Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 with GTX 750 Ti? Bottleneck or just fine?

[EugeneCustomBuild]

Im planning to buy gtx 750 ti, will my cpu limit my graphic card?

[qwertywarrior]

depends what game  and settings

but mostly yes

[That Norwegian Guy]

No, not at all.

 

A 750Ti is just shy of a GTX 470 in terms of performance, and I had that exact configuration a while back and the card did not improve when I switched to a 3570K, also overclocked.

 

Of course, if you're not overclocking an E8400 you're doing it wrong, mine ran stable at 4Ghz with the stock cooler and did not hit 90 celsius.

 

Only in Crysis 3 or other CryEngine games of recent are you possibly going to see a nerf, due to their multithreaded nature. Maybe BF4, but only very little.

[Si3Rra_7]

In example :

Battlefield 4 ? No bottleneck 

Planetside 2 ? an i7 would get 20 more fps out of this gpu 

[SAV1OUR]

No, not at all.

 

A 750Ti is just shy of a GTX 470 in terms of performance, and I had that exact configuration a while back and the card did not improve when I switched to a 3570K, also overclocked.

 

Of course, if you're not overclocking an E8400 you're doing it wrong, mine ran stable at 4Ghz with the stock cooler and did not hit 90 celsius.

isn't a 660 the same as a 750(ti) or is it further back. ? = 470 = 660 = 750(ti) 

[That Norwegian Guy]

isn't a 660 the same as a 750(ti) or is it further back. ? = 470 = 660 = 750(ti) 

 

470 = 560Ti = 660 = 750Ti

 

470 was slightly better than a 560Ti.

[thewhitestig]

Yes, there will be a huge bottleneck on newer games. I'm speaking from experience. Check out my system below. My GPU works at 30-45% on most of the newer games - Battlefield 3, Hardline beta, Assassin's Creed IV, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Watch Dogs and many more. New games simply need more CPU performance.  The only games where I do not see bottlenecks are the older ones like Far Cry 2 and Crysis 1, and also the racing games from Codemasters - they put very little load on the CPU. So yes there will be a bottleneck. A huge one at that. Everyone who says otherwise doesn't know a thing about bottlenecks. 

[ViruZ_HUN]

In example :

Battlefield 4 ? No bottleneck 

Planetside 2 ? an i7 would get 20 more fps out of this gpu 

I Play Planetside 2

 

I got a I7 2600 and GTX 550 playing on low 1080p and I am getting 20-30 Fps in big battles;(

[Stampkonijn]

I currently use a E8400 with a 280X. It propably would bottleneck, but not a lot. Also, if you overclock, you might clock the bottleneck away. Not sure about that though

[thewhitestig]

I currently use a E8400 with a 280X. It propably would bottleneck, but not a lot. Also, if you overclock, you might clock the bottleneck away. Not sure about that though

Open up any of the newer games and monitor your GPU and CPU per core utilization and you'll see that it's bottlenecking hard. 

[Stampkonijn]

Open up any of the newer games and monitor your GPU and CPU per core utilization and you'll see that it's bottlenecking hard. 

My set-up bottlenecks a lot, I know. I was talking about the E8400 with a 750ti.

[thewhitestig]

My set-up bottlenecks a lot, I know. I was talking about the E8400 with a 750ti.

It'll also bottleneck a 750 Ti. I have a 6870 which around 25% slower than the 750 Ti and it's being bottlenecked very hard by my Q8200. As I said, it works at 30-45% on every single one of those new games. 

[Stampkonijn]

It'll also bottleneck a 750 Ti. I have a 6870 which around 25% slower than the 750 Ti and it's being bottlenecked very hard by my Q8200. As I said, it works at 30-45% on every single one of those new games. 

Oh. My apologies then.

[EugeneCustomBuild]

Best GPU to pair up with my CPU? Please suggest.... I looked at GTX 750 Ti because it doesnt have pcie connector(psu dont have 1, CM elite power 350w) and affordable.
The games that im playing are watch dog, warframe, and COD Ghost ( gta v when release)

[EugeneCustomBuild]

No, not at all.

 

A 750Ti is just shy of a GTX 470 in terms of performance, and I had that exact configuration a while back and the card did not improve when I switched to a 3570K, also overclocked.

 

Of course, if you're not overclocking an E8400 you're doing it wrong, mine ran stable at 4Ghz with the stock cooler and did not hit 90 celsius.

 

Only in Crysis 3 or other CryEngine games of recent are you possibly going to see a nerf, due to their multithreaded nature. Maybe BF4, but only very little.

(My target upgrade)

Intel® Core™ i3-4150 Processor (3M Cache, 3.50 GHz)

Asus H87-Pro Motherboard

8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Kingston HyperX

GTX750 Ti 2GB GDDR5

1TB HDD WD Black

Cooler Master Hyper 212 X

Cooler Master N300 Casing

Cooler Master Silent Pro M 550W Power Supply

Windows 8.1 Pro X64

(My current)

Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

4GB 2x2GB Kingston DDR2 800MHZ

Asus Nvidia GeForce GT220 1GB GDDR3

Western Digital Caviar Blue 300GB 7200RPM

Cooler Master Hyper 212X(CPU Cooler)

Cooler Master N300(Case)

Asus P5G41C-M LX(Mobo)

Cooler Master Elite Power 350W(PSU)

[EugeneCustomBuild]

 

(My target upgrade)

Intel® Core™ i3-4150 Processor (3M Cache, 3.50 GHz)

Asus H87-Pro Motherboard

8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Kingston HyperX

GTX750 Ti 2GB GDDR5

1TB HDD WD Black

Cooler Master Hyper 212 X

Cooler Master N300 Casing

Cooler Master Silent Pro M 550W Power Supply

Windows 8.1 Pro X64

(My current)

Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

4GB 2x2GB Kingston DDR2 800MHZ

Asus Nvidia GeForce GT220 1GB GDDR3

Western Digital Caviar Blue 300GB 7200RPM

Cooler Master Hyper 212X(CPU Cooler)

Cooler Master N300(Case)

Asus P5G41C-M LX(Mobo)

Cooler Master Elite Power 350W(PSU)

 

My current plays Battlefield 4 with decent fps(27-30) with medium setting at 720 res 

[That Norwegian Guy]

Yes, there will be a huge bottleneck on newer games. I'm speaking from experience. Check out my system below. My GPU works at 30-45% on most of the newer games - Battlefield 3, Hardline beta, Assassin's Creed IV, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Watch Dogs and many more. New games simply need more CPU performance.  The only games where I do not see bottlenecks are the older ones like Far Cry 2 and Crysis 1, and also the racing games from Codemasters - they put very little load on the CPU. So yes there will be a bottleneck. A huge one at that. Everyone who says otherwise doesn't know a thing about bottlenecks. 

 

I ran my 4Ghz E8400 with a 470 for a year, even Skyrim with ENB and hundreds of other mods worked fine without dipping under 40 FPS on mostly high/max settings with no AA. A 750Ti is not far from a 470, the difference is the extra VRAM.

Like I said, more multithreaded games will see a slight bottleneck, especially CryEngine games but to a lesser extent also BF4. Everything else will be completely fine.

[EugeneCustomBuild]

I ran my 4Ghz E8400 with a 470 for a year, even Skyrim with ENB and hundreds of other mods worked fine without dipping under 40 FPS on mostly high/max settings with no AA. A 750Ti is not far from a 470, the difference is the extra VRAM.

Like I said, more multithreaded games will see a slight bottleneck, especially CryEngine games but to a lesser extent also BF4. Everything else will be completely fine.

E8400 with GT640? 

[Si3Rra_7]

I Play Planetside 2

 

I got a I7 2600 and GTX 550 playing on low 1080p and I am getting 20-30 Fps in big battles;(

Thats mainly because of your 550 , My i5 2310 is bottlenecking my gtx760 in big battles so yhea ...

[thewhitestig]

I ran my 4Ghz E8400 with a 470 for a year, even Skyrim with ENB and hundreds of other mods worked fine without dipping under 40 FPS on mostly high/max settings with no AA. A 750Ti is not far from a 470, the difference is the extra VRAM.

Like I said, more multithreaded games will see a slight bottleneck, especially CryEngine games but to a lesser extent also BF4. Everything else will be completely fine.

It's not about the fps. It's about the GPU utilization. If your GPU utilization is consistently going below 90% then you have a bottleneck. As I said, mine runs at 40%, but your CPU at 4Ghz is much faster than mine at 2.33 Ghz. 

[That Norwegian Guy]

It's not about the fps. It's about the GPU utilization. If your GPU utilization is consistently going below 90% then you have a bottleneck. As I said, mine runs at 40%, but your CPU at 4Ghz is much faster than mine at 2.33 Ghz. 

 

I know what a bottleneck is, please. But yeah, I specifically noted that an overclock on the CPU would be absolutely necessary, which is no problem as the Wolfdale processors are legendary overclockers.

[ViruZ_HUN]

Thats mainly because of your 550 , My i5 2310 is bottlenecking my gtx760 in big battles so yhea ...

What do you play as? VS/NC or TR? I Play as VS

 

Whats your name in the game:D?

[Si3Rra_7]

VS FOR LIFE BRO @ViruZ_HUN

[ViruZ_HUN]

VS FOR LIFE BRO @ViruZ_HUN

What's your name in the game?

[EugeneCustomBuild]

It's not about the fps. It's about the GPU utilization. If your GPU utilization is consistently going below 90% then you have a bottleneck. As I said, mine runs at 40%, but your CPU at 4Ghz is much faster than mine at 2.33 Ghz. 

Can I use GT 640 with my E8400 stock speed?