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post #1 of 18
6/26/12 at 4:46pm
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My main rig currently has a 560ti 448 cores and I've been thinking about upgrading my GPU but I was curious, will my i5 bottleneck my GPU? I can OC it of course, I"m just curious.

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post #2 of 18
6/26/12 at 4:47pm
no it wont.
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post #3 of 18
6/26/12 at 4:48pm
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My main rig currently has a 560ti 448 cores and I've been thinking about upgrading my GPU but I was curious, will my i5 bottleneck my GPU? I can OC it of course, I"m just curious.
Thanks.

No, you wont see much bottlenecking at all. But you will see nice improvements with overclocking. In some games like starcraft 2 that love high cpu clocks you will see a bottleneck. But you will be fine in most cases. If you can overclock might as well. thumb.gif
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post #4 of 18
6/26/12 at 4:48pm
Some games will benefit from overclocking (like SC2 or skyrim) but most (95%) will not.
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6/26/12 at 4:50pm
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I would say that your 560 is a bottleneck. wink.gif

I upgraded from the GTX 470 to the GTX 580 with the i5-2500K, and I saw quite a noticeable improvement.

By the way, why aren't you overclocking your 2500K?
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post #6 of 18
6/26/12 at 4:59pm
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no it wont.

Alright, Just wondering
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No, you wont see much bottlenecking at all. But you will see nice improvements with overclocking. In some games like starcraft 2 that love high cpu clocks you will see a bottleneck. But you will be fine in most cases. If you can overclock might as well. thumb.gif
Hmm, didn't know that. Now I do thanks!
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I would say that your 560 is a bottleneck. wink.gif
I upgraded from the GTX 470 to the GTX 580 with the i5-2500K, and I saw quite a noticeable improvement.
By the way, why aren't you overclocking your 2500K?
lol, I agree! I haven't had time/the balls to do it. Plan on doing it soon though since I upgraded my case to an 810. I would have like to have gotten to water but thats just wayyy to expensive for me. Maybe if I get the 680.


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post #7 of 18
6/26/12 at 5:07pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moovin View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by vitality View Post

no it wont.

Alright, Just wondering
Quote:
Originally Posted by ITS OVER 9000! View Post

No, you wont see much bottlenecking at all. But you will see nice improvements with overclocking. In some games like starcraft 2 that love high cpu clocks you will see a bottleneck. But you will be fine in most cases. If you can overclock might as well. thumb.gif
Hmm, didn't know that. Now I do thanks!
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Originally Posted by TwoCables View Post

I would say that your 560 is a bottleneck. wink.gif
I upgraded from the GTX 470 to the GTX 580 with the i5-2500K, and I saw quite a noticeable improvement.
By the way, why aren't you overclocking your 2500K?
lol, I agree! I haven't had time/the balls to do it. Plan on doing it soon though since I upgraded my case to an 810. I would have like to have gotten to water but thats just wayyy to expensive for me. Maybe if I get the 680.


Thanks everyone for the insanely fast response!

What are you using for CPU cooling right now? Intel's stock cooling? Or what?
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
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6/26/12 at 5:11pm
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What are you using for CPU cooling right now? Intel's stock cooling? Or what?
Coolermaster Hyper 212+. I know that I shouldnt have any problem as far as cooling goes. Especially since my brother OC'ed his i7 to 4.0 on intel stock with stable temps in a HAF 912 that has cooling issues because of the GPU, (Same GPU as mine)
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post #9 of 18
6/26/12 at 5:12pm
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Coolermaster Hyper 212+. I know that I shouldnt have any problem as far as cooling goes. Especially since my brother OC'ed his i7 to 4.0 on intel stock with stable temps in a HAF 912 that has cooling issues because of the GPU, (Same GPU as mine)

Ya thats a great cooler. You should be able to get about 4.4-4.5 Ghz off it with great temps smile.gif
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6/26/12 at 5:13pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TwoCables View Post

What are you using for CPU cooling right now? Intel's stock cooling? Or what?
Coolermaster Hyper 212+. I know that I shouldnt have any problem as far as cooling goes. Especially since my brother OC'ed his i7 to 4.0 on intel stock with stable temps in a HAF 912 that has cooling issues because of the GPU, (Same GPU as mine)

That depends: did you put thermal paste in between the pipes before applying the rest of the paste?

If so, then I would expect 4.7 to 4.8 GHz with about 75°C load temps (which are quite safe).
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