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[Jared121]

Can I run a 980ti with a dual core processor or does the processor even have anything to do with it?

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

Can I run a 980ti with a dual core processor 

10/10 would not recommend 

[Megazero]

4 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

Can I run a 980ti with a dual core processor or does the processor even have anything to do with it?

You can run a 980Ti with a dual core, BUT it will bottleneck your 980Ti and you wont be able to use full power of the 980Ti. 

[Jared121]

22 minutes ago, Megazero said:

You can run a 980Ti with a dual core, BUT it will bottleneck your 980Ti and you wont be able to use full power of the 980Ti. 

I would still be able to run games smoothly though right?

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Jared121 said:

I would still be able to run games smoothly though right?

Probably 

[Cela1]

2 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

I would still be able to run games smoothly though right?

Smoothly? Ah, no.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

I can bust some myths here, I borrowed my brothers GTX 980ti AMP! Extreme from Zotac, AKA the most powerful GTX 980ti available and with my dual Xeon E5-2670's which boost as high as 3.3GHz I saw no signs of bottlenecking WHAT-SO-EVER. You are GTG, from someone who's actually done it.

 

 

EDIT: HUGE MISREAD HERE LELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Thought you said dual processors, you said dual core processor. So I cannot attest to a dual core CPU's ability to run with a 980ti, unless it's an incredibly highly overclocked G3258 and you're not playing a game that really bothers with more than 2 cores- which most games now a days prefer 4 cores.

Edited July 8, 2016 by Jacktastic-Mofo

[Jared121]

20 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

I can bust some myths here, I borrowed my brothers GTX 980ti AMP! Extreme from Zotac, AKA the most powerful GTX 980ti available and with my dual Xeon E5-2670's which boost as high as 3.3GHz I saw no signs of bottlenecking WHAT-SO-EVER. You are GTG, from someone who's actually done it.

 

 

EDIT: HUGE MISREAD HERE LELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Thought you said dual processors, you said dual core processor. So I cannot attest to a dual core CPU's ability to run with a 980ti, unless it's an incredibly highly overclocked G3258 and you're not playing a game that really bothers with more than 2 cores- which most games now a days prefer 4 cores.

Well I have a core i3 lol

[Megazero]

8 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

I would still be able to run games smoothly though right?

It depend. Some game that dont rely too much on CPU should be fine, Game that do will have lower frame rate.

[Megazero]

24 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

I can bust some myths here, I borrowed my brothers GTX 980ti AMP! Extreme from Zotac, AKA the most powerful GTX 980ti available and with my dual Xeon E5-2670's which boost as high as 3.3GHz I saw no signs of bottlenecking WHAT-SO-EVER. You are GTG, from someone who's actually done it.

 

 

EDIT: HUGE MISREAD HERE LELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Thought you said dual processors, you said dual core processor. So I cannot attest to a dual core CPU's ability to run with a 980ti, unless it's an incredibly highly overclocked G3258 and you're not playing a game that really bothers with more than 2 cores- which most games now a days prefer 4 cores.

I LOL You compare your beasty dual CPU server grade component to a dual core

[Jared121]

If I have a core i3 3.7 GHz cpu is it fine if I get a card like the rx 480?

[alexhelvetica]

It depends. What is the i3?

[Jared121]

6 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

It depends. What is the i3?

It's a core i3-6100

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

It's a core i3-6100

It will bottleneck a little in CPU intensive games but it should be fine otherwise.

[Jared121]

3 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

It will bottleneck a little in CPU intensive games but it should be fine otherwise.

Yeah there are no rx 480s inc stock anywhere right now which sucks cuz I need it badly 

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

31 minutes ago, Jared121 said:

Well I have a core i3 lol

If it's a Skylake i3 try overclocking it and it SHOULD be fine.

 

27 minutes ago, Megazero said:

I LOL You compare your beasty dual CPU server grade component to a dual core

Ooops.

[SkilledRebuilds]

^Only useful if your rocking Skylake.

But really nice gains can be had.