i5 4570 bottleneck a GTX 980 Ti?

[monjanger]

I am building a new rig, but I won't get my x99 mobo for a little bit, and I want to game

 

Will my i5 4570 bottleneck the 980ti?

 

 

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

No.

[Opeth747]

Nah.

[manikyath]

you'll need one hell of a cpu heavy game to bottleneck there...

(minecraft...)

[Curufinwe_wins]

Not at 1440p. At 1080p many games yes.

 

It will reduce your fps a little bit even at 1440p, but not enough to matter.

[monjanger]

Not at 1440p. At 1080p many games yes.

 

It will reduce your fps a little bit even at 1440p, but not enough to matter.

 

you'll need one hell of a cpu heavy game to bottleneck there...

(minecraft...)

 

Nah.

 

No.

 

No.

Thanks BB

[manikyath]

Not at 1440p. At 1080p many games yes.

 

It will reduce your fps a little bit even at 1440p, but not enough to matter.

yeah, i may be underestimating the power of a 980ti a bit here, but honestly, if you're not OCing the snot out of it you wont be getting better out of x99 either way.

[Curufinwe_wins]

yeah, i may be underestimating the power of a 980ti a bit here, but honestly, if you're not OCing the snot out of it you wont be getting better out of x99 either way.

Well way too many people seem to think until you hit the brick wall cpu power doesn't make a difference which isn't true. (Although averages change very little, extra cpu power massively reduces stuttering, inconsistent or dropped frames, and even then you can see straight improvements in most games by going from a i5 to i7. And that is in the "worst case situation" where gpu utilization is pegged at 100%)

 

Anyways, for comparison (note these are at stock speeds)

 

 

 

Obviously the second image is more applicable, but even at around 1440p there is a 3 fps drop from the x99 cpus to the i5. At 1080p this drop will be MUCH larger.

 

The first image shows the reason I personally NEVER recommend sli/cf on anything other than an x-series processor. Note that even on that image, overclocking the x-series cpus to bring their frequencies up to haswell-refresh ranges actually widens the gap quite a bit (both in mins and average)

[Luke]

http://imgur.com/hmsI514

 

Hopefully this helps.

[manikyath]

Well way too many people seem to think until you hit the brick wall cpu power doesn't make a difference which isn't true. (Although averages change very little, extra cpu power massively reduces stuttering, inconsistent or dropped frames, and even then you can see straight improvements in most games by going from a i5 to i7. And that is in the "worst case situation" where gpu utilization is pegged at 100%)

 

Anyways, for comparison (note these are at stock speeds)

 

Obviously the second image is more applicable, but even at around 1440p there is a 3 fps drop from the x99 cpus to the i5. At 1080p this drop will be MUCH larger.

 

The first image shows the reason I personally NEVER recommend sli/cf on anything other than an x-series processor. Note that even on that image, overclocking the x-series cpus to bring their frequencies up to haswell-refresh ranges actually widens the gap quite a bit (both in mins and average)

just gonna add that the first source is known to have A LOT of variables in their benchmarks that dont always lign up. they also recycle old benchmarks between driver updates, resulting in one card being tested on a newer driver than an other.

[manikyath]

http://imgur.com/hmsI514

 

Hopefully this helps.

thats defenately a bottleneck, you should upgrade to one of these to resolve that:

http://puu.sh/klTTZ/d07cde4dc1.png

[Curufinwe_wins]

just gonna add that the first source is known to have A LOT of variables in their benchmarks that dont always lign up. they also recycle old benchmarks between driver updates, resulting in one card being tested on a newer driver than an other.

I know, the best site is that german tech reviewer (that was going around with long lists of overclocked/stock cpu benchmarks around witcher 3), but I can't seem to pull it up whenever I want.

 

In any event here is a small video on why x99 for sli is imho a must (then again I also wouldn't personally recommend sli/cf on less than a 980/Fury so take that into consideration)

 

 

Biggest differences show up after about 20 seconds. I know I seem to be picking on gta v but that's what most of the links i have stored are for. The same dude has a shitload of other comparisons with the same two. Like this one...

 

[Clyne]

snip

Well my friend had a 390X with a 4460, wasn't able to get 1080FPS ultra until he upgraded to a 4790K. Got a massive FPS boost and removed the stuttering. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Well my friend had a 390X with a 4460, wasn't able to get 1080FPS ultra until he upgraded to a 4790K. Got a massive FPS boost and removed the stuttering. 

rofl.

[Clyne]

rofl.

Well he got a 3-4k point difference in Fire Strike...and R15 was double the score(Multi)...

[Curufinwe_wins]

Well he got a 3-4k point difference in Fire Strike...and R15 was double the score(Multi)...

Did you mean 1080p Ultra 60 FPS? Or was 1080FPS a troll?

 

If you are serious, then yes that can happen. Take a look at any Digital Foundry video and you will see the i7 stutters less often and less dramatically than the i5s do.

 

On topic though. The i5 will be good enough to hold OP over.

[Clyne]

Did you mean 1080p Ultra 60 FPS? Or was 1080FPS a troll?

 

If you are serious, then yes that can happen. Take a look at any Digital Foundry video and you will see the i7 stutters less often and less dramatically than the i5s do.

 

On topic though. The i5 will be good enough to hold OP over.

Hmm said 1080P wrong...meant to say 1080P Ultra 60FPS.

[Cvdasfg]

your fine.. you wont have a problem