Will i3 bottleneck r9 280x?

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I have i3 540 overclocked at 4.3ghz and want to upgrade my gpu. Will my i3 will bottleneck r9 280x?

 

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Anyone?

 

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Give it more than 1.5 hours on a Sunday morning at 6am eastern....


It won't bottleneck, no.

 

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Sorry, there is 13:40 now where I live

 

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US based site friend.

 

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Thats ok Im from baltic so its mid day now

 

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So????

 

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EarthDog said:

It won't bottleneck, no.

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Maiklas said:

So????

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Even a high end card like a R290 or R290x might not truely bottleneck the CPU. The CPU's these days are pretty remarkable.