Biggest Bottleneck youve seen/created/imagined

[ZXL_115]

2 hours ago, fpo said:

Finally another that likes watching Pentium 4s and radeon 7950s paired together to play fallout 4! 

As well, I'll list you the specs for that pc i mentioned in this post earlier: 

CPU: Intel® Pentium 4 672 @3.8GHz (Overclocked to @4.5GHz)
Memory: 8GB DDR2 Komputerbay 1066MHz
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus II Formula
GPU: Geforce ASUS STRIX GTX970 4GB 256BIT
SSD: 250GB SAMSUNG EVO 850
PSU: Corsair CX600M
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 x64
Case: Raidmax Vortex V3

 

Seriously, these specs are amazing for a p4 machine

[ZXL_115]

4 hours ago, KSores said:

G3258 with dual titan xp?

Oh god, that'd be pretty bad lmao.

[JoeCoke]

1 hour ago, ZXL_115 said:

I run a resonable quad q9650 with a 1050ti. Kinda regret it though, but it performs pretty good for its age (aside from gta 5, my pc has texture pop-ins and stutter up the ying yang and ive seen a q6600 with a 1050ti run it better)

Yeah the C2Q Is still a good enough CPU in most cases, the only reason I upgraded GPU last is because I specifically needed more CPU. I threw together some Q6600 GTX 670 builds for my bros (one of which is OC'd to 3ghz) and they run pretty damn well! Though, the CPU is bottlenecking the GPU in a few cases. But in all, it was a great move that really breathed new life into some older computers!

 

I wonder if CPU prices will drop when Kaby lake and Ryzen launch. If AMD gets the prices down enough, we might see CPUs like the 2500k and 2700k get even cheaper on eBay, which would make budget PC builds REALLY exciting.

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Intel HD 4600 and i5 4460

[ZXL_115]

1 minute ago, 2Buck said:

Yeah the C2Q Is still a good enough CPU in most cases, the only reason I upgraded GPU last is because I specifically needed more CPU. I threw together some Q6600 GTX 670 builds for my bros (one of which is OC'd to 3ghz) and they run pretty damn well! Though, the CPU is bottlenecking the GPU in a few cases. But in all, it was a great move that really breathed new life into some older computers!

 

I wonder if CPU prices will drop when Kaby lake and Ryzen launch. If AMD gets the prices down enough, we might see CPUs like the 2500k and 2700k get even cheaper on eBay, which would make budget PC builds REALLY exciting.

Fr man, my bday is in june, and im looking into a sandy bridge i5 to buy around then. my pc when i got it off ebay (its an oem dell) came with a duo clocked at 3.0 ghz, but i swapped it for the best quad i could throw in it, a 1050ti, a 600 watt evga psu, and my old sb live 24 bit and wifi card from my old pc.  

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13 hours ago, ZXL_115 said:

As well, I'll list you the specs for that pc i mentioned in this post earlier: 

CPU: Intel® Pentium 4 672 @3.8GHz (Overclocked to @4.5GHz)
Memory: 8GB DDR2 Komputerbay 1066MHz
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus II Formula
GPU: Geforce ASUS STRIX GTX970 4GB 256BIT
SSD: 250GB SAMSUNG EVO 850
PSU: Corsair CX600M
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 x64
Case: Raidmax Vortex V3

 

Seriously, these specs are amazing for a p4 machine

Is it even 64 bit? Your pentium

[ZXL_115]

4 hours ago, fpo said:

Is it even 64 bit? Your pentium

It's not my pc (i wish though) but a 672 is 64 bit, or else it couldn't run windows 10 at all (very few p4 cpus can run windows 10, but the ones that do run it fine) ill put the video that showcases the power of this machine below: 

albeit the cpu usage is 100% the whole time, the pc is still bad ass and impressive. 

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, ZXL_115 said:

It's not my pc (i wish though) but a 672 is 64 bit, or else it couldn't run windows 10 at all (very few p4 cpus can run windows 10, but the ones that do run it fine) ill put the video that showcases the power of this machine below: 

albeit the cpu usage is 100% the whole time, the pc is still bad ass and impressive. 

Talk about optimization... 

Why is it that this old CPU (Which should very obviously be powerful) can run doom exceptionally, but my i5 has trouble with some modern titles? (Okay maybe Odyssey to the west is just a vomit inducing port but... Still...)

Nevertheless, GHG showed you can still kinda game on a P4. But this was before doom. That demo you showed was really cool. IMO
 

 

[Suika]

That I've created? Xeon X5450 w/ GTX 1080. I just stuck my 1080 in my friend's rig to see how it'd work lol.

 

That I've had to deal with? FX-8350 w/ GTX 780. I played mostly modded Skyrim at the time, and the FX-8350's single threaded performance reared it's ugly head into my frame rate (an inconsistent 20-60).

[ZXL_115]

3 minutes ago, Suika said:

That I've created? Xeon X5450 w/ GTX 1080. I just stuck my 1080 in my friend's rig to see how it'd work lol.

 

That I've had to deal with? FX-8350 w/ GTX 780. I played mostly modded Skyrim at the time, and the FX-8350's single threaded performance reared it's ugly head into my frame rate (an inconsistent 20-60).

Aha an old xeon, my core 2 quad and 1050ti can bottleneck enough lmao (its not horrible though)

[ZXL_115]

54 minutes ago, fpo said:

Talk about optimization... 

Why is it that this old CPU (Which should very obviously be powerful) can run doom exceptionally, but my i5 has trouble with some modern titles? (Okay maybe Odyssey to the west is just a vomit inducing port but... Still...)

Nevertheless, GHG showed you can still kinda game on a P4. But this was before doom. That demo you showed was really cool. IMO
 

 

I definitally understood why minecraft was bad, as its so cpu bound. and all the other games run farely well, probably because the gpu pulls most of the weight..? not sure.

[iDeFecZx]

Xeon E5405's paired with a 980Ti.

GTA 5 on lowest settings still only gave 17 fps

[ZXL_115]

2 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Xeon E5405's paired with a 980Ti.

2 xeons? Was it an old server mobo?

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, ZXL_115 said:

2 xeons? Was it an old server mobo?

Yeah, friend had an old dell optiplex thing i believe, with 32GB RAM

Decided to see what it was like on his old system before putting it in what he has now

[Greenlink74]

23 hours ago, Kevo05s said:

Biggest that I did: Sapphire HD 6770 overclocked with a pentium D 820
Biggest I can imagine: dual TitanXP on a 6950X with a square 800x600 monitor

Windows 10 can't even install on a 800 by 600 monitor..

[ZXL_115]

1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

Yeah, friend had an old dell optiplex thing i believe, with 32GB RAM

Decided to see what it was like on his old system before putting it in what he has now

So theres optiplex servers? 

[iDeFecZx]

4 minutes ago, ZXL_115 said:

So theres optiplex servers? 

I cant remember exactly what it was, ill try find out

Have a pic of it with his old 960 in it for the meantime

 

*Edit* Twas a Dell Precision T3500 *he thinks*

Edited December 17, 2016 by iDeFecZx

[ZXL_115]

1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

I cant remember exactly what it was, ill try find out

Have a pic of it with his old 960 in it for the meantime

What is this build lmao i cant stop laughing at how ridiculous this looks lmao

[iDeFecZx]

1 minute ago, ZXL_115 said:

What is this build lmao i cant stop laughing at how ridiculous this looks lmao

He bought it for like £50 and threw in the 960 cause the old GPU it had died

[ZXL_115]

8 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

He bought it for like £50 and threw in the 960 cause the old GPU it had died

It's still crazy cool though. What a trip  

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, ZXL_115 said:

It's still crazy cool though. What a trip  

Didnt have it long, upgraded to a 6700k and 980Ti pairing when he saw my PC was miles better lol

[ZXL_115]

13 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

*Edit* Twas a Dell Precision T3500 *he thinks*

Does he still have it?

 

edit: just saw your post, nvm lol

[ZXL_115]

21 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

I cant remember exactly what it was, ill try find out

Have a pic of it with his old 960 in it for the meantime

 

*Edit* Twas a Dell Precision T3500 *he thinks*

I think its a Dell Precision T5400. Just looked arround and found the dual cpu socket, when i looked up the t3500 it was only one cpu socket. ill attach a screenshot.

Edit: I cant believe it has 2 16x pci-e slots lmao. imagine sli with two of those 960's 

[iDeFecZx]

12 minutes ago, ZXL_115 said:

I think its a Dell Precision T5400. Just looked arround and found the dual cpu socket, when i looked up the t3500 it was only one cpu socket. ill attach a screenshot.

 

Edit: I cant believe it has 2 16x pci-e slots lmao. imagine sli with two of those 960's 

 

It was bad enough with one

Yeah, he got rid of it last year and couldnt remember the specifics. He also had to run it with one of the side panels off and a clip through somewhere otherwise it overheated 

[ZXL_115]

2 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

It was bad enough with one

Yeah, he got rid of it last year and couldnt remember the specifics. He also had to run it with one of the side panels off and a clip through somewhere otherwise it overheated 

Overheated? Jeez thats crazy lmao