Bottlenecking

[Abslon]

I just found out that after months of saving my money and finally buying a custom PC I am facing gpu bottlenecking. Is their any way I can reduce it or eliminate it

Intel xeon x5660 X2

Msi gtx 1070 gaming x 8gb

32gb D3 ram

These are the specs

Need some sort of answer

[Majestic]

I need some sort of question.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

1. Play different games
2. Switch from server xeons to normal desktop series with at least i5 level. E.g. 1600, 8400, etc.

[Stevoisboss]

It could be and if it is the only way to fix it is to get a better cpu. 

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

by not using a xeon chip, they have poor singlethread performance, and high singlethread performance is required to run high end gpus

[Mr.Meerkat]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

by not using a xeon chip, they have poor singlethread performance, and high singlethread performance is required to run high end gpus

Not always, newer xeon chips can be clocked relatively high plus they will have the same IPC as their consumer/enthusiasts counterparts. 

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Not always, newer xeon chips can be clocked relatively high plus they will have the same IPC as their consumer/enthusiasts counterparts. 

xeon x5660

 

hes using lga1366 chips... he wont get the ipc ever that is required for a 1070

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

xeon x5660

 

hes using lga1366 chips... he wont get the ipc ever that is required for a 1070

I know, just stating how what you put is not true for all xeons. 

[KenjiUmino]

4 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

1. Play different games
2. Switch from server xeons to normal desktop series with at least i5 level. E.g. 1600, 8400, etc.

 

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

by not using a xeon chip, they have poor singlethread performance, and high singlethread performance is required to run high end gpus

 

do you guys have anything that backs this up with some details on whe how and why? 

 

last thing i heard was that there is no real difference in game performance between xeon CPUs and their consumer counterparts (4C/8T haswell xeon @ 3.4 GHz = 4C/8T haswell core i7 @ 3.4 GHz) 

[KenjiUmino]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

xeon x5660

 

hes using lga1366 chips... he wont get the ipc ever that is required for a 1070

i guess that would be true for lga 1366 i7 CPUs too

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

I know, just stating how what you put is not true for all xeons. 

modern xeons no, older xeons yes

 

Just now, KenjiUmino said:

 

 

do you guys have anything that backs this up with some details on whe how and why? 

 

last thing i heard was that there is no real difference in game performance between xeon CPUs and their consumer counterparts (4C/8T haswell xeon @ 3.4 GHz = 4C/8T haswell core i7 @ 3.4 GHz) 

 

lga1366 is way older then haswell chips, its equal to the i7 920 series ect... basicly too ancient

[tp95112]

22 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

 

 

do you guys have anything that backs this up with some details on whe how and why? 

 

last thing i heard was that there is no real difference in game performance between xeon CPUs and their consumer counterparts (4C/8T haswell xeon @ 3.4 GHz = 4C/8T haswell core i7 @ 3.4 GHz) 

That xeon is from 2010, there's a 8 generation different and with intel's 8% increase in IPC per generation that's large of IPC difference

[KenjiUmino]

2 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

That xeon is from 2010, there's a 8 generation different and with intel's 8% increase in IPC per generation that's large of IPC difference

a same generation i7 would be about as bad. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Your GPU is very powerful; your CPUs, not so much. However, they (it, being realistic) may still be fine for moderate FPS, demanding graphical settings.

What I'm trying to say is that the CPU may "bottleneck" the GPU like crazy if you are playing at 640x480 and trying to hit 2000 FPS, but if you are playing in 4K with all the AA in the world, then the 1070 may choke before any CPU becomes a limiting factor.

[skipperkins]

What about Xeon E3 CPU's? Can one overclock any of those? I have an E3-1231 v3. It only runs at 3.4 GHz (in reality it always runs at 3.8 GHz, but the box says 3.4). Needless to say, it is roughly a 4770/4790 without the graphics, so I assume it has the same characteristics of that chip.

[asand1]

My X5680 doesn't bottleneck my GTX 1080.

 

[asand1]

You went with 2.8ghz Xeons in a non over clocking motherboard. X5680 would have been a little better at 3.33ghz. Alternatively you could go with an EVGA sr2.

[Razor Blade]

1 minute ago, asand1 said:

You went with 2.8ghz Xeons in a non over clocking motherboard. X5680 would have been a little better at 3.33ghz. Alternatively you could go with an EVGA sr2.

A note to the OP. Just make sure if you do try a X5680 that the motherboard can support a 130 watt TDP CPU.

[asand1]

While 130 TDP sounds high, these 32nm chips really do run cool. With a Cooler Master 212+ and then a kraken x61 I have never seen high temps with my CPU running as high as 4.2ghz.