxed out at 3410 MHz? I thought the CPU can turbo up to 3.7 GHz?
Also, I'm looking to upgrade my GPU this year, either the R9 490 or the GTX 1070. Will my CPU bottlenecks the much newer GPU architecture such as the GTX 1070?
Games I mainly play are: League of Legends, Hard West, XCOM 1/2, The Flame in the Flood, and The Banner Saga series.
Games I listed above are not really CPU bound I guess, but I'm not sure the older Sandy Bridge i5-2500 is keeping up with the new GPU architecture?
Edit: Sticking with 1080p for the next 5 years with no intention to upgrade to 1440p until 1440p monitor sells under $300 with 1ms response time @ 144hz refresh rate.
Also, I'm running a 5 year old XFX HD 6950 2GB card, haha I know, I don't like to upgrade my parts too often, usually upgrade every 5 years or so.
Can you guys tell me why each cores maxed out at 3410 MHz? I thought the CPU can turbo up to 3.7 GHz?
Also, I'm looking to upgrade my GPU this year, either the R9 490 or the GTX 1070. Will my CPU bottlenecks the much newer GPU architecture such as the GTX 1070?
Games I mainly play are: League of Legends, Hard West, XCOM 1/2, The Flame in the Flood, and The Banner Saga series.
Games I listed above are not really CPU bound I guess, but I'm not sure the older Sandy Bridge i5-2500 is keeping up with the new GPU architecture?
Edit: Sticking with 1080p for the next 5 years with no intention to upgrade to 1440p until 1440p monitor sells under $300 with 1ms response time @ 144hz refresh rate.
Also, I'm running a 5 year old XFX HD 6950 2GB card, haha I know, I don't like to upgrade my parts too often, usually upgrade every 5 years or so.
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