2 290x

[xnoobftw]

Will an i5 4440 bottleneck 2 290x? And if so by how much?

[siberiansteel11]

I don't think so.... Not sure. 

[Speedbird]

Nope.

[eelnico09]

Nah, it's fine-

[xnoobftw]

Nope.

 

I don't think so.... Not sure. 

But people at overclockers.net said that it would.... Any statistics to show how did you conclude your claim?

[xnoobftw]

Nah, it's fine-

^

[TechFan@ic]

Everyone says it won't bottleneck because basically there aren't many quadcores out there that are faster. And the ones which are are only marginally faster that you will not notice any difference.
Most MSI boards support Enhanced Turbo which should keep your i5 pegged at the maximum single core Turbo clock speed but on all cores. You may attempt to sligthly overclock your system using the BCLK as well. I've successfully overclocked my locked i7 2600 to 4.4Ghz using a combination of Enhanced Turbo and BCLK and it's rock solid.

[xnoobftw]

Everyone says it won't bottleneck because basically there aren't many quadcores out there that are faster. And the ones which are are only marginally faster that you will not notice any difference.

Most MSI boards support Enhanced Turbo which should keep your i5 pegged at the maximum single core Turbo clock speed but on all cores. You may attempt to sligthly overclock your system using the BCLK as well. I've successfully overclocked my locked i7 2600 to 4.4Ghz using a combination of Enhanced Turbo and BCLK and it's rock solid.

How would you do that? Is there any tutorials? And is there any risk involved? 

[eelnico09]

How would you do that? Is there any tutorials? And is there any risk involved? 

There's no risk if you konw what you're doing.

 

I wouldn't recommend it if you've never overclocked anything, but you might want to learn and give it a try.

[Speedbird]

But people at overclockers.net said that it would.... Any statistics to show how did you conclude your claim?

It's a Haswell quad-core. It ain't gonna bottleneck anything.

[TechFan@ic]

How would you do that? Is there any tutorials? And is there any risk involved? 

#1 You can't overclock an i5 4440 to any where near that of an Ivy Bridge or a Sandy Bridge because Intel completely disabled limited CPU ratio overclocking on Haswell parts.

#2 You may or may not need a specific BIOS for your motherboard to attempt BCLK overclocking because it's an H87 board.

#3 Every CPU and every motherboard is different. For me a BCLK of over 104.5 would cause various instability issues. On X79 boards you can go for as high as 112 without any issues.

#4 You don't really need to overclock your CPU it'll be just fine for a CrossfireX setup. You only hope to gain a maximum of 5% attempting a BCLK overclock on your i5 4440. And since you're not experienced it would be too big of a hassle for not much of a gain.

[xnoobftw]

There's no risk if you konw what you're doing.

 

I wouldn't recommend it if you've never overclocked anything, but you might want to learn and give it a try.

 

It's a Haswell quad-core. It ain't gonna bottleneck anything.

 

#1 You can't overclock an i5 4440 to any where near that of an Ivy Bridge or a Sandy Bridge because Intel completely disabled limited CPU ratio overclocking on Haswell parts.

#2 You may or may not need a specific BIOS for your motherboard to attempt BCLK overclocking because it's an H87 board.

#3 Every CPU and every motherboard is different. For me a BCLK of over 104.5 would cause various instability issues. On X79 boards you can go for as high as 112 without any issues.

#4 You don't really need to overclock your CPU it'll be just fine for a CrossfireX setup. You only hope to gain a maximum of 5% attempting a BCLK overclock on your i5 4440. And since you're not experienced it would be too big of a hassle for not much of a gain.

Welp shots fired LOL.... I am torn now asdhgjlhkjl'k;' 

[TechFan@ic]

Welp shots fired LOL.... I am torn now asdhgjlhkjl'k;' 

I don't really care, I'm an OCN forum poster as well. And they're mostly right, LTT has been rife with nonsinsical, biased and ignorant posters as of late.

[xnoobftw]

I don't really care, I'm an OCN forum poster as well. And they're mostly right, LTT has been rife with nonsinsical, biased and ignorant posters as of late.

I probably wont attempt to OC my chip (cant afford to screw it up im broke haha)

[TechFan@ic]

I probably wont attempt to OC my chip (cant afford to screw it up im broke haha)

If you need the performance you can go ahead and add a second 290X. They're getting ridiculously affordable. Your hardware is fully capable (CPU, PSU and Board). So you're ready to go, otherwise you can keep your single 290X if you're happy with the performance.

[xnoobftw]

If you need the performance you can go ahead and add a second 290X. They're getting ridiculously affordable. Your hardware is fully capable (CPU, PSU and Board). So you're ready to go, otherwise you can keep your single 290X if you're happy with the performance.

I probably want to pair it with a 4k monitor.... Any recommendations?

[TechFan@ic]

I probably want to pair it with a 4k monitor.... Any recommendations?

I would recommend waiting for a 4K FreeSync monitor. Talked to Roy, they're actually coming.

[xnoobftw]

I would recommend waiting for a 4K FreeSync monitor. Talked to Roy, they're actually coming.

The closest i can get them is january anyways (gonna go work during the december holidays!) How much do you recommend me to save?

[angst92]

It wont bottleneck at 60hz however it will at 144hz

[xnoobftw]

It wont bottleneck at 60hz however it will at 144hz

how does that work?

[angst92]

how does that work?

 

The cpu will be powerfull enough to churn out 60 frames but not 144 yet the gfx cards will easilly be able to churn out 144 so the cpu will stop you being able to reach the target fps which the gpu's are capable of reaching. So on a 60hz monitor he will not notice the cpu restricting the gpu's at all.

Obviously it depends on the game aswell as older games will reach 144fps on that cpu.

 

tl;dr both can do 60fps cpu struggle to do 144 frames but gpu can