I5 2400

[zehao39]

I hear someone said a i5-2400 will not bottleneck a 980ti, is that ture?

[Mohenjo]

well, it wont servery bottleneck it. But it isnt the best idea ever. 

[icey]

9 minutes ago, zehao39 said:

I hear someone said a i5-2400 will not bottleneck a 980ti, is that ture?

These CPU / GPU bottleneck questions are a bit silly. If you provide more information on its intended purpose we may be able to help. 

[zehao39]

5 minutes ago, icey said:

These CPU / GPU bottleneck questions are a bit silly. If you provide more information on its intended purpose we may be able to help. 

I just build a rig, here is the link,

If I update to 970 or 980 will the card bottleneck?

[glitchmaster0001]

i would expect it to bottleneck a high end near flagship card like the 980ti. once i bought a gtx 950 and paired it my my ancient cpu the amd phenom x4 9750 (equivlent to a intel core 2 quad q6600). when i played games like battlefield 4 and fallout 4 at 720p or even 1080p the cpu would be a heavy bottleneck on an entry level 1080p card. i couldnt even get smooth frames on low settings in both games since the cpu was at 90% to 100% all the time while the gpu was at 15% to 30%. take that concept and put it to your scale. your planning on putting a flagship card in a cpu that is 6 years old and can't even overclock. the only way to remove a cpu bottleneck is by either overclocking the cpu to reduce it or just buy a new cpu that wont bottleneck the gpu. from your last thread you said you wanted to pair a 980ti with a locked i5 skylake. when you are doing cpu bounded gaming then your locked i5 would heavily bottleneck the 980ti. at least get a i5 6600k or an i7 6700k would be more ideal to pair with a 980ti. 

[zehao39]

7 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

i would expect it to bottleneck a high end near flagship card like the 980ti. once i bought a gtx 950 and paired it my my ancient cpu the amd phenom x4 9750 (equivlent to a intel core 2 quad q6600). when i played games like battlefield 4 and fallout 4 at 720p or even 1080p the cpu would be a heavy bottleneck on an entry level 1080p card. i couldnt even get smooth frames on low settings in both games since the cpu was at 90% to 100% all the time while the gpu was at 15% to 30%. take that concept and put it to your scale. your planning on putting a flagship card in a cpu that is 6 years old and can't even overclock. the only way to remove a cpu bottleneck is by either overclocking the cpu to reduce it or just buy a new cpu that wont bottleneck the gpu. from your last thread you said you wanted to pair a 980ti with a locked i5 skylake. when you are doing cpu bounded gaming then your locked i5 would heavily bottleneck the 980ti. at least get a i5 6600k or an i7 6700k would be more ideal to pair with a 980ti. 

Here is a post about i5 2400  http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2325969/2400-bottleneck-gtx-970.html 

I don't know if it is the case 

[glitchmaster0001]

9 minutes ago, zehao39 said:

Here is a post about i5 2400  http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2325969/2400-bottleneck-gtx-970.html 

I don't know if it is the case 

i had first hand experiance with cpu bottlenecking the gpu and i can gureantee you that the i5 2400 WILL bottleneck that 980ti. the 980ti is essentially a Titan just scaled down a bit and with half the memory. 

[zehao39]

5 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

i had first hand experiance with cpu bottlenecking the gpu and i can gureantee you that the i5 2400 WILL bottleneck that 980ti. the 980ti is essentially a Titan just scaled down a bit and with half the memory. 

So do you think a 770 will get a bottleneck?

[glitchmaster0001]

9 minutes ago, zehao39 said:

So do you think a 770 will get a bottleneck?

most likely not. im planning on pairing a gtx 760 2gb with a phenom ii x6 1055t soon and there shouldn't be a bottleneck when im playing cpu bounded games like GTA 5, Battlefield 4, Fallout 4, Witcher 3, ect. the cpu with bottleneck when it reaches above 80% utilization. that is when the cpu would start throttling and thus creating a bottleneck. this is kind of like when you are in a car and you just step on the gas pedal until the RPM reaches redline. in cars this is called a rev limiter its made so that you don't over rev and blow out your engine. your cpu has a similar concept but instead of RPM its utilization. at 80% you would notice some fps drops but when it hits 90% or more you'll notice even worse fps drops and the gpu utilization would drop to lower percentages. 

[Aereldor]

It depends on the game. Typically, games will stress more on the CPU, but it also depends on the situation.

 

Just so we're on the same page- a 'bottleneck' occurs when one component hits 100% usage before others in your PC. Since this component is at its full capacity while the game still needs more resources from it, it holds the rest of the system back.

You won't see a bottleneck in, say, Far Cry 4, where my CPU, a slightly weaker Core i3 4160, rarely exceeds 50% usage while the GPU is pinned at 100% consistently. However, in the city of Novigrad in The Witcher 3, due to all the shops, doors, and thousands of NPCs, my CPU usage sits in the high 80s, and when I spawn a bunch of enemies, it hits 100% and performance begins to drop, and soon, the Graphics Card is no longer able to maintain 100% utilization.

The i5 2400 is a very capable chip,but it will probably bottleneck a GTX 980 Ti, especially at 1080p- a resolution that won't even stress a GTX 980 Ti- a card built for 1440p and 4k gaming. Still, this situation will probably depend on the game, the GPU, and the resolution you're playing at. Bottlenecking is a result of system dynamics and optimization (or a lack thereof), and the computing situation.