Can a Intel Core i7-2700K run a gtx titan!?

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Gardnersworld1

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Alright.. so first and foremost this is all hypothetical. I don't have 1 grand to spend on a GTX titan. But on a side note, any guesses when or IF it will come down in price?

But anyway like the title says my cpu is good i guess. BUT when i look at these youtube videos showing the card off they are using BEAST set ups, like i mean these rampage motherboards and these £800 i7 390something cpus.. :S. I'm assuming that that awesome motherboard and insane cpu would outdo my rig by some framerates? Or is this not the case?

Ouh and would my psu handle it too, here is my stuff;

cpu - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005X55OR6/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
mobo - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005T3TLM6/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
psu - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004O0P9VC/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i04?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My current graphic card is only a 570, but if they did come down significantly in price i -might- get one for my 18th. But i mean who can afford a 1grand gpu lol? is it just me or is that crazy! - setting me straight on those dozen questions would be obliged guys, cheers!
 
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Why do any of you believe PCI-E 3.0 was made/enabled, if PCI-E 2.0 can run any GPU at its full potential? Here you got the answer - It can't. PCI-E 3.0 is here because GPUs have more bandwidth, than the PCI-E 2.0 can use.

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AS you can see here PCI-E 2.0 only takes advantage of 5 GHz memory clock. Almost all the Nvidia Geforce GTX 600 series GPUs has 6.008 GHz (including Titan), so that is a clear bottleneck.
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Your mobo would need updated, since that would prly bottleneck, since it's only PCI-e 2.0

Ur CPU could use a little OC (which is easy to do) and it would be fine.

Ur PSU is JUST strong enough for it and ur other components.

Those people have crazy expensive setups cause they have the money for a $1K GPU... If you have enough for a GTX Titan, ur not going to buy it to put it in a system with a core2duo... (or even anything AMD for that matter. lol.)
 
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They're not going to come down in price. The Titan is NOT a commercial GPU, it's a proof-of-concept that allows nvidia to show off, get good press, and brag about having the fastest single-chip GPU.

It's also an ABSOLUTE waste of money, when two 660tis in SLI can outperform it for $2-400 less.
 
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i7-2700k can definitely run the GTX TITAN.

But not on it's full potential. Sandy bridge CPUs doesn't support PCI-E 3.0, which will bottleneck the memory bandwidth a bit.

The difference between PCI-E 3.0 and PCI-E 2.0 on a GTX 680 and a Radeon 7970 is about about 10% and below in actual gaming, however in benchmarks we almost see a 20% difference. Those numbers will be higher on the Titan, as it is a better performing GPU.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/14#.UVNNdxxhWbw - Review of PCI-E 2.0 vs. PCI-E 3.0
 
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mmm..
any system with pcie socket will run this "one grand" graphic card..

Btw, i7 2700k still the one of the finest processor in the market..
don't worry, "another one grand" in the intel cpu line just give you very little performance boost if you compare with your current cpu..

Well, money is money, there's nothing impossible with it..
I do hope that you'll get this "wallet robber" GPU for your 18th..:)
and don't forget to deliver me one card if you get 2 cards :just kidding:
 
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Twp 660ti's if the prices aren't rip offs are roughly 500 dollars less than a titan, roughly, or half the price of it. You'd only get a titan for triple sli, as quad sli isn't officially supported. In terms of price/performance the titan is one of the worst buys you could get, as three 7950's could be had for the same price, and run on a singular, granted higher end, power supply.
 
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Cheers for the knowledge bomb folks, and thanks for that fact about the cpu I had no idea my cpu did not support PCI-E 3.0. Defeats the point in buying a PCI-E 3.0 motherboard lol. And liking the point you made about the motherboards they show'em off with jones haha
 
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The PCI-E controller is within the cpu, that is why swapping the board does nothing.

PCI-e 2.0 x16 is not the bottleneck yet anyway.
 
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the differences between pci 2.0 and 3.0 are very small unless he is playing at 1600p or higher which considering he has a 570 i dont think he is.

his psu could supply 2 titans and be just fine if it has 4 pcie cables. a 500 watts psu could supply 1.



you choose a resolution benchamrk that no one play at. very few people actually play at 2560x1600. that resolution is almost twice the amount of pixels as 1080p so of course its going to show a difference. at 1080p which i suspect the OP and almost everyone else will be gaming at.
 
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Ouhh... so you would not notice the difference on a titan? SORRY i can not quite get my head around this lol, no wait you would.. I dont get it man, i dont even know what these pci-e slots are to tell you the truth
 
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Each version of PCI-e gives more bandwidth, but you need very powerful multi card solutions to actually run out of bandwidth.

I am not saying you may not loose 2-5% with something like GTX Titan, but I do not think it is worth a cpu swap unless you want more then one AND are running some real high resolutions(think 3 screens at once).
 
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Gardnersworld1

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Ok cheers i appreciate the posts lol so in a nutshell/the bottom line is I would only have to upgrade my cpu for more than one monitor? But at the same time, I would probably get a couple of fps lower than a guy with pci-e 3.0 supported card?
 
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THIS:

Why do any of you believe PCI-E 3.0 was made/enabled, if PCI-E 2.0 can run any GPU at its full potential? Here you got the answer - It can't. PCI-E 3.0 is here because GPUs have more bandwidth, than the PCI-E 2.0 can use.

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AS you can see here PCI-E 2.0 only takes advantage of 5 GHz memory clock. Almost all the Nvidia Geforce GTX 600 series GPUs has 6.008 GHz (including Titan), so that is a clear bottleneck.
 
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Cheers mate, damn that's disheartening lol, it just doesn't make sense though, I wish i knew before buying my cpu that because of the cpu I can't use my motherboards PCI-E 3.0 slot, my current asus GTX 570 is in there at the moment - I just don't see how a cpu controls the PCI-E slot, i would have thought the motherboard did that :(
 
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you will not notice a difference because there is no difference.



you are relying on numbers to do too much thinking and answering for you. reality is more then a bunch of numbers on a chart.

 
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That is quite sad yes. However I believe you easily could sell your current CPU at a fair price and get an ivy-bridge CPU. IF you're not going to use hyperthreading as the i7 has, then an i5 would be sufficient. I believe a lot of people even would like to trade their ivy-bridge CPUs with you, because some people need the hyperthreading for editing and also, like you, might have made a trade, which really wasn't what they needed.
 
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