I just recently acquired a second ASUS GTX670 TOP Edition to SLI with my current one, and am wondering if my 1090t (OC'd to 4ghz) will choke anywhere? If so what CPU should I look at? My sig rig should be up to date on all my components
EDIT: I'll be playing @ 1920x1080 a variety of games
While many might be, not all games are GPU dependent. Games like Starcraft 2, Civilizations 5, or most MMO's are heavily CPU dependent because they are attempting to create many NPC's and objects on the screen simultaneously that don't require a whole lot of VRAM or texture rendering.
That being said, your 1090T will perform just fine at a nice little overclock. The Thuban series processors are still kicking quite strong after all this time and are still powerful, especially at 4.0 or 4.1 Ghz. It might bottleneck just a bit, but nothing too noticeable.
I had a Theban six core and it bottlenecks my dual. 6970s so I would say from experience yes it will in some games. From my experience dual gpus need faster GHz in order to be freed up. Even a 2500k or 3570k will bottleneck two high end gpus at stock.
I agree, but I got this for an unbelievable price...
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While many might be, not all games are GPU dependent. Games like Starcraft 2, Civilizations 5, or most MMO's are heavily CPU dependent because they are attempting to create many NPC's and objects on the screen simultaneously that don't require a whole lot of VRAM or texture rendering.
That being said, your 1090T will perform just fine at a nice little overclock. The Thuban series processors are still kicking quite strong after all this time and are still powerful, especially at 4.0 or 4.1 Ghz. It might bottleneck just a bit, but nothing too noticeable.
I had a Theban six core and it bottlenecks my dual. 6970s so I would say from experience yes it will in some games. From my experience dual gpus need faster GHz in order to be freed up. Even a 2500k or 3570k will bottleneck two high end gpus at stock.
I had a Theban six core and it bottlenecks my dual. 6970s so I would say from experience yes it will in some games. From my experience dual gpus need faster GHz in order to be freed up. Even a 2500k or 3570k will bottleneck two high end gpus at stock.
agreed.. when i switched from 1100t to 8350 i noticed how much i had a bottleneck.. its something you dont notice till you upgrade. You will be fine with the sli and game fine though
It wont be a bottleneck at 1920x1080. A single GTX670 is enough to play anything on the market right now at max settings so a 2nd one should be able to give you frames high enough that the few frames youd be missing out on will never be noticed. Now if you decide to get into multiple monitor configurations with resolutions like 5760x1080 then youll start to see that X6 choking things off a bit. But for single monitor gaming, youre fine.
Youve got a solid motherboard with that Gigabyte, why not upgrade to a 8320 and put a solid overclock on there. That would be a very nice improvement in CPU horsepower for ya.
I just recently acquired a second ASUS GTX670 TOP Edition to SLI with my current one, and am wondering if my 1090t (OC'd to 4ghz) will choke anywhere? If so what CPU should I look at? My sig rig should be up to date on all my components
EDIT: I'll be playing @ 1920x1080 a variety of games
I think the whole "bottleneck" sounds a lot scarier than it is.......let's just say that you won't fully load you 670s in some games, but overall performance gain from the 2nd gpu will be far greater than the loss from the cpu
That'll be quite the bottleneck. Heck, that CPU will technically bottleneck one 670. Play game of choice with v-sync off running MSI AB or Precision X. If your GPU usage doesn't stay above 95%, 100% of the time......CPU bottleneck.
Console players are turning speed limited. Using a mouse @ 30 fps is horrid. Using a gamepad on a console with their limited turning sensitivity @ 30 fps is very playable. Slow, but playable.
agreed.. when i switched from 1100t to 8350 i noticed how much i had a bottleneck.. its something you dont notice till you upgrade. You will be fine with the sli and game fine though
i always recommend the 8300 chips to some who would rather go amd and pair up mid/highend gpus. i would not even think of doing that with my thuban. i really believe that the extra cores of the 8300 helps in dual gpu setup.
the advantage of the 8300 to the thuban is that, we all know that by now, is it can oc higher. a 4GHz thuban is about the same power as a 4.3 - 4.4 8300. when the latter starts oc'ing higher . . . it is goodbye thuban. the 6300 needs about 4.7 -4.8 to match a thuban at 4GHz.
@op, even my i7 SB at 4.5 can't push a 7950 at 99% in most games. it will dip to the 80s. could be the games.
that is a very good plan. the new fx is almost here. surely your fps will be noticeably higher with 670 sli. i did not try crossfire with my thuban 'cause one lane only runs at X4 and the 7950 had a waterblock. too much work just to test.
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