Will my CPU bottleneck my GPU?

[ZenZeZ]

I intend to change my graphic card to GTX 960/970. I was wondering if there's a need for me to change my mobo and processor.

 

[NobunagaOda]

I intend to change my graphic card to GTX 960/970. I was wondering if there's a need for me to change my mobo and processor.

Your processor is i7.

 

[yusoffb01]

930 quite old. Newer i5 is faster

 

[NobunagaOda]

930 quite old. Newer i5 is faster

You still using Pentium 4?

 

[gld998]

I intend to change my graphic card to GTX 960/970. I was wondering if there's a need for me to change my mobo and processor.

Your gpu pcie lanes is slower.. its either 16x or 8x and version 3 or 2. PCI express 2.0 at x16 compared to 3.0 x16 is noticeable.

Of course there will be some bottleneck. Get a skylake or haswell. i5 is good enuf.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers...ss-x16-graphic-card-pci-express-x16-slot.html

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Your gpu pcie lanes is slower.. its either 16x or 8x and version 3 or 2. PCI express 2.0 at x16 compared to 3.0 x16 is noticeable.

Of course there will be some bottleneck. Get a skylake or haswell. i5 is good enuf.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers...ss-x16-graphic-card-pci-express-x16-slot.html

Mmm....

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/21.html

 

[FinalTidus]

I intend to change my graphic card to GTX 960/970. I was wondering if there's a need for me to change my mobo and processor.

Ignore the comments here.

Your processor is still very decent for GTX 970. No worries about that.

And PCIE 2.0 to 3.0 x16 has absolutely no difference in gaming performance.

Go ahead and upgrade away.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Ignore the comments here.

Your processor is still very decent for GTX 970. No worries about that.

And PCIE 2.0 to 3.0 x16 has absolutely no difference in gaming performance.

Go ahead and upgrade away.

Yeah but not mine la.

Not sure how they can see noticeable difference for just few fps difference. They probably have speed cameras in their retina...

 

[kimsix]

If you are playing rts, turn-based strategy or large online games, the newer i5 or i7 will improve your minimum fps.

 

[trento]

If you are playing rts, turn-based strategy or large online games, the newer i5 or i7 will improve your minimum fps.

How much improvement?

 

[Goodshot]

Not much , I tried I3 2120 vs I5 4690 the diff is like only 3-5 fps , while gfx change from 560ti to 770 is 15 fps . the key is gfx

 

[evq]

a jump fr ur current gpu to a 970 is definitely a diff. Go for it

 

[MoneyFace =p]

a jump fr ur current gpu to a 970 is definitely a diff. Go for it

Yup TS mind you that GTX 970 is about 270% faster than what you have right now:

 

[mosmos]

maybe your HDD will be bottleneck.

 

[Humster]

If you are playing rts, turn-based strategy or large online games, the newer i5 or i7 will improve your minimum fps.

Like what he says. As your resolution goes up, the less dependent on your CPU.

A SSD helps the most.

 

[micheloving]

Motherboard and cpu cheaper nowadays?Why ppl keep wanna upgrade sia?

I tot recent desktop CPU performance increment pretty crappy ever since sandy bridge.

 

[ZenZeZ]

Thanks for the advice guys. With regards to how a SSD will maximise a GTX960/970 the most, will my current ssd suffice?

I'm also leaning towards the GTX960 cause of the ongoing lazada promotion. My main intention is to stream Heroes of the Storm and VMware while running a dual monitor setup. (http://www.lazada.sg/asus-gtx960-4gb-ddr5-graphic-card-2380135.html?boost=1) Edit: **** I missed the offer.

 

[Goodshot]

For gaming i would at least go gtx970 1st , later got $$ then up ssd . Because ssd doesnt diff alot vs hdd in gaming , especially u already had 1

 

[NobunagaOda]

Thanks for the advice guys. With regards to how a SSD will maximise a GTX960/970 the most, will my current ssd suffice?

I'm also leaning towards the GTX960 cause of the ongoing lazada promotion. My main intention is to stream Heroes of the Storm and VMware while running a dual monitor setup. (http://www.lazada.sg/asus-gtx960-4gb-ddr5-graphic-card-2380135.html?boost=1) Edit: **** I missed the offer.

Why a GTX960 when you can get 970.