GPU Upgrade

[Hitmanuncut]

Would anyone see any issues with upgrading to a GTX 980TI and running it with an I7 990x on a rampage III black edition motherboard?

Thanks for any available assistance with this.

[Freezanator]

@Hitmanuncut Welcome to the Linus Tech Tips forum! The i7-990X should work fine with the GTX 980 Ti. Though, I suggest you get the cheaper and similar-performance GTX 1070. Plus, it comes with 2GB more VRAM.  

[3 Lions]

Get a GTX 1070 instead, it beats the 980Ti and the Titan X Maxwell. 

[APasz]

Most games will be perfectly fine. It's the more cpu intensive ones you might see a drop.

[Hitmanuncut]

6 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

@Hitmanuncut Welcome to the Linus Tech Tips forum! The i7-990X should work fine with the GTX 980 Ti. Though, I suggest you get the cheaper and similar-performance GTX 1070. Plus, it comes with 2GB more VRAM.  

Thank you for your kind welcome and reply. Whilst I couldn't agree more that the 1070 is the pick, I can get the 980TI through a friend and simply swap the two 590's I'm running now for it, no cash exchange so to speak, I was more just trying to ascertain if there may be any compatibility issues between the board/cpu and the newer gpu. Thanks again.

[Freezanator]

1 minute ago, Hitmanuncut said:

Thank you for your kind welcome and reply. Whilst I couldn't agree more that the 1070 is the pick, I can get the 980TI through a friend and simply swap the two 590's I'm running now for it, no cash exchange so to speak, I was more just trying to ascertain if there may be any compatibility issues between the board/cpu and the newer gpu. Thanks again.

Your welcome.  

[Hitmanuncut]

10 minutes ago, APasz said:

Most games will be perfectly fine. It's the more cpu intensive ones you might see a drop.

Thanks for the assistance, with the cpu overclocked to 4.5GHz  would you still see it being an issue?

[Freezanator]

Just now, Hitmanuncut said:

Thanks for the assistance, with the cpu overclocked to 4.5GHz  would you still see it being an issue?

No, not at all. In fact, CPU-intensive games will run even better (as long as you have sufficient cooling, though).  

[Hitmanuncut]

3 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

No, not at all. In fact, CPU-intensive games will run even better (as long as you have sufficient cooling, though).  

Should hold up, it's a custom cooling loop, just needs a serious increase in VRAM though. The 590's have served me well but are starting to get a little too obsolete now.

[Freezanator]

2 minutes ago, Hitmanuncut said:

Should hold up, it's a custom cooling loop, just needs a serious increase in VRAM though. The 590's have served me well but are starting to get a little too obsolete now.

I just realized that you had like 4 GPUs in your PC. 

[Hitmanuncut]

2 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

I just realized that you had like 4 GPUs in your PC. 

Yep, 590's for quad sli, they were the kit in their day, but only have 1.5Gb per gpu and these days that doesn't really cut the grade.

[APasz]

1 hour ago, Hitmanuncut said:

Thanks for the assistance, with the cpu overclocked to 4.5GHz  would you still see it being an issue?

Depends on the game really but not as much of an issue, no.