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Will an i3 2105 bottleneck a gigabyte gtx 960 heavily ?

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Don't underestimate the Core i3, they're very capable gaming CPUs and Nvidia GPUs run great with them. A Haswell i3 + GTX 960 is a very well balanced system that should run great together.

In my opinion the core i3 is a great cpu and i don't understand why people is underestimated the core i3 because it just a dual core cpu the i3 is capable to play multithreaded game no problem even when paired with gtx 970 i think the i3 won't bottleneck the gtx 970. Of course the i3 won't bottleneck the gtx 960 in my opinion. Correct me if i'm wrong

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The title says it all , i have already ordered the card but i am a bit worried .

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the CPU should not bottleneck the Card too much, only if the motherboard is a really cheap one it will.

...I can't understand this logic no matter how much I try to wrap my head around it...

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The title says it all , i have already ordered the card but i am a bit worried .

I'm using a similar I3-2120 on a salvaged ghetto rig and it's surprisingly peppy (except with this most recent windows 10 install, not sure what I did wrong)

the gaming performance is actually faster than my buddie's G3258 by a small margin, even with his G3258 on a huge 4.7ghz OC

I'm using a 760, which is in the same performance ballpark

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...I can't understand this logic no matter how much I try to wrap my head around it...

Sorry, THE MOTHERBOARD will bottleneck the card. 

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Sorry, THE MOTHERBOARD will bottleneck the card. 

..no, it does not..

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Sorry, THE MOTHERBOARD will bottleneck the card. 

If you're referring to PCIe 2.0 x16, then the bandwidth is enough. Even x8 is still enough, especially for a 960.

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If you're referring to PCIe 2.0 x16, then the bandwidth is enough. Even x8 is still enough, especially for a 960.

 

sorry, was thinking of PCIe 2.0.

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sorry, was thinking of PCIe 2.0.

PCIe 2.0 x8 is still enough even for something like a GTX 980....

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PCIe x8 is still enough even for something like a GTX 980....

May want to edit in the generation you're talking about.

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May want to edit in the generation you're talking about.

Thanks, accidentally put only PCIe x8 due to the fact he was referring to PCIe 2.0 :P

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The title says it all , i have already ordered the card but i am a bit worried .

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The title says it all , i have already ordered the card but i am a bit worried .

Not even a little bit
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The title says it all , i have already ordered the card but i am a bit worried .

 

Don't underestimate the Core i3, they're very capable gaming CPUs and Nvidia GPUs run great with them. A Haswell i3 + GTX 960 is a very well balanced system that should run great together.

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Don't underestimate the Core i3, they're very capable gaming CPUs and Nvidia GPUs run great with them. A Haswell i3 + GTX 960 is a very well balanced system that should run great together.

In my opinion the core i3 is a great cpu and i don't understand why people is underestimated the core i3 because it just a dual core cpu the i3 is capable to play multithreaded game no problem even when paired with gtx 970 i think the i3 won't bottleneck the gtx 970. Of course the i3 won't bottleneck the gtx 960 in my opinion. Correct me if i'm wrong

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Nah I seen people even use a Q6600 with them you should be fine! :D

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the CPU should not bottleneck the Card too much, only if the motherboard is a really cheap one it will.

Motherboard has nothing to do with performance anymore

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Motherboard has nothing to do with performance anymore

I would like to say that's true, but reviews do show a performance difference between motherboards. Maybe not noticeable, but it is there. http://anandtech.com/show/9454/the-msi-z97a-gaming-6-review/4

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I would like to say that's true, but reviews do show a performance difference between motherboards. Maybe not noticeable, but it is there. http://anandtech.com/show/9454/the-msi-z97a-gaming-6-review/4

Okay lemme rephrase that "Motherboard has very little impact on performance"

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My motherboard is the H61M-DS2 rev 1.0 and i am using the PCIE 3.0 slot which is faster than the 2.0 and i am getting frames in most games than my buddy that has an fx 8350 and a gtx 760 , Thanks everyone for your help :)

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