i5 4690k with titan x sli

[Geno Boost]

will this processor bottleneck the gpu's over 10-15% when compared to x99 i7 5820k/i7 5960x

[Mistaspiffy1]

im sure it will be fine 

[Enderman]

no, unless you plan to do stuff like 3d rendering or editing

[RedSphyxis]

im sure it will be fine 

I second this it will be fine, but that's absurd getting 2 titan x's without even upgrading to an i7 IMO

 

the Titan X is supposed to be for people who are devs or other productivity users. so getting a Titan X with an i5 is nonsense, not to mention getting 2

[SkilledRebuilds]

DO YOU PEOPLE WHO REPLY EVEN KNOW OR ARE YOU GUESSING NO BECAUSE YOU SEE INTEL???
 

 

I've seen some Crossfire setups (290/290x) bottleneck with an i5 3570K @ 4.4Ghz while playing a few games,.. Crysis3/FC3/Metro with GPU usage in the 75-85% range, still spiking to 100% on both time to time.

 

I'm sure it may do the same to a TitanX SLI setup, but can't be 100% sure,...Cant speak for Nvidia's driver/optimization support on SLI as I do not own the ecosystem at home.

 

will this processor bottleneck the gpu's over 10-15%

If you can afford 2 titan x you can afford an I7 4970k ...

[MrTiC]

If you can afford 2 titan x you can afford an I7 4970k ...

[Geno Boost]

I second this it will be fine, but that's absurd getting 2 titan x's without even upgrading to an i7 IMO

 

the Titan X is supposed to be for people who are devs or other productivity users. so getting a Titan X with an i5 is nonsense, not to mention getting 2

titan x does not have double precision like the previous titans had which made them cheap gpus over the quadros, this new titan x is marketed as a super high-end gpu for gamers while the original titans were marketed as developer/rendering cards not gaming cards first.

[Geno Boost]

If you can afford 2 titan x you can afford an I7 4970k ...

normally i would said yes but my friend already has the i5 4690k in his system

[RedSphyxis]

titan x does not have double precision like the previous titans had which made them cheap gpus over the quadros, this new titan x is marketed as a super high-end gpu for gamers while the original titans were marketed as developer/rendering cards not gaming cards first.

yeah hey don't have the double precision floating point which is sad. But the amount of power it holds can still be unlocked when used by devs etc. Even at 4K a Titan X barely utilizes its vram

[MrTiC]

normally i would said yes but my friend already has the i5 4690k in his system

That being said, yes it will work perfectly. but i dont see the point atm for 2 titans, 1 yes 2 not soo

[LinkDrive]

In general, the 4690k should be fast enough to let two Titan X's stretch their legs with little bottleneck. The single core performance of most high end i5's can rival the single core performance of many i7's in games. That said, there will be some games where you are going to be CPU bound no matter what you do. MMO's are generally the biggest offenders of CPU bound games.

[Bussinateur]

It will bottleneck in some games

[Dabombinable]

You probably will see a bottleneck eventually, @Geno Boost do you actually have an i5 already? Because going with the X99 platform will be the best way to ensure that you have no issues with the Titan's in SLI.

[MegaDave91]

I have an i5 and a Titan X, but that is because I've owned my 4670K since launch day. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

There would probably be a little bottleneck in some games. 

[JustCallMeVlad]

2K worth of GPUs with a 200 dollar processor.....

[Dabombinable]

2K worth of GPUs with a 200 dollar processor.....

= Buying an APU for a R9280/290X or an GTX 970/980 (some people will and have done that).

[-iSynthesis]

I second this it will be fine, but that's absurd getting 2 titan x's without even upgrading to an i7 IMO

 

the Titan X is supposed to be for people who are devs or other productivity users. so getting a Titan X with an i5 is nonsense, not to mention getting 2

Since they removed double precision, no its not for productivity.

[Badger906]

why is everyone saying get an i7... the difference between an i7 and an i5 in games is 0... and the difference between sandy bridge and the current architecture of processors is like 5%... 

 

plus the added work load on a CPU at high res gaming is almost nothing.. OP hasn't mentioned if its for gaming or rendering and everyones just assuming its gaming.. if sli titans will bottle neck an i5 they'll bottle neck an i7 in the same situation other than rendering and video editing..

[david cassar]

Well the i5 is an amazing cpu however two titan x in sli would be bottlenecked. That is of course, unless you are playing at 4k. And since you are spending 2000$ on gpus i expect that you are. 

[david cassar]

why is everyone saying get an i7... the difference between an i7 and an i5 in games is 0... and the difference between sandy bridge and the current architecture of processors is like 5%... 

 

plus the added work load on a CPU at high res gaming is almost nothing.. OP hasn't mentioned if its for gaming or rendering and everyones just assuming its gaming.. if sli titans will bottle neck an i5 they'll bottle neck an i7 in the same situation other than rendering and video editing..

The difference between sandy bridge and haswell is actually more around 20-25%.

[Badger906]

The difference between sandy bridge and haswell is actually more around 20-25%.

at stock speeds yes, but everyone overlocks and sandy bridge processors still kick arse in that department.

[veimiK]

why is everyone saying get an i7... the difference between an i7 and an i5 in games is 0... and the difference between sandy bridge and the current architecture of processors is like 5%... 

 

plus the added work load on a CPU at high res gaming is almost nothing.. OP hasn't mentioned if its for gaming or rendering and everyones just assuming its gaming.. if sli titans will bottle neck an i5 they'll bottle neck an i7 in the same situation other than rendering and video editing..

 

DirectX 12 intensifies

 

Also, i7 might be for someone that look into the future, compressing a movie for example. It something that people do on daily basis. (Handbrake)

[Najuno]

If someone puts down 2k for GPUs, that person shouldn´t cheap out with the rest of the system. It´s like you buy a Ferrari engine and then put in a van... because this is exactly what we are talking about here. 2 Titan X generate quite a bit heat. I hope the the OP is aware of that and better has a case with very good airflow or goes full custom water cooling.

 

... IMHO do yourself a favor and go for an i7 4790K at least you will benefit with DX12 from it by a lot. Or make it right get an i7 5820K on X99 going and get 1 Titan X. That system spec will be way better leveled out.

[Badger906]

DirectX 12 intensifies

 

Also, i7 might be for someone that look into the future, compressing a movie for example. It something that people do on daily basis. (Handbrake)

im a bit about of touch with tech news this week as I've been busy! and haven't watched the wan show yet if it explains there, but what is the benefit of DX12 and processors?? Does it as i imagine make the workload more spread? so instead of having all the work on one or 2 cores and the last 2 just doing a bit here in there just spread it across all 4 evenly??

 

if so i think ill be upgrading soon! skylake or broadwell... hmmmmm