Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

[Brentfisher71]

Hi, I have been posting a few topics lately discussing things that I will be using for my new workstation/gaming rig. The full spec list is Here. But I have been wondering about my cpu choice. I will have 2 gtx970s (because I already have one purchased and am not going to sell it to get a 980ti) and I don't know if this CPU will bottleneck at all in games. I also need to know if it will preform well enough in editing applications like Adobe premiere and after effects. If you cannot open the link then the cpu is an Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor. If anybody could get back to me that would be amazing.

[don_svetlio]

Don't buy a 2nd 970 - not worth it. Save up for Pascal

[Aytex]

Basically a 4790 without igpu so

no bottleneck,

average performance

 

its not worth getting a 2nd 970 either, on bored with don pascal is around the corner

[Brentfisher71]

5 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Basically a 4790 without igpu so

no bottleneck,

average performance

 

its not worth getting a 2nd 970 either, pascal is around the corner

What is so special about the pascal series? 

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, Brentfisher71 said:

What is so special about the pascal series? 

A 1070 that is not a flawed design which causes massive VRAM issues at one point?

[Brentfisher71]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

A 1070 that is not a flawed design which causes massive VRAM issues at one point?

Yes I do agree with that because of the whole 3.5 gigs of fast ram, but why is everybody like orgasming over the new pascals that are coming out? Like what features are so special that every single person I talk to tells me to just wait.

[Suika]

I ran a 4790k and dual 970s. Found no issues at 4K UHD DSR, posts claiming otherwise are exaggerating a design flaw in the 970 that has little to no affect in regular use.

 

1 minute ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Yes I do agree with that because of the whole 3.5 gigs of fast ram, but why is everybody like orgasming over the new pascals that are coming out? Like what features are so special that every single person I talk to tells me to just wait.

It's a new generation of GPUs built on a smaller node, so theoretically significant performance gains and drops in power consumption. Theoretically.

[Brentfisher71]

1 minute ago, Suika said:

I ran a 4790k and dual 970s. Found no issues at 4K UHD DSR, posting claiming otherwise are exaggerating a design flaw in the 970.

 

It's a new generation of GPUs built on a smaller node, so theoretically significant performance gains and drops in power consumption. Theoretically.

Ok, so you are saying to keep my single GTX 970 until pascal comes out and then buy the 980ti equivalent? or 2 of the 970 equivalent?

[Suika]

Just now, Brentfisher71 said:

Ok, so you are saying to keep my single GTX 970 until pascal comes out and then buy the 980ti equivalent? or 2 of the 970 equivalent?

I said theoretically Pascal is better. It's going to be a gamble if you wait, the next GTX 1070 could either be marginally improved or significantly improved.

[Brentfisher71]

Just now, Suika said:

I said theoretically Pascal is better. It's going to be a gamble if you wait, the next GTX 1070 could either be marginally improved or significantly improved.

Ok, do we know whether or not they are being release late in the year or early?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Brentfisher71 said:

Ok, do we know whether or not they are being release late in the year or early?

Summer 2016 for 1070 and 1080, Q1 2017 for rest

[Brentfisher71]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Summer 2016 for 1070 and 1080, Q1 2017 for rest

Ok thank you, I guess I will try and wait til pascal. Do you think the single GTX 970 can handle 1440p gaming? Because that is what I will be running until I get the pascal card.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Brentfisher71 said:

Ok thank you, I guess I will try and wait til pascal. Do you think the single GTX 970 can handle 1440p gaming? Because that is what I will be running until I get the pascal card.

If you turn down settings - 1440p is pushing it a bit

[Brentfisher71]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you turn down settings - 1440p is pushing it a bit

Blehk, ok lol. Thank you so much for your advice. One last question. If I am running a 1440p monitor and I change my ingame resolution setting to 1080p will it make it the same performance as if I was using a 1080p monitor?

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Blehk, ok lol. Thank you so much for your advice. One last question. If I am running a 1440p monitor and I change my ingame resolution setting to 1080p will it make it the same performance as if I was using a 1080p monitor?

Yes but it will look blurry

[Brentfisher71]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Yes but it will look blurry

Ok thank you so much again. Then that is what I will do. 

[Brentfisher71]

31 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Basically a 4790 without igpu so

no bottleneck,

average performance

 

its not worth getting a 2nd 970 either, on bored with don pascal is around the corner

And thank you too for answering the actual main question of this topic lol.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Ok thank you so much again. Then that is what I will do. 

I'd suggest just using it like this and getting an 8GB 1080 when it comes - that or a AMD Polaris GPU

[Brentfisher71]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

I'd suggest just using it like this and getting an 8GB 1080 when it comes - that or a AMD Polaris GPU

Blehk I don't care for AMD cards very much. Just personal preference but I will look into the 8gb 1080 when it comes out. Would the 1080 be like the 980ti equivalent?

[don_svetlio]

5 minutes ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Blehk I don't care for AMD cards very much. Just personal preference but I will look into the 8gb 1080 when it comes out. Would the 1080 be like the 980ti equivalent?

Probably - considering Nvidia like to focus driver support on the latest gen and Maxwell rely heavily on drivers, a 1070 might be the same as a 980 TI

[Brentfisher71]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Probably - considering Nvidia like to focus driver support on the latest gen and Maxwell rely heavily on drivers, a 1070 might be the same as a 980 TI

Alright sweet sounds good to me. Do you think I will have to pay a massive premium due to these new pascal cards being just put on the market?

[don_svetlio]

40 minutes ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Alright sweet sounds good to me. Do you think I will have to pay a massive premium due to these new pascal cards being just put on the market?

Probably 350$ for the 1070 and 500$ for the 1080

[JimmyGuilbault]

I'd definitely recommend the E3-1231v3, its priced around the same as a new i5 but with better performance. Its about right between the i5-6600k and i7-6700k. Really great price/performance.

[Brentfisher71]

On 3/22/2016 at 1:39 PM, don_svetlio said:

Yes but it will look blurry

Why exactly will it be blurry? Will it be like the same quality as playing it on a 1080p monitor or do you really mean it will be blurry. Because the monitor that I am getting is a 25'' ips 1440p monitor.

[don_svetlio]

6 hours ago, Brentfisher71 said:

Why exactly will it be blurry? Will it be like the same quality as playing it on a 1080p monitor or do you really mean it will be blurry. Because the monitor that I am getting is a 25'' ips 1440p monitor.

Because pixels won't align properly - you are essentially asking ever 2 pixels to depict 1.3 actual image pixels