I7 920 bottlenecking?

[IJarbo]

Hi, would an i7 920 overclocked to 4 Ghz bottleneck an r9 380 and/or new gen corresponding (i dunno if that was the right word for it, english isn´t my native language) GPU? 

Currently i have two HD 6950 in crossfire and i´m thinking about upgrading in about a year.

[Aytex]

Yea a 380 would do just fine

I would expect bottlneck going higher than a 970 prob

[Castdeath97]

I guess the correct word would be equivalent.

 

Any how I personally wouldn't go for it since polaris is coming in June.

[IJarbo]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

I guess the correct word would be equivalent.

 

Any how I personally wouldn't go for it since polaris is coming in June.

ahh equivalent it was! thank you

 

Yeah by new gen gpu i meant polaris/pascal

[CoffeeandBagels]

2 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

I guess the correct word would be equivalent.

 

Any how I personally wouldn't go for it since polaris is coming in June.

This guy is right. Polaris itself would cause bottleneck, but it's release will drop the price of your 920 a bit.

[IJarbo]

3 minutes ago, CoffeeandBagels said:

This guy is right. Polaris itself would cause bottleneck, but it's release will drop the price of your 920 a bit.

so you don´t think that my 920 would handle any polaris GPU? 

[incarnate]

5 hours ago, IJarbo said:

so you don´t think that my 920 would handle any polaris GPU? 

That mostly depends on the games you'll be playing, the resolution you'll be playing at, etc.

 

What you can do to see what fps you'll bottleneck at, is load the games you want to play, turn off vsync, turn all settings and resolution to the lowest (Yes, lowest) and check the frame rate you get. This is the max framerate you'll get in that game. If it is high enough for you (if it is at our higher than your monitor's refresh rate, or you're happy with that framerate) then you're good to go. Then just look up benchmarks for the specific games you play. Look at the fps they get for that card. If your max fps is lower than what they get, then you'll bottleneck.

 

As for what Polaris gpus your cpu will be able to handle, ask a magic 8 ball, it'll be about as knowledgeable as anyone else is right now until those cards come out.

 

Bottlenecks aren't inherently a bad thing. My 970 is bottlenecked in most games by my monitor's refresh rate. So long as your cpu can handle the fps you want to get in a game, then it doesn't matter if it bottlenecks. 

[IJarbo]

6 hours ago, incarnate said:

That mostly depends on the games you'll be playing, the resolution you'll be playing at, etc.

 

What you can do to see what fps you'll bottleneck at, is load the games you want to play, turn off vsync, turn all settings and resolution to the lowest (Yes, lowest) and check the frame rate you get. This is the max framerate you'll get in that game. If it is high enough for you (if it is at our higher than your monitor's refresh rate, or you're happy with that framerate) then you're good to go. Then just look up benchmarks for the specific games you play. Look at the fps they get for that card. If your max fps is lower than what they get, then you'll bottleneck.

 

As for what Polaris gpus your cpu will be able to handle, ask a magic 8 ball, it'll be about as knowledgeable as anyone else is right now until those cards come out.

 

Bottlenecks aren't inherently a bad thing. My 970 is bottlenecked in most games by my monitor's refresh rate. So long as your cpu can handle the fps you want to get in a game, then it doesn't matter if it bottlenecks. 

hmmm i will try that