G3258

[Tech456]

Will a OC G3258 bottle neck a 290X or GTX 980 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Yes. 

[Mao_Zedong]

Yes, a ton. You should get an i5 4430, i5 4690k, or a xeon e3 1231v3 for one of those cards.

[007agentHP]

heavily. highest i reccomend putting with it is a 280x/ 960

[Speaker1264]

Will a OC G3258 bottle neck a 290X or GTX 980 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

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Is probably the cheapest you can go without bottlenecking those GPUs.

[Ostwind]

Yes

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Technically no depending on the game... Linus did a review on it and it did not bottleneck any cards.

[Aniallation]

Will a OC G3258 bottle neck a 290X or GTX 980 

Yes. A lot.

 

 

Technically no depending on the game... Linus did a review on it and it did not bottleneck any cards.

The bottleneck with G3258 is rarely shown in reviews because it's not the usual bottleneck with low frame rates, but a bottleneck of awful stuttering.

[Sam Z Man]

The thing gets as low as under 10fps on some games with any GPU, it is no longer a good budget gaming CPU.

[squirrl]

The thing gets as low as under 10fps on some games with any GPU, it is no longer a good budget gaming CPU.

Really? I'm running it in a temporary rig with an R7 265, which isn't exactly a kick-ass gaming setup, and getting about 40fps at 2560x1440 in the witcher 3... A Nvidia optimised game, textures and draw distance turned up, and lower than recommended hardware.

I'm not doubting it may be a bottleneck though, especially with higher end cards. The performance isn't that bad though.

[Sam Z Man]

Really? I'm running it in a temporary rig with an R7 265, which isn't exactly a kick-ass gaming setup, and getting about 40fps at 2560x1440 in the witcher 3... A Nvidia optimised game, textures and draw distance turned up, and lower than recommended hardware.

 

 

The thing gets as low as under 10fps on some games with any GPU, it is no longer a good budget gaming CPU.

[evilarceus]

Yesyesyes

 

Get a quad core:

 

i5 4460

i5 4690k

i7 4790k

[squirrl]

The thing gets as low as under 10fps on some games with any GPU, it is no longer a good budget gaming CPU.

Sure, some games.

I haven't run into any of them though, I just mentioned the most intensive one that i have played on it.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

On some games means that you are not allowed to make a blanket statement that its not a good CPU. If someone only wants to play the games that do run good on it then it is a good CPU. I only pay league of legends. I have a g3258. I could afford more. If I built a new computer I would probably get a g3258.

[Tech456]

How about a 290 or GTX 970

[AFlyingBuffalo]

How about a 290 or GTX 970

It will bottleneck those cards as well, it even does it to my 960, in certain games it's fine, but in newer games it's a huge bottleneck.

[Speaker1264]

On some games means that you are not allowed to make a blanket statement that its not a good CPU. If someone only wants to play the games that do run good on it then it is a good CPU. I only pay league of legends. I have a g3258. I could afford more. If I built a new computer I would probably get a g3258.

 

The problem is the question was phrased with the choices of a 290x and gtx 980.  If he was playing games like league of legends he wouldn't need that kind of gpu to begin with.

[Speaker1264]

How about a 290 or GTX 970

 

I'm guessing you already bought the pentium?  If not I would say use the money you saved on downgrading the gpu to get the i5-4460.  But it would help if we had a little more understanding of what you want.  What computer do you have, how much money do you have to spend, and what do you plan on doing with the computer?  Like what games are you playing, and what resolution is your monitor?

[d1screet]

For gaming? Probably. For Bitcoin/Litecoin/etc. mining? Probably not.

[IateMApoo]

G3258 will bottleneck everything...

[Cheddle]

Will a OC G3258 bottle neck a 290X or GTX 980 

 

G3258 bottlenecked a 770 for me.

[Alurit]

people should not buy a G3258, better to have a cheap amd with lover avg fps then having to put up with stuttering or better yet save up for an i3, but the ideal is the i5

[FaZe Booce]

G3258 will bottleneck everything...

Not everything. Just high end stuff.