Will an i5-2500 bottleneck an MSI GTX 970?

[unknownindividual]

Just wondering.

[dchurchw]

Someting like a i5 4460 is ok for the 970, however im not sure for the i5 2500...

[comefightme]

Very slightly

[CatzRuleZWorld]

Probably depends on the game. I think it'd be close but it wouldn't be much worse than a FX 6300

[Godlygamer23]

Maybe a little bit. As the user stated above me, it depends on the game.

[Notree]

Probably depends on the game. I think it'd be close but it wouldn't be much worse than a FX 6300

I5 2500 is far superior  to the fx 6300. 

[Godlygamer23]

I5 2500 is far superior  to the fx 6300. 

Most workloads, sure, but sometimes the 6300 can beat it.

[Sam Z Man]

Only in minecraft.

[Najuno]

No you´ll be fine it is after all in Ivy i5 there´s no such thing as a bottleneck with a single GTX970.

[Notree]

Most workloads, sure, but sometimes the 6300 can beat it.

In what? Definitely not gaming.

[Godlygamer23]

In what? Definitely not gaming.

You're right. Not gaming, but in 7-Zip, it beats the 3570K: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57615-amd-vishera-fx-6300-fx-4300-review-7.html

[Monarch]

Yes it will in CPU intensive games like Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Crysis 3, GTA V, etc.

[unknownindividual]

Yes it will in CPU intensive games like Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Crysis 3, GTA V, etc.

I mostly play GTA v so would it be bad?

[ivan134]

I mostly play GTA v so would it be bad?

It will bottleneck it, but it shouldn't be unplayable. Bottlenecking means your 970 won't be at it's max potential, but there are varying degrees of that.

[Monarch]

I mostly play GTA v so would it be bad?

 

It would probably bottleneck 970 up to ~20%, assuming 1080p and depending on your settings and what's going on in the game. Bad means different things for different people. The game would definitely be playable, but you will drop below 60 and you'll sometimes have microstuttering.

 

https://youtu.be/WZ_5p9wd2dk?t=57s

[unknownindividual]

It will bottleneck it, but it shouldn't be unplayable. Bottlenecking means your 970 won't be at it's max potential, but there are varying degrees of that.

What about an i7-3770?

[ivan134]

What about an i7-3770?

Won't bottleneck it.

[Monarch]

What about an i7-3770?

 

It will, but less. The thing is, there'll always be a bottleneck somewhere. You won't get infinite performance. The question is if you'll be satisfied when one of your components reach their full potential. Take a look at this and pay attention to frame time as well, not just framerate: 

 

 

Imo 3770 is a good match for the 970, but better CPUs would of course give you better performance in CPU-bound scenarios. 

[Praesi]

No it will not.

[Pandora]

i run a i5 2500k at 4.6 ghz and i have tested it with sli 970's for fun and i have seen no real bottlenecking.  but on my i5 750 at 4.0ghz it bottle necked like crazy

[alphaproject]

I've seen from many benchmarks the 970 in the I5-2500K loses about 10 solid frames in the most demanding games compared to the top dog chips in future gens.

It shocks me to say that even though the new CPU's are not leaps and bounds ahead of the I5/I7 from 2011 they tend to make somewhat of a difference but not enough one to dump your whole setup and start over. It's not like going from the Core2Quad to the I5/I7 was...I miss those big leaps....

 

Like this....

 

Pentium 4 --- Core2Duo or Quad = awesome upgrade. Keep for awhile.

 

Core2Quad  --- I5-2500K or I7-2600K = awesome upgrade. Keep for awhile.

 

I have nothing else to compare that is like this... and it's been a good amount of time for Intel to have this leap, but they don't.

 

The only chip that I've seen and been impressed with overall was Devil's Canyon but it was fairly expensive.

 

If I went by the Intel numbers, I'd have thought Skylake was the next upgrade being called the 6700K and all, but it turns out that no, it's not like a 40% or higher chip. There are other improvements on the new motherboards but most of the upgrades I don't give a hoot about and most of the boards I've looked at lack all the features my current Asus Deluxe board has that I like.

 

I don't care at all about SLI yet all the boards that are any good have them. I also want Esata and most boards don't have them anymore and USB 2.0 is much slower than that and my external drive is much faster running off esata. It's not a USB 3.0 interface so that's that.

 

I still want PCI slots.... at least 1.

[-BirdiE-]

No it will not.

 

Care to elaborate? The video above clearly illustrates that, even with the most powerful GPU on the market, your CPU still has an impact on framerate.

[Praesi]

Care to elaborate? The video above clearly illustrates that, even with the most powerful GPU on the market, your CPU still has an impact on framerate.

99%GPU usage in valley/heaven/FS. 18686 points in FS and over 80fps in witcher 3 1440p. Just a few examples why this CPU is no real Bottleneck.

And that´s with a GTX980Ti. 

[Kiritium]

Hi, i know i am bombing into this thread but its a similar question and i don't wanna spam the forum. Will a q6600 bottleneck a gtx 460? 

[Janne]

why cant people just understand this simple thing: it depends on what you do/what game you play

 

for example if you play arma you will pretty much ALWAYS be bottlenecked by your processor, i for sure was when i had a 4790k at 4.8ghz paired with a gtx 970. Graphics settings didn't affect frame rate at all. so you cant really ask this question in a general sense.