I'm currently playing games like Call of Duty and other AAA titles such as Far Cry with a setup that includes a 5060 Ti GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a Ryzen 7 5700 CPU. I've noticed that both my CPU and GPU utilization are pretty much equal during gameplay, but my CPU usage sometimes spikes into the 90s. I'm worried I might be facing a bottleneck issue. I'm considering upgrading to an AM5 Ryzen 5 9600X and adding another 32GB of DDR5 RAM along with a new motherboard, but the total cost would be around $500. Before I make this investment, I'd like to get some confirmation on whether my CPU is genuinely the bottleneck. By the way, I usually game at 1080p.
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It's interesting because CPUs generally work harder at lower resolutions. You might want to try bumping up to 2K resolution and see if that makes a difference in performance.
That's true to some extent. Higher resolutions require rendering more pixels, which can actually lead to a higher CPU demand depending on the game.