What is CPU & GPU Bottlenecking? CPU & GPU Bottlenecks Explained

What is a CPU and/or GPU Bottleneck? How do I know if I have one and what do I do IF I have one? If you're new to PC gaming I'm sure you've heard people throwing around the term CPU and/or GPU bottleneck. You've probably even wondered if your CPU or GPU is being bottlenecked or causing a bottleneck in your system? You've probably also wondered what exactly does bottlenecking mean? What causes it? How can I find out if my computer is being bottlenecked? And if it is what can I do about it? I've designed this video to answer all of these questions. To help people that are new to PC gaming learn what a CPU and GPU bottleneck is, what causes it, how to find out if you're experiencing one or the other and what you can do about it.

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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Where does the term “Bottlenecking” come from and what does it mean?
1:36 - CPU Bottleneck explained/illustrated
6:26 - Example of a CPU bottleneck – running Shadow of the Tomb Raider on A10-5800K & GTX 1660
7:55 - Don't waste your money! Don't buy a more powerful GPU than your CPU can handle.
9:23 - GPU Bottleneck explained/illustrated
10:26 - How can you find out if you're experiencing a CPU or GPU bottleneck? featuring MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner.
11:38 - What can you do if your CPU is bottlenecking your GPU?
12:49 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)

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[meadus]

1. This video was extremely informative.
2. That PC in the background is an art piece. That's the perfect blue.

[bigmonkry]

This is Crazy how you explained it you explaine it better than many others. you really deserve way more attention thank you for showing me what i need.

[Dkwrldwastaken]

You helped me so much I was wondering if my cpu was bottlenecking when it was stuttering but it's not. I just need to lower to frame rate a little more thank you for an explanation that makes sense to gamers like me

[lucianochikopa]

wow, you have explained and illustrated very well, This has helped me a lot, thank you

[Thegooob]

You are unbelievably underrated my friend. Thank you and I hope you get in return what you gave for making these videos.

[Bobo-eyfc]

That was a fantastic video! I've never seen the bottleneck issue explained in such an effective way. Well done and THANK YOU!

[MarkUs]

you got a new like and new sub, Thank you for clearly explaining everything. I know how the bottleneck works but I'm having a hard time explaining it to my friends, now I can just send them your video when they ask.

[glenm]

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[kevinfox]

Super helpful video. In fact all of your videos are awesome!! Please keep it up 👍

[bjarnigumundsson]

you explain this so well! thank you kind sir!

[mikevortex]

This is the greatest video I’ve watched. Good shit man

[bigfryday]

I just watched this video. One word to describe the info given in this video. AWESOME. very good explanation of the two possible problems, good job.

[iamhardwell]

Bro your video is underrated you explain so clear I don't even need to watch the video to I understand

[johnwilson]

Nice, my pc said I was having a gpu bottleneck and that my gpu was very weak for may cpu and I should get a upgrade. I was confused considering I knew I was getting the right profromance out of my gpu. Now I understand that it isn't a issue

[peterdsp]

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[sarveshm]

best explanation ever on youtube; all doubts cleared; thanks; but video could have been shorter; especially 3:09 to 4:03 part explanation was stretched.

[.L]

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[refugiorizo]

Great video. I hope I get to catch more of your videos.

[MasihJay]

Thanks for the efforts that was very helpful.

[leesqueue]

Omg🥰 I learned so much .ILY Sir.Im a beginner of the PC.