I recently upgraded to a 5070ti, hoping to enhance my FPS in games like CS2 and Valorant. However, I'm only getting about 140 FPS in CS2 and 200 FPS in Valorant. While monitoring performance, I noticed my CPU usage hovers around 40-50%, and my GPU only reaches about 20%. Given that I have an i7-8700k, is it possible that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU?
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Definitely seems like a CPU issue. Even with that overall usage, it's likely that some threads are maxed out, which could be bottlenecking your FPS, especially in competitive games.
Total CPU usage isn't the best measure. Games often rely on the performance of individual cores, and your 8700k is a bottleneck. If you upgrade to something like the 9800X3D, you could see a big improvement.
Yeah, it looks like your CPU might be holding you back. The i7-8700k is getting a bit old now, especially for gaming with a newer GPU like yours.
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