question Bottleneck RTX 2080TI

[Ruboka]

Hello,

 

this is just a "what if" question.

It could happen that I get rtx2080 ti for real cheap(from a trustable source) and a friend of mine has an older pc: 

I7 4790 and still a gtx970.

 

Now I wonder how the i7 and rtx 2080ti would perform together? Usecases would be gaming and reliable 3d rendering and art work(photoshop etc).

I have already found the website https://pc-builds.com/calculator/, but I still want a comment with maybe real experience behind it.

 

I appreciate all the answers I could get.

After all its just "what if"

[flashiling]

sure it would hold back the gpu, but if you could get it for cheap, then i don't see why not to get it.

Yes maybe you can't get 300 fps in csgo because of the cpu (fps number mentioned is chosen randomly and should not be looked at as a fact)

but if you get 200, that's probably better than what the 970 can give, and then you just need to save up for a new cpu.

[Nathanpete]

All depends on the game and the game optimization, but photoshop rarely uses the GPU, so you will be bottlenecked by your CPU for that specific task. 3D rendering should always use the GPU if possible, and 4790 would still be good depending on the games. But there is one thing you can do, push higher resolutions and quality modes instead of framerates. If you are CPU bottlenecked in a game, see how many visual options you can turn up until you see dips in FPS (don't turn up MSAA imo). The more you turn up (unless that visual option also has an affect on the CPU, such as upping poly counts), the more the weight of the game shifts from the CPU to the GPU. You may only get say 80 FPS, but your game looks fantastic and isn't bottlenecked by a 4790. 

If a single option causes significant frame drops, see whether or not you are now CPU or GPU bottlenecked, and either way, turn that setting back down and then continue down the list of visual options in your game. 

[boggy77]

it will be better than what you currently have. you won't be able to fully utilise the power of the 2080ti, especially at 1080p, but otherwise, why not? there won't be any adverse effects.

[Yo soy Jack]

I don’t see the harm in getting a cheap 2080 ti, they are still very beefy cards despite the new ones.