6850k with ASUS STRIX 1080 Ti - Bottleneck?

[vlb6]

Hi there,

 

currently building a PC (for 3D Animation/GPU rendering/Editing/VFX)  and just when I thought I had it all sorted I've heard of this 'bottlenecking', I don't know if it's just a gaming term or not but to be safe - 
my question is will two ASUS STRIX 1080 Ti graphic cards bottleneck an Intel Core i7-6850k CPU in any of the tasks mentioned above? 

 

please dumb down any answers for me as you can tell I'm not too clued in on hardware.

thanks in advance!

[rn8686]

Bottlenecking is over rated, people are too afraid of the term. It just means your system is being limited in some way, like the flow of liquid out of a bottle (Hence the term "Bottleneck"). Every system will be limited in some way, not an issue for you. 

[fuzz0r]

Someone once wrote to me that bottlenecks are just future upgrades waiting to happen.

[vlb6]

6 hours ago, rn8686 said:

Bottlenecking is over rated, people are too afraid of the term. It just means your system is being limited in some way, like the flow of liquid out of a bottle (Hence the term "Bottleneck"). Every system will be limited in some way, not an issue for you. 

brilliant - thank you

[vlb6]

6 hours ago, fuzz0r said:

Someone once wrote to me that bottlenecks are just future upgrades waiting to happen.

that's what it sounds like to me - still worth avoiding them i suppose

[maartendc]

6 hours ago, vlb6 said:

Hi there,

 

currently building a PC (for 3D Animation/GPU rendering/Editing/VFX)  and just when I thought I had it all sorted I've heard of this 'bottlenecking', I don't know if it's just a gaming term or not but to be safe - 
my question is will two ASUS STRIX 1080 Ti graphic cards bottleneck an Intel Core i7-6850k CPU in any of the tasks mentioned above? 

 

please dumb down any answers for me as you can tell I'm not too clued in on hardware.

thanks in advance!

Bottlenecking just means 1 component in your system is (much) weaker than another, meaning you cannot use the other components to the fullest potential, because the weaker one is holding them back. Since GPU, CPU, RAM, etc. all need to work together, having 1 much weaker component holds back performance. That is all it is.

 

So for example, it does not make sense to buy a really powerful graphics card with a low-end cheap CPU, because the graphics card won't be able to be used to its full potential. Its not really a "problem", you're just not getting all the performance that you paid for, because you cheaped out on some components.

 

In your case, both your GPU's and your CPU are very powerful, so it will probably work well together. I see no problems. In your use cases, some tasks will use mostly the GPU's, such as GPU based rendering, while the CPU will be at low usage, so bottlenecking is not a concern. Other tasks will use mostly the CPU, such as animation and CPU based rendering.

 

Bottlenecking occurs mostly in gaming, where both CPU and GPU are working very hard at the same time. In workstation applications it is much less of a concern, because they tend to rely heavily EITHER on the CPU or on the GPU, not both at the same time.

 

Don't worry about it. Just enjoy!