1080ti power connector question regarding compatibility.

[LeonTheLobster]

With:

Intel - Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor   and

Asus - Z97-K/CSM ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

+ a 650W powersupply, will the https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TAORUS-11GD#sp 1080ti aorus gtx graphics card be compatible?

 

I currently have a 1060 g1 gaming 6gb and when looking at the specifications to compare to check for compatability one thing throwing me off is the power connectors, the 1080ti is 8pin*2 and the 1060 is 8pin*1, if my current setup allows for the 8pin*1 will the 8pin*2 work? (also will the 1080ti be compatible with my setup in general, thanks).

[Princess Luna]

You know the i7 4790K will bottleneck the GTX 1080 Ti outside 4k

 

The hardware itself is compatible as in the CPU and Motherboard, I'm not clear on your question about the 'connector compatibility' you plug your PCI-e power from PSU to the video card and that's it.

 

If you want to know if your PSU is appropriated for a 1080 Ti though we'd need to know it's model to say so, wattage by itself is meaningless.

[LeonTheLobster]

39 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You know the i7 4790K will bottleneck the GTX 1080 Ti outside 4k

 

The hardware itself is compatible as in the CPU and Motherboard, I'm not clear on your question about the 'connector compatibility' you plug your PCI-e power from PSU to the video card and that's it.

  

If you want to know if your PSU is appropriated for a 1080 Ti though we'd need to know it's model to say so, wattage by itself is meaningless.

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what graphics card would you recommend as max with my currend CPU? Looking to upgrade as the 1060 doesn't provide constant 144hz for the games I play?

 

 

[IceCold008]

1080ti will not bottleneck outside of 4k IF you have a refresh rate over 60hz. I game on i7 4770k 1080ti at 1440p 144hz and its fine. 

[LeonTheLobster]

Just now, IceCold008 said:

1080ti will not bottleneck outside of 4k IF you have a refresh rate over 60hz. I game on i7 4770k 1080ti at 1440p 144hz and its fine. 

 

does this mean I will also be fine gaming at 1080p 144hz?

[Princess Luna]

The thing is CPU matters more for high refresh rate like 144hz, the GTX 1060 can do 144hz easy if it has a CPU to back it up and you decrease/adjust graphical settings accordingly.

 

Say your CPU can do a maximum of 90fps... like it's only fast enough to tell the GPU what to draw 90 times per second, if you keep decreasing graphical quality or throw a faster GPU in it your CPU will remain only be capable of telling the GPU what to draw 90 times per second, that's known as a bottleneck.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, LeonTheLobster said:

 

does this mean I will also be fine gaming at 1080p 144hz?

No because your GPU will be much faster than your CPU, it can draw frames at 1920x1080p super easy so your CPU won't keep pace telling it what to draw enough to reach 144fps on Triple A games for instance.

 

You will max out your CPU and your GPU will have unused potential.

[IceCold008]

1 minute ago, LeonTheLobster said:

 

does this mean I will also be fine gaming at 1080p 144hz?

Yea you will be fine. However 1080ti is a powerful card just as powerful as the 2080. Its a good card for high refresh rate monitors. 1440p upwards and 4k. 1080p is still fine but you will lose some of its preformance. 

[IceCold008]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

No because your GPU will be much faster than your CPU, it can draw frames at 1920x1080p super easy so your CPU won't keep pace telling it what to draw enough to reach 144fps on Triple A games for instance.

 

You will max out your CPU and your GPU will have unused potential.

I know what your saying but he can still game at 1080p 144hz but he will lose some of his card protential at that rez. Hes better off going 1440p or 4k. Hell i know people which game at 1080p 144hz on 2080ti lol. And they are fine with it. Yes its a waste but its still fine. 

[LeonTheLobster]

9 hours ago, IceCold008 said:

I know what your saying but he can still game at 1080p 144hz but he will lose some of his card protential at that rez. Hes better off going 1440p or 4k. Hell i know people which game at 1080p 144hz on 2080ti lol. And they are fine with it. Yes its a waste but its still fine. 

 

9 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

The thing is CPU matters more for high refresh rate like 144hz, the GTX 1060 can do 144hz easy if it has a CPU to back it up and you decrease/adjust graphical settings accordingly.

 

Say your CPU can do a maximum of 90fps... like it's only fast enough to tell the GPU what to draw 90 times per second, if you keep decreasing graphical quality or throw a faster GPU in it your CPU will remain only be capable of telling the GPU what to draw 90 times per second, that's known as a bottleneck.

what is the best gpu that would not be bottlenecked by my cpu?

 

perhaps just a 1080, @icecold008 is your 4790k at 4.0GHZ? also I'm using ddr3 ram...

[Princess Luna]

9 minutes ago, LeonTheLobster said:

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Where are you from?

[LeonTheLobster]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Where are you from?

new zealand.. ? 

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, LeonTheLobster said:

new zealand.. ? 

I don't know if I'd bother getting a new GPU to stay with a 1080p monitor, but you know if you can afford a 1080 Ti then sure it is a decent investment, it'd be the same as buying a brand new RTX 2080 which I believe cost a lot there.

 

You man not be able to reach 144fps every where due to the CPU yes but have in mind since your CPU is the issue not the GPU you can just max out all graphical settings in-game.

[LeonTheLobster]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

I don't know if I'd bother getting a new GPU to stay with a 1080p monitor, but you know if you can afford a 1080 Ti then sure it is a decent investment, it'd be the same as buying a brand new RTX 2080 which I believe cost a lot there.

 

You man not be able to reach 144fps every where due to the CPU yes but have in mind since your CPU is the issue not the GPU you can just max out all graphical settings in-game.

thanks a lot, sorry for all the trouble but with my current motherboard would it be possible to upgrade to a better cpu in the future?

 

also, since the 1080ti is a lot better than the 1060 6gb, even though I won't get the full performance of the 1080ti I should still get much better performance than with the 1060 6gb. 

 

(I play fortnite and pubg)

[Princess Luna]

15 minutes ago, LeonTheLobster said:

also, since the 1080ti is a lot better than the 1060 6gb, even though I won't get the full performance of the 1080ti I should still get much better performance than with the 1060 6gb.

Yes it will improve.

 

16 minutes ago, LeonTheLobster said:

thanks a lot, sorry for all the trouble but with my current motherboard would it be possible to upgrade to a better cpu in the future?

Oh it is perfectly alright, sadly though you already have the best CPU of your platform, don't get me wrong though it should still do alright, but if you feel it's lacking still you'll might wanna wait for Ryzen 2 release before considering upgrading it too.

[Vegetable]

27 minutes ago, LeonTheLobster said:

thanks a lot, sorry for all the trouble but with my current motherboard would it be possible to upgrade to a better cpu in the future?

 

also, since the 1080ti is a lot better than the 1060 6gb, even though I won't get the full performance of the 1080ti I should still get much better performance than with the 1060 6gb. 

 

(I play fortnite and pubg)

Hey I have the same CPU so I can provide some useful insight here. I run my 4790k at 4.7Ghz 24/7, and it's pretty capable for my 1080p 144hz monitor. I have an R9 Fury, which is a small amount faster than a 1060, and I can do 60fps minimum with 80-100fps average in most any game. I can only bottleneck in one game, that being black ops 4 (multiplayer AND blackout.) That being said, I reckon anything above a Gtx 1070 would likely bottleneck in a fair few of newer titles. You would still have a great experience, just know you would be getting as little as 50-60% GPU usage in the worst bottleneck scenarios with a 1080 ti. I have to recommend you get a 1080 instead. Especially for 1080p, you won't notice a difference between the two, largely because of a CPU bottleneck.

[Princess Luna]

8 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

. I have to recommend you get a 1080 instead.

The problem with recommending a 'normal' GTX 1080 is that the RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 both can provide that performance for competitive pricing and giving you the new Turing features... at least the 1080 Ti being really the same as the Xp gives enough performance boost to stand out.

 

[LeonTheLobster]

1 hour ago, Princess Cadence said:

The problem with recommending a 'normal' GTX 1080 is that the RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 both can provide that performance for competitive pricing and giving you the new Turing features... at least the 1080 Ti being really the same as the Xp gives enough performance boost to stand out.

 



 

What if I buy a 1080ti now instead of a lower end card that won't bottleneck so that in the future I can upgrade my motherboard and cpu to get rid of bottleneck when I have the money?

[Mick Naughty]

If you are getting a deal on it, it would work. Not sure if the psu stats were posted so can’t say on that. 

 

But at 1080, a 4790k won’t do a whole lot. Used mine with a regular 1080 on pubg, turn the settings down to try and maintain over 100 FPS on all maps. Also better gameplay if you want to win and all. Even at 1440 it struggle as that game isn’t optimized for multi core like some.

 

But if you were to upgrade, that card could do great, especially at 1080p. Which is why I want one to go with my 8700k, can finally play black ops 4 correctly. 

 

I have a lot of video playing pubg on 1440p and 1080 if you’d like to see the quality and gamplay with a 4790k and a regular 1080. 

[LeonTheLobster]

1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

If you are getting a deal on it, it would work. Not sure if the psu stats were posted so can’t say on that. 

 

But at 1080, a 4790k won’t do a whole lot. Used mine with a regular 1080 on pubg, turn the settings down to try and maintain over 100 FPS on all maps. Also better gameplay if you want to win and all. Even at 1440 it struggle as that game isn’t optimized for multi core like some.

 

But if you were to upgrade, that card could do great, especially at 1080p. Which is why I want one to go with my 8700k, can finally play black ops 4 correctly. 

 

 I have a lot of video playing pubg on 1440p and 1080 if you’d like to see the quality and gamplay with a 4790k and a regular 1080. 

 

sure, buying for $600usd 6 months old rarely used, I will find out psu stats shortly...

[LeonTheLobster]

15 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

You know the i7 4790K will bottleneck the GTX 1080 Ti outside 4k

 

The hardware itself is compatible as in the CPU and Motherboard, I'm not clear on your question about the 'connector compatibility' you plug your PCI-e power from PSU to the video card and that's it.

 

If you want to know if your PSU is appropriated for a 1080 Ti though we'd need to know it's model to say so, wattage by itself is meaningless.

the PSU is the NAXN 650W

 

http://www.enermax.com/home.php?fn=eng/product_a1_1_1&lv0=1&lv1=54&no=166

 

will this suffice?