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i can sometimes find if something pairs well but not all the time and usually u can search these questions up like "how to tell if a cpu and gpu pair up well" but i havent found a solid answer can someone tell me how you can tell if a cpu and gpu pairs up well?

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Usually when people say things like this they're worried about "bottlenecks," where one part holds back the performance of the other.

 

The fact is that there is always a bottleneck (a limiting factor on performance) in any PC, and that bottlenecks do not harm your PC in any way, at worst they just leave a few frames on the table.

 

As a rule, "bottleneck calculator" tools on websites are garbage and you should not use or pay any attention to them. 

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They don't really work like that lol

 

What do you mean by "pair up well"? 

 

The same pairing you would like to see for software development is different from gaming is different from graphics design is different from data mining

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4 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Usually when people say things like this they're worried about "bottlenecks," where one part holds back the performance of the other.

 

The fact is that there is always a bottleneck (a limiting factor on performance) in any PC, and that bottlenecks do not harm your PC in any way, at worst they just leave a few frames on the table.

 

As a rule, "bottleneck calculator" tools on websites are garbage and you should not use or pay any attention to them. 

yeah ig bottlecking is what i meant, i can sometimes tell if they will work together without a bottlneck but people usually tell me that something "pairs up well" and i was just seeing if that was like something to do with the specs of the gpu and cpu working well together but ig not and i also do know that those caculators are shit, thank you tho!

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6 minutes ago, BrandonLatzig said:

If they work together? I say thats a good enough job

yeah ig so I was mostly talking ab when people say like "get this gpu it pairs with your cpu pretty well" yk, from the other persons response it seems like they were referencing bottlenecking 

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5 minutes ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

They don't really work like that lol

 

What do you mean by "pair up well"? 

 

The same pairing you would like to see for software development is different from gaming is different from graphics design is different from data mining

yeah idk people say things pair up better so I just wanted to know, I really only knew what would bottleneck and what wouldnt on some occasions and ig thats what they meant by "pairing up" was just bottlenecking

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2 minutes ago, NessieDT said:

yeah idk people say things pair up better so I just wanted to know, I really only knew what would bottleneck and what wouldnt on some occasions and ig thats what they meant by "pairing up" was just bottlenecking

Well, it's still going to depend on what you want to get out of it. Like I said, the best pairing for gaming is not the same as the best pairing for graphics design/office work

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Just now, ItTakes2ToMango said:

Well, it's still going to depend on what you want to get out of it. Like I said, the best pairing for gaming is not the same as the best pairing for graphics design/office work

yeah thats fair usually i stick to the gaming side of the questions so its mostly gaming

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2 minutes ago, NessieDT said:

yeah thats fair usually i stick to the gaming side of the questions so its mostly gaming

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