How much will the i3 4150 bottleneck the GTX 770?

[Heavenz]

Hello Everyone,

 

I ordered a GTX 770 and an i3 4150 a couple days ago, the package is almost here but now Im kind of worried about how it will perform.

 

Do you guys think the i3 will bottleneck it by much?

 

Specs:

 

- i3 4150

- ASRock H97 ITX

- Corsair Vengeance 8GB Ram (2x4GB)

- 1 TB WD BLUE

- Rosewill Capstone 550W

- Obsidian 250D

 

 

[Clyne]

It will, get a i5 4690k if change the cpu, if you don't want to change the cpu then drop the gtx 770 and switch to a gtx 750. Where did you get the idea to put a i3 with a gtx 770?

[Guest]

In gaming, it depends on the game.

For example, something like Watch_Dogs will eat it up, as it's CPU-heavy. Something more like Tomb Raider won't, as it's more GPU-heavy, and a 770 is a really strong card.

But, as a rule, yes.

It will, get a i5 4690k if change the cpu, if you don't want to change the cpu then drop the gtx 770 and switch to a gtx 750. Where did you get the idea to put a i3 with a gtx 770?

Why not go from a 770 to a 760? Going from a 770 to a 750 will be a much bigger jump.

[xNeon]

Bottleneck is a weird word. It depends on the game. If you are running BF4, then yes it will "bottleneck" but a lot of games only use two cores anyways for porting reasons among others. I would try to go one or two steps up in the chain for maybe an i5.

[Heavenz]

It will, get a i5 4690k if change the cpu, if you don't want to change the cpu then drop the gtx 770 and switch to a gtx 750. Where did you get the idea to put a i3 with a gtx 770?

 

The MSI TWIN FROZR GTX 770 made me do it.

 

My original idea was an i5 4590 and a GTX 760, guess I kinda screwed up. lol

 

 

[Langdon]

In more CPU dependant games it will, but not much in other games.

I'd suggest getting an i5 at least though.

[TheSLSAMG]

What @Langdon said.

 

Don't worry about it too much. If you have the extra money now, return the i3 and get an i5. The i3 performs like an FX 6300 for a lot of games that are more CPU bound.

[Clyne]

 

The MSI TWIN FROZR GTX 770 made me do it.

 

My original idea was an i5 4590 and a GTX 760, guess I kinda screwed up. lol

 

 

 

Your original idea was better.

[Heavenz]

Bottleneck is a weird word. It depends on the game. If you are running BF4, then yes it will "bottleneck" but a lot of games only use two cores anyways for porting reasons among others. I would try to go one or two steps up in the chain for maybe an i5.

 

I will upgrade to an i5 as soon as I can but for now I cant spend more money.

[xNeon]

I will upgrade to an i5 as soon as I can but for now I cant spend more money.

Okay. an i3 will serve you well for now. Check out the pentium anniversary edition chip, it's said to be great for the cost if you can overclock.

[Heavenz]

Cant really find benchmars anywhere seems like people dont even think about pairing an i3 with a 770. lol

[Faceman]

Hello Everyone,

 

I ordered a GTX 770 and an i3 4150 a couple days ago, the package is almost here but now Im kind of worried about how it will perform.

 

Do you guys think the i3 will bottleneck it by much?

 

Specs:

 

- i3 4150

- ASRock H97 ITX

- Corsair Vengeance 8GB Ram (2x4GB)

- 1 TB WD BLUE

- Rosewill Capstone 550W

- Obsidian 250D

The i3 wont bottleneck the 770, but I would strongly recommend that you return your purchase.

 

The 770 is kind of becoming obsolete really quickly.  It only has 2 GB of VRAM, which is not enough for future games.  Get an R9 290 for just $20-$50 more and you will get 33% better performance.  If you can't step up to the R9 290, go for the 280X.  One way to free up some money would be to get a less expensive case.  Also, get a Z97 motherboard so you can upgrade to an i5 or i7 an be able to overclock if you so desire.

 

The i3 wont bottleneck an R9 290 either, but if possible, get an i5.

[Heavenz]

This should give you an idea.

 

 

Should I compare it to the 7950?

[Heavenz]

Looking at the Austin Evan's video I dont think it will be that bad, maybe I wont even notice it at all. lol

[Muzicfreq]

This should give you an idea.

 

Holy smokes thank you for this video. I don't know how I somehow missed this one when looking up how my i3-4130 would do.... Maybe I won't upgrade as soon as I thought.

[Hieb]

It really depends on the game. Even BF4 isn't as dependent on having numerous cores as some people think...

 

 

Some games will definitely benefit from having an i5 over the i3, and esp when using a GTX 770 it wouldn't be out of the question or even surprising to encounter some bottlenecking situations. While other games you'd even be able to get away with a Pentium or probably even a Core 2 Quad from 2007 like I'm using now. Comes down to the individual games and how much CPU they chew up, as well as what sort of gaming experience you're expecting.

 

The CPU has to process some data for each frame rendered, so if you were planning playing at 120 FPS the i3 would hold you back tremendously, and there would be a huge increase to max fps with something like an i5-4690. If you're planning on playing at high resolutions or ultra settings for max graphical quality, the CPU isn't as important since by cranking up the graphic settings you're still pumping out the same fps as if you used a GTX 750 Ti on lower settings. Performance would be unaffected as long as fps were similar since the CPU doesn't need to do anything for higher quality textures, anti-aliasing, tesselation, higher resolutions etc. - that's all done on the GPU and doesn't affect the CPU's load.

 

If you're somewhere in between like most people are, you can kind of expect to be somewhere in the middle... an i5 is probably overkill while an i3 may be a bottleneck in some games that are more demanding of CPU grunt. Either way you'll have a good gaming experience, but I'd probably recommend getting an i5 and GTX 760 over an i3 and GTX 770 just to be on the safe side; or if you already have the GPU, then just getting the i5 if you can afford it. The benefit with that too is that if you wanted to upgrade in a year or two to the new beefy GPU on the block, the i5 would be more than capable of supporting it.

 

But if worse comes to worse, you can always throw in an i5 later on. I expect modern i5s will be fine for years to come just because of how much CPU advancement has slowed down.

[Internet Swag]

The first few responses to this thread are all full retard.

[gigabyte]

It will in games like bf3 where the processor actually do work, in most games tho, no

[Muzicfreq]

It will in games like bf3 where the processor actually do work, in most games tho, no

No not really. I played with an AMD 955 and a 7790 gpu on high settings 1080p with AA going at 45-60fps on premium maps, stock maps ran 60fps solid

That cpu has worse performance than even my i3 right now.

[gigabyte]

No not really. I played with an AMD 955 and a 7790 gpu on high settings 1080p with AA going at 45-60fps on premium maps, stock maps ran 60fps solid

That cpu has worse performance than even my i3 right now.

Any i3 will bottleneck a 770 in high-end games.

[Muzicfreq]

Any i3 will bottleneck a 770 in high-end games.

in any cpu bound games really.

BF3 in my experience was far more GPU bound than most people think. I had a 4850 with that AMD 955 and the game couldn't run more than 30fps on lowest settings at 720p yet going to the 7790 OC ran that game on high 1080p 60fps.

 

Now BF4 is a bit of a different story where that system could barely run medium 1080p... though that was in beta and before Mantle so who knows what it runs like now... Well if I got the game for my buddy who I sold that system to could then tell me.

[ButCanItBacon]

 

The MSI TWIN FROZR GTX 770 made me do it.

 

My original idea was an i5 4590 and a GTX 760, guess I kinda screwed up. lol

 

 

 

I am getting a 4690K to pair up with my amazing GTX 760   B)

[GangstaRas]

Cant really find benchmars anywhere seems like people dont even think about pairing an i3 with a 770. lol

you didnt make the wrong choice weaker gpu can only do so much of nothing. the i3 wont disappoint you and power hungry people just dont understand how much an i3 can and cant do, their money so.... either way for most games the average fps between an i3 and an i5 is not much of a difference but the minimum fps is where your going to see the difference like general example i5 averages 70 fps, i3 would average 60 fps but i5 gets minimum of 50 fps while the i3 would be 35 fps minimum, those kinds of differences you will get, if you can live with tht till the i3 serves its life then by all means enjoy and forget the "bottleneck". cpu hungry games the averages will plummit to 30s while i5 50s so consider that as well

[NeCrOmAnCiN]

The i3 wont bottleneck the 770, but I would strongly recommend that you return your purchase.

The 770 is kind of becoming obsolete really quickly. It only has 2 GB of VRAM, which is not enough for future games. Get an R9 290 for just $20-$50 more and you will get 33% better performance. If you can't step up to the R9 290, go for the 280X. One way to free up some money would be to get a less expensive case. Also, get a Z97 motherboard so you can upgrade to an i5 or i7 an be able to overclock if you so desire.

The i3 wont bottleneck an R9 290 either, but if possible, get an i5.

Lol 550w psu cant support a 290 his psu will melt 750 watt min

[Faceman]

Lol 550w psu cant support a 290 his psu will melt 750 watt min

a 550W PSU is plenty for that setup.

 

550W for any single CPU + GPU, both overclocked is more than enough:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWThqgFfI4#t=401&aid=P9OOxFWfGqA