Will the GT630 be a bottleneck here?

[Speedbird]

Hi

If you read the title, you probably think I'm an idiot. No, I'm not. I know that the GT630 is a low-end card and that I shouldn't buy it, but I have one. So here's my question: will it bottleneck a Core 2 Quad Q8200? I don't know how much of compares to modern CPUs, but I know that it was made back when the 8800 GTX was the king (well, as far as I know). So my question is: will it bottleneck, and if yes, what would be the most suitable card here.

[themaniac]

i don't think so but it might

 

Hi

If you read the title, you probably think I'm an idiot. No, I'm not. I know that the GT630 is a low-end card and that I shouldn't buy it, but I have one. So here's my question: will it bottleneck a Core 2 Quad Q8200? I don't know how much of compares to modern CPUs, but I know that it was made back when the 8800 GTX was the king (well, as far as I know). So my question is: will it bottleneck, and if yes, what would be the most suitable card here.

[JoaoPRSousa]

I dont think it will, but if it does, get a used GT610 or a 9800GT or something like it...

[Thebman712]

nah

[LemonSpice]

Hi

If you read the title, you probably think I'm an idiot. No, I'm not. I know that the GT630 is a low-end card and that I shouldn't buy it, but I have one. So here's my question: will it bottleneck a Core 2 Quad Q8200? I don't know how much of compares to modern CPUs, but I know that it was made back when the 8800 GTX was the king (well, as far as I know). So my question is: will it bottleneck, and if yes, what would be the most suitable card here.

the coes on that processor are equal if not better than the fx series cores o i would buy like a 750-760

[Lord Pantaloons]

It won't.

[brownninja97]

that would be a yes, for example, if you get the 7870 xt which i have you would get way higher fps's.

[Apach3]

the coes on that processor are equal if not better than the fx series cores o i would buy like a 750-760

 

if Phenom II competed with Core 2 Quad, i doubt FX would be any weaker. as weak as FX cores are, they aren't five-years-ago bad.

 

but anyways, to the OP: i ran a GTX570 with a Phenom II just fine; a friend of mine runs an older Athlon dual-core with a GTX 560 Ti (out of necessity more than anything). i doubt a GT630 would be any trouble for a C2Q.

[KamiKatze]

Yes it would, most likeley. A GTX 470 would be a good, old school match for that CPU. 

[typographie]

Hi

If you read the title, you probably think I'm an idiot. No, I'm not. I know that the GT630 is a low-end card and that I shouldn't buy it, but I have one. So here's my question: will it bottleneck a Core 2 Quad Q8200? I don't know how much of compares to modern CPUs, but I know that it was made back when the 8800 GTX was the king (well, as far as I know). So my question is: will it bottleneck, and if yes, what would be the most suitable card here.

 

You will always either have a CPU bottleneck or a GPU bottleneck. Something always hits its limit before the other does. Its probably impossible to balance your hardware to such a degree that each component was able to sit at 100% utilization, and even if you could, no two games tax the hardware the same. There are games out there that can become CPU-bound on almost any hardware you can buy today, and some where all you really need is a relatively modern dual-core to become GPU-bound.

 

That said, yeah, I'd say its fairly urgent to replace that GT 630 when you have the opportunity. Do you have a budget in mind? I wouldn't stress too much over bottlenecks, as most games will probably still reward a faster GPU up into the $300 range or so.

 

I would not advise older hardware, though. You can usually get similarly-performing new hardware for comparable prices and much, much lower power consumption.

[harrynowl]

Nope.

 

It wont be perfect, but no point in buying a different CPU.

[LemonSpice]

if Phenom II competed with Core 2 Quad, i doubt FX would be any weaker. as weak as FX cores are, they aren't five-years-ago bad.

 

but anyways, to the OP: i ran a GTX570 with a Phenom II just fine; a friend of mine runs an older Athlon dual-core with a GTX 560 Ti (out of necessity more than anything). i doubt a GT630 would be any trouble for a C2Q.

at equal clockspeeds the fx is slower but the intel is at 2.5 so yea

[Speedbird]

Thanks guys. I think I'll get a 750 Ti to replace the 630. Will run some benchmarks too once I get the CPU, see if there is an actual bottleneck.

[BaSkA]

I currently have a Core 2 Quad 9300 and I have used it with two videocards: 9600 GT (for 6 years) and a GTX 770 (for about a year).

I can play games with better settings now with the 770 so, even if there's some bottleneck by the CPU, it is handling BF3 on High+ settings pretty well, not going over 71ºC on any core, and keeping 60+FPS at 1080p.

 

So, to answer your question, I don't think you'd notice a gigantic bottleneck with a high-end graphics card, such as the 770, even with your Q8200.

[Krytopsy]

I don't see how a graphic cards can bottleneck a CPU. You shouldn't get any GT series for gaming (GT 630, etc.) but if all you want is a graphic card for video watching, having many display on the same card (no gaming tho) like those high VRAM low power graphic cards, etc.

GT series aren't great for performance/price ratio, GTX series are.

[VortexS]

Thanks guys. I think I'll get a 750 Ti to replace the 630. Will run some benchmarks too once I get the CPU, see if there is an actual bottleneck.

A 750Ti should work perfectly with your rig, and bottlenecks wil be different for some games, since some games actually can use more than 2 CPU cores.