can a i7-4790k run 2x GTX970 in SLI without bottleneck?

[bosttayi]

hello people,

 

can a i7-4790k run 2 GTX 970's in SLI without bottleneck?

 

greats from holland

[Samfisher]

There's no such thing as no bottlenecks.  There will ALWAYS be a bottleneck.  It's just a matter of how much you can do to reduce it to have a smooth gaming experience.

[zappian]

You can run two 970 in SLI with a i5 4460 lol.

[Trik'Stari]

Apparently it will not bottleneck them, even though each card will only get 8x PCI-E lanes. But according to everyone, everywhere, "a single graphics card cannot fully saturate 8 PCI-E lanes."

 

Doesn't make sense to me at all, but that's what people say.

[vSyNd1c4t3]

hello people,

 

can a i7-4790k run 2 GTX 970's in SLI without bottleneck?

 

greats from holland

i7-4790k will turn those graphics cards into mush.... Overkill even.

 

[bosttayi]

ow damn that sounds great i was thinking of buying a i5-4690k since i only have 1 GTX970 now and i will let that 1 do the job for at least a year, but i though like if i buy that i7-4790k i can run them in SLI when its needed to run the newer games in the future on the highest settings.

[bosttayi]

You can run two 970 in SLI with a i5 4460 lol.

 

i doubt that, i have a i5-3350p in my rig now and its already bottlenecking 1 GTX 970, a chip thats maybe 20-40% stronger then that one will not run 2 GTX 970 in SLI, i wish it was true though.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i doubt that, i have a i5-3350p in my rig now and its already bottlenecking 1 GTX 970, a chip thats maybe 20-40% stronger then that one will not run 2 GTX 970 in SLI, i wish it was true though.

so you game at 1080p and aim for steady 120FPS + in games?

[Guest]

For sure! 

[Wirerat]

hello people,

can a i7-4790k run 2 GTX 970's in SLI without bottleneck?

greats from holland

4790k will not bottleneck two 970s at 1080p or above.

I would be shocked if it bottlenecked two titan x.

[shert73]

My 4790k dont "bottleneck" my sli 980s

[GrimNeo]

hello people,

 

can a i7-4790k run 2 GTX 970's in SLI without bottleneck?

 

greats from holland

No bottleneck.

[-iSynthesis]

Apparently it will not bottleneck them, even though each card will only get 8x PCI-E lanes. But according to everyone, everywhere, "a single graphics card cannot fully saturate 8 PCI-E lanes."

 

Doesn't make sense to me at all, but that's what people say.

Why doesnt it make sense? You can cfx with x4 no problem.

[flipped_bit]

I'd be surprised if a 4690K bottlenecked a two 970s, let alone a 4790K.

[bosttayi]

so you game at 1080p and aim for steady 120FPS + in games?

im not really aiming at anything for now i will let the single 970 do its work with a new CPU a i5-4690k or a i7-4790k i am tending towards the i7 because its ''only'' 100 euro's more and its quite better. i know a i5-4690k can handle the singel 970 no problem but 2 idk... but i won't be doing that in the near future

 

i just want to make sure i don't have to buy a new motherboard and CPU again when i want to upgrade to a new or SLI GPU since i made i made that fault already with my first/ current build. (not that i had more money to spent though).

 

I'd be surprised if a 4690K bottlenecked a two 970s, let alone a 4790K.

i found that a i5-4690k was the perfect fit for a single 970 but idk about 2 970's do you have something to back it up or you just think it?

[Deli]

im not really aiming at anything for now i will let the single 970 do its work with a new CPU a i5-4690k or a i7-4790k i am tending towards the i7 because its ''only'' 100 euro's more and its quite better. i know a i5-4690k can handle the singel 970 no problem but 2 idk... but i won't be doing that in the near future

 

i just want to make sure i don't have to buy a new motherboard and CPU again when i want to upgrade to a new or SLI GPU since i made i made that fault already with my first/ current build. (not that i had more money to spent though).

 

i found that a i5-4690k was the perfect fit for a single 970 but idk about 2 970's do you have something to back it up or you just think it?

Not so many games are able to utilize all the threads of 4790K. So although 4790K is more powerful than 4690K on paper, it won't do any better for running games. If the games only use 2-3 cores(most of the games), even 5960X won't help a bit the bottleneck you're talking about.

[cpriley]

I dont understand how you can use a i7-4790K with two gpus if the cpu it only has 16 PCI-Express lanes. If its running in 8x8 surely that is going to reduce some performance over 16x8?

[flipped_bit]

i found that a i5-4690k was the perfect fit for a single 970 but idk about 2 970's do you have something to back it up or you just think it?

 

I should have been clear that this was just me speculating.  It should be noted with DX12 this may no longer be true (if it's true to begin with).

[AsGoodAsAHacker]

On most games no, but for example my 290xf loads the cpu 100% on bf4 64p maps, but runs around 60% load at 32p maps. As a result when my cpu usage is 100% my framerate equals that of like one 290...but generally it is fine and I only experience problems on large and selective few maps.

Tldr: your fine