RTX 2080ti CPU combo

[name66]

Hello, I do game at 1440p 144hz. My cpu is i5 8600 non K version. I would like to buy rtx 2080ti. Would that combo be ok? Or is cpu going to slow down rtx 2080ti and therefore i should buy less powerful gpu ? THX

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

2 minutes ago, name66 said:

Hello, I do game at 1440p 144hz. My cpu is i5 8600 non K version. I would like to buy rtx 2080ti. Would that combo be ok? Or is cpu going to slow down rtx 2080ti and therefore i should buy less powerful gpu ? THX

It has 6 cores and a decent turbo so i think it would be okay, if it does somehow bottleneck it it would be very minimal bottlenecking

[jones177]

If you want to run a full out at 1440p or 1080p get a 5ghz chip.

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

2 minutes ago, jones177 said:

If you want to run a full out at 1440p or 1080p get a 5ghz chip.

that would be wayyy to expensive and tbh u dont need a 5GHz chip

[Princess Luna]

20 minutes ago, name66 said:

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The i5 8600 will be a limiting factor on the more CPU intensive games and likely will stop the GPU from achieving the 144fps  even if the GPU could get there... it's too unbalanced getting a 1200$ GPU with a locked i5... does it work? yes.... and you should max out graphical settings always since your weaker link is the CPU.

 

If you want to go for it I suppose it's okay, it'll work out sure... it's just far from ideal.

[jones177]

Just now, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

that would be wayyy to expensive and tbh u dont need a 5GHz chip

In the tests that I have done 5ghz is needed in an Intel CPU to get a RTX 2080 ti ti run full out.

Whether one can afford it has nothing to do with it. 

There are i7 8700ks that can do it but it is taking a chance.