Will cores help against gpu bottleneck

[10ghz]

 

I have just learned about gpu and cpu bottlenecking and i was just wondering if cpu core count will help against gpu bottleneck

[FloRolf]

Depends. A 20core cpu at 1ghz will still suck for 1080p gaming with a GTX1080Ti

[Sauron]

Gpu bottlenecks, by definition, aren't affected by a better cpu. Vice versa, a cpu bottleneck isn't affected by a better gpu.

[IAcKI]

All relative as said above, you want as many cores with good single core performance at a decent clock speed.

[Quadriplegic]

No.

[Sauron]

4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Depends. A 20core cpu at 1ghz will still suck for 1080p gaming with a GTX1080Ti

 

2 minutes ago, IAcKI said:

All relative as said above, you want as many cores with good single core performance at a decent clock speed.

He asked whether more cpu cores would help against a gpu bottleneck, and the answer is always no.

[ARikozuM]

If the GPU is the bottleneck you won't get any farther with a better CPU.

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

 

He asked whether more cpu cores would help against a gpu bottleneck, and the answer is always no.

Yeah you are right. But I kinda think he means cpu Bottleneck actually and the answer is depends but tending towards no aswell

[Sauron]

Just now, FloRolf said:

Yeah you are right. But I kinda think he means cpu Bottleneck actually and the answer is depends but tending towards no aswell

Well if he made a mistake he made it twice, since the title also says cpu and gpu.

[Sauron]

2 minutes ago, dieegoperi said:

You know, you can't get more cores, so if your question is: do CPUs with 8 cores bottlenecks less than a 4-cores CPU? The answer is no, because cores don't matter, take a look at AMD FX 8 cores and any i5 (4th gen - 7th gen), 8 cores against 4 cores, and i5 are way better than the FX, so no, cores don't matter, a CPU is more than the number of cores

That's not the question, and it's not true that cores never matter. The cpu is more than the number of cores, but if everything else is the same a higher core count chip will perform better in some applications. Even if you only apply this to games, a quad core core 2 will perform better than a dual core core 2 in many games.

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, dieegoperi said:

I didn't mean that number of cores never matter, it does but not as much as the overall performance, just like comparing an i5 with an i7, almost same hardware but hyperthreading is a plus for some tasks

The way to look at performance is with benchmarks: gaming, photoshop, rendering, power consumption, calculus, cad... Taking a look at the tests you are interested in

Of course, but that's not the question. Benchmarks are relevant when making a purchase decision, but this is a theoretical matter.

 

-I think I'm done spamming this thread though, the question has been answered and I don't want to seem pedantic 

[ARikozuM]

15 minutes ago, Sauron said:

-I think I'm done spamming this thread though ... and I don't want to seem pedantic 

Too late. You've laid your grave and now you have to follow through.

[chamath]

Short answer is yes, but,

 

Depend on the game, CPU and GPU. 2 core CPU will definitely bottleneck GPU in latest titles. 4 core CPU will not bottleneck most of the GPUs (for current games). 6 core CPU would be much better since 6 core CPUs are becoming mainstream and it seems new games utilize more than 4 cores. Few games utilize more than 8 cores.

 

Other than core count, IPC (Instructions Per Clock) and clock speed affects CPU bottleneck. Higher the IPC and clock speed, better the performance.