Gtx 1080 bottleneck?

[ryan_BO2]

Will my i5 4460 bottleneck the gtx 1080 FE?

[HKZeroFive]

Yes, it will in certain games but it won't be severe.

 

The real question is why you're getting the GTX 1080 with the most subpar cooling.

[don_svetlio]

1 hour ago, ryan_BO2 said:

Will my i5 4460 bottleneck the gtx 1080 FE?

Yes, it will be a major bottleneck.

The Fanboy Edition also overheats, avoid it.

[Gerr]

No it won't!  Passmark.com gives your CPU a score of 6617.  Compare that to the Skylate i5-6500 of the same speed and that is only 7041, which is less than 10% faster.

 

But I do agree with the above posters in that you should avoid the FE edition and get one of the OEM solutions for cheaper, once they are available that is.

[nothereanymore]

6 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Yes, it will be a major bottleneck.

The Fanboy Edition also overheats, avoid it.

I hope you're being sarcastic. About the bottleneck part.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Noirgheos said:

I hope you're being sarcastic. About the bottleneck part.

It will. A 1080 will CERTAINLY get bottlenecked by a low end Haswell i5. That's the sad truth.

[nothereanymore]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It will. A 1080 will CERTAINLY get bottlenecked by a low end Haswell i5. That's the sad truth.

Obviously depends on the game. I doubt games like Dark Souls 3, Witcher, and Fallout will bottleneck too severely. It should be enough for 60+fps.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Noirgheos said:

Obviously depends on the game. I doubt games like Dark Souls 3, Witcher, and Fallout will bottleneck too severely. It should be enough for 60+fps.

Actually, the i5 will bottleneck even a 980 in W3 Novigrad. Going to an i7 results in an increase of 10-20fps due to the vast amount of characters moving around and shit happening, not to mention the dense models all packed together.

[nothereanymore]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Actually, the i5 will bottleneck even a 980 in W3 Novigrad. Going to an i7 results in an increase of 10-20fps due to the vast amount of characters moving around and shit happening, not to mention the dense models all packed together.

Stock clocks? Yes. Thing is, put both CPUs at the same speed and they'll get the same amount of frames. Either way, the i5 4460 is still enough for 60+, especially with a 1080.

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, Noirgheos said:

Stock clocks? Yes. Thing is, put both CPUs at the same speed and they'll get the same amount of frames. Either way, the i5 4460 is still enough for 60+, especially with a 1080.

stock or OC doesn't matter. the extra threads i7s offer make a BIG difference in modern AAA games

[nothereanymore]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

stock or OC doesn't matter. the extra threads i7s offer make a BIG difference in modern AAA games

Doesn't seem like it. Of course when they're all similarly clocked. Fallout 4 seems to be the only outlier here, and even that's 5FPS.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Noirgheos said:

Doesn't seem like it. Of course when they're all similarly clocked. Fallout 4 seems to be the only outlier here, and even that's 5FPS.

What GPU is that? Is it a 1080?

[nothereanymore]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

What GPU is that? Is it a 1080?

No, a 980 Ti. Close enough right? I doubt a 15FPS more average would cause the CPU to bottleneck it. Then again, he doesn't show the low end i5s.

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, Noirgheos said:

No, a 980 Ti. Close enough right? I doubt a 15FPS more average would cause the CPU to bottleneck it. Then again, he doesn't show the low end i5s.

Exactly - the i5 4690 is a 3.7GHz CPU
the i5 4460 is a 3.2GHz CPU - that's a good 15% difference right there. You see where I'm going? A 15% weaker CPU paired with a 20-30% more powerful GPU results in a bottleneck.

[nothereanymore]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Exactly - the i5 4690 is a 3.7GHz CPU
the i5 4460 is a 3.2GHz CPU - that's a good 15% difference right there. You see where I'm going? A 15% weaker CPU paired with a 20-30% more powerful GPU results in a bottleneck.

Alright alright, low end i5s will. Any K ones won't. That good?

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Noirgheos said:

Alright alright, low end i5s will. Any K ones won't. That good?

My thoughts exactly. A 4.5GHz i5 is enough. A 3GHz one isn't. For a 1080 at least.

[ryan_BO2]

If i turn on DSR does it still bottleneck? @don_svetlio @Noirgheos

[nothereanymore]

2 hours ago, ryan_BO2 said:

If i turn on DSR does it still bottleneck? @don_svetlio @Noirgheos

Upping the resolution does not take off load from the CPU. Same amount of work will be done, thing is, if a bottleneck is occurring, you get to choose between 1080p60FPS or 1440p60FPS. You get it?