

H ow much more weight you put towards the CPU also depends on the resolution - and more importantly the refresh rate - of your monitor (both of which I'll explain next).
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If you're building a PC for a particular game (or genre), and after doing your research you find that game to be a CPU intensive game like GTA V as one random example, you may want to more evenly distribute your budget towards both the GPU and CPU (instead of the norm which is to spend a fair bit more on your GPU vs the CPU). CPU intensive games, also sometimes referred to as CPU bound games, are games that have a lot of "behind the scenes" processing of non-rendering related game mechanics and gameplay, whether that's due to large game worlds, lots of in-game objects/characters/units needing processing (think strategy games), a lot of complex physics or AI, and so on. Some games place more strain on the CPU than others, therefore a certain CPU GPU pairing may cause a CPU bottleneck in one particular game, and not in another. See Also: The Best CPUs for Gaming (Intel vs AMD) However, there are always exceptions, and depending on your exact usage you may want to think through your choice of CPU and GPU a little more based on the following 3 things. Therefore, in general when building or upgrading a gaming PC, it makes sense to put more weight towards your GPU. This is because most 3D titles are more graphically demanding than they are CPU demanding, but also largely because graphics in games continue to get better and better over time, with more complex and impressive rendering algorithms and effects coming into play every few years, while the actual game logic/code (the CPU's job) stays around the same or increases only a little. Choosing the best CPU GPU combo for your gaming PC can be very simple - when it comes to most modern games, it's typically easy to avoid your CPU bottlenecking your GPU if you follow the conventional wisdom of balancing your CPU and GPU selection with a decent skew towards the GPU (in terms budget).
