980ti Bottleneck Question

[Heisennburgg]

Hey LTT community! On Saturday I finally had enough money saved up to order a GTX 980ti upgrading from 2 GTX 780's in SLI because they had really been showing their age lately especially with games like The Witcher 3. So my biggest concern with ordering a card that powerful was my CPU, I have an i5 4670k @ 4.0GHz and was just wondering if having the i5 and the 980ti, would that cause any bottlenecking? I play Skyrim heavily modded, Witcher 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, and a few other games but I also video edit alot and use Photoshop, I didn't know if any specific game or application would cause the bottleneck if it were to happen. Thanks in advance for any replies that I get!

 

~Reanna

[eelnico09]

Nope, no bottleneck. Maybe you could have a bottleneck if you put two 980ti together, but even then...

[arniks8]

No it`s fine.

[Heisennburgg]

Nope, no bottleneck. Maybe you could have a bottleneck if you put two 980ti together, but even then...

thanks for the reply i'm even more excited now!

[Heisennburgg]

No it`s fine.

awesome, thanks for replying

[SeanAngelo]

Hey LTT community! On Saturday I finally had enough money saved up to order a GTX 980ti upgrading from 2 GTX 780's in SLI because they had really been showing their age lately especially with games like The Witcher 3. So my biggest concern with ordering a card that powerful was my CPU, I have an i5 4670k @ 4.0GHz and was just wondering if having the i5 and the 980ti, would that cause any bottlenecking? I play Skyrim heavily modded, Witcher 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, and a few other games but I also video edit alot and use Photoshop, I didn't know if any specific game or application would cause the bottleneck if it were to happen. Thanks in advance for any replies that I get!

 

~Reanna

you'll be fine

[Heisennburgg]

you'll be fine

thanks!

[Jedicake]

Sorry for reviving the already answered thread, but I'm in the exact same position as you @Heisennburgg haha. I feel terrible for wanting to upgrade but I just get thay itch for best graphical options available.

i5's are awesome

[AnUnQuietMind]

Unless im mistaken that CPU has the 16 PCIe lanes needed for a single x16 video card. unless your using any other PCIe slots forn wifi/ssd's/raid controllers, a single 980ti should be fine. Im running a Titan X on a system with a 3770k and am seeing no issues, but granted im not using any of the other PCIe lanes. But as mentioned by others if you plan on adding a 2nd video card you will need to upgrade your cpu/mobo if you want enough PCIe lanes, otherwise you would be running PCIe 3.0 at x8 x8 rather then x16 x16. best of luck

[Heisennburgg]

Sorry for reviving the already answered thread, but I'm in the exact same position as you @Heisennburgg haha. I feel terrible for wanting to upgrade but I just get thay itch for best graphical options available.

i5's are awesome

yeah lol i completely feel your pain! and as for having 2 780's just like me, was it just me being paranoid, or were the 780's not performing like you think they should be? cuz for me, the witcher 3 with everything maxed out playing in SLI, i averaged 40fps about 90% of the time, and sometimes got 60fps in a house or something with no NPC's, and of course in cut scenes it would drop at times to like 20-25fps

[Heisennburgg]

Unless im mistaken that CPU has the 16 PCIe lanes needed for a single x16 video card. unless your using any other PCIe slots forn wifi/ssd's/raid controllers, a single 980ti should be fine. Im running a Titan X on a system with a 3770k and am seeing no issues, but granted im not using any of the other PCIe lanes. But as mentioned by others if you plan on adding a 2nd video card you will need to upgrade your cpu/mobo if you want enough PCIe lanes, otherwise you would be running PCIe 3.0 at x8 x8 rather then x16 x16. best of luck

yeah i'd only be using 1 PCIe lane, thanks for the heads up though for future upgrades, i completely forgot to check how many PCIe lanes it had but 16x sounds about right. thanks for the reply! 

[dragoon20005]

time to throw the 980Ti in benchmarks and in Witcher 3

 

but yes your CPU will be plenty for one GPU

 

that is unless you try to go crazy and chuck in two dual GPU cards like the R9 295X2 or the Titan Z will the CPU be overwhelmed 

[Heisennburgg]

time to throw the 980Ti in benchmarks and in Witcher 3

 

but yes your CPU will be plenty for one GPU

 

that is unless you try to go crazy and chuck in two dual GPU cards like the R9 295X2 or the Titan Z will the CPU be overwhelmed 

before i upgrade to another 980ti, i'll have a new CPU by then the 4790k is the next upgrade on my list. i wanted the 5820k but i don't have an X99 motherboard or LGA2011 i think it's called, i have a bad memory with motherboards for some reason. are you aware of any 6 or 8 core Intel processors that'll fit in a LGA1150/55 motherboard? 

[dragoon20005]

before i upgrade to another 980ti, i'll have a new CPU by then the 4790k is the next upgrade on my list. i wanted the 5820k but i don't have an X99 motherboard or LGA2011 i think it's called, i have a bad memory with motherboards for some reason. are you aware of any 6 or 8 core Intel processors that'll fit in a LGA1150/55 motherboard? 

the 4790K is a good chip

 

no need for 5820K which is on the LGA2011-3 socket which is way more expensive if you factor in the board

 

DDR4 is dropping in prices but still way higher than DDR3

 

 

I think the 4790K is the highest with 4 cores and 8 treads

 

usually the 6 cores and 8 cores are reserved on the higher X99 boards 

[arniks8]

before i upgrade to another 980ti, i'll have a new CPU by then the 4790k is the next upgrade on my list. i wanted the 5820k but i don't have an X99 motherboard or LGA2011 i think it's called, i have a bad memory with motherboards for some reason. are you aware of any 6 or 8 core Intel processors that'll fit in a LGA1150/55 motherboard?

No need for 4790k if your not rendering videos a lot.

[Praesi]

I use an i5 and have  20k in firestrike and 100+fps in witcher 3. No bottleneck there

[Badger906]

I ran my 980ti with an i5 2500k for a while with no issues

[Heisennburgg]

No need for 4790k if your not rendering videos a lot.

i render videos twice a day 7 days a week

[Heisennburgg]

I ran my 980ti with an i5 2500k for a while with no issues

good to be confirmed 100%. thanks!

[Heisennburgg]

the 4790K is a good chip

 

no need for 5820K which is on the LGA2011-3 socket which is way more expensive if you factor in the board

 

DDR4 is dropping in prices but still way higher than DDR3

 

 

I think the 4790K is the highest with 4 cores and 8 treads

 

usually the 6 cores and 8 cores are reserved on the higher X99 boards 

i believe there's a 6 core processor called the 4930k. i was interested in that too, but it's not compatible with my motherboard either. so i'll just go with the 4790k 

[CaptainPebbleDash]

You'll have no issues with that combo as I'm currently using it to run all my games. 

 

Normally go for 2714x1527 with full graphical settings on GTA5, Witcher 3 etc and I never drop below 50FPS. 

 

If anything the GPU will bottleneck the CPU before the CPU bottlenecks the GPU.

[Badger906]

i believe there's a 6 core processor called the 4930k. i was interested in that too, but it's not compatible with my motherboard either. so i'll just go with the 4790k

I've got a 4790k and its a great chip. cool it with a h100 or better and you'll easily see it turbo to 4.5ghz with no overclocking.

mine runs at 4.7Ghz with no overclock

[arniks8]

i render videos twice a day 7 days a week

If you earn money with it, then consider a 6/8 core CPU on LGA2011/LGA2011-3 socket. If not then take i7 4790k as you will benefit from HT.

[dragoon20005]

i believe there's a 6 core processor called the 4930k. i was interested in that too, but it's not compatible with my motherboard either. so i'll just go with the 4790k 

yes that is on the older LGA 2011 socket X79 

 

the Haswell 4790K will be newer than the 4930K