Bottleneck i7 930 @ 2,80 MHz and GTX 780

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Hello,

Im am looking in to buying a Gigabyte gtx 780 (http://goo.gl/4F9wQ -sorry thats in my language) and im wondering if there will be any bottlenecking.

My system specs:

MOBO: Asus P6X58D-E

CPU: Intel Core i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz

RAM: 12 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

PSU: POWER LC8700 (700W)

SSD: Intel® SSD "330 Series" 240 GB
(if it matters)

Thanks for any answers in advance.
 
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Your processor will handle anything pretty much. It will bottleneck a GTX 780 in games that aren't graphically demanding and are CPU intensive.

By bottleneck i mean you'll be getting 90 FPS instead of 120FPS because of the lower clock speeds. So really it isn't harming anything.

That being said.... That i7 930 could potentially last you another 3-4+ years of high-end gaming. If you ever feel like you are short on CPU power just buy a nice Heatsink or a closed-loop water cooler and overclock that 8 threaded monstrosity to 3.6-4.0Ghz and it will eat through games for years to come. Especially as games become more threaded and all 8 cores are utilized.
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acktionhank

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Your processor will handle anything pretty much. It will bottleneck a GTX 780 in games that aren't graphically demanding and are CPU intensive.

By bottleneck i mean you'll be getting 90 FPS instead of 120FPS because of the lower clock speeds. So really it isn't harming anything.

That being said.... That i7 930 could potentially last you another 3-4+ years of high-end gaming. If you ever feel like you are short on CPU power just buy a nice Heatsink or a closed-loop water cooler and overclock that 8 threaded monstrosity to 3.6-4.0Ghz and it will eat through games for years to come. Especially as games become more threaded and all 8 cores are utilized.
 
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I got the Asus P6X58-E PRO kinda like yours and have my 930 running at 4.2ghz almost 3 years now on air with a beefy heatsink. My two gtx 460 didnt last as long... I just recentley bought a Radeon HD7850 for $150 and the thing is way better and hardly ever goes over 40c overclocked at 1050core/1450mem on 1080p all setting ultra in Skyrim. Get the 780 or get something cheaper, and start saving for Intel Skylake in 2014/15, which is what I am doing. Good Luck!
 
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What will happen with Your current configuration is that since gtx 780 is based on a GK110 architecture it will have 8 of the 32 HYperQ lanes open to talk between the ram and your cpu, since Your CPu has no matter what the clock is only 8 mb of cache, as a result the card will run very cool and deploy a better spread of computation with SMX, on the other hand Your CPU having such a big bulk of information ready to be processed will run super hot and at top clocks engaging all the hyperthreading and boosts.
If You will cool Your CPU the card will still perform excellent and cool and silent with plenty of extra power that Your system cannot anyhow process and You will be able to use a little more of all the power that the GPU can offer.

HOWEVER game developers still are not in photorealistic graphics quality, veyr few games have now cute graphics builds textures and materials,so from mY point of view investing in a high end gaming card today is not justified since these kind of cards are designed fur MUCH higher resolutions much higher polys much more sophisticated material renders in the game engine, so spending 700 dollars for 200 dollars of games that You will buy in the next couple of years is not a justified investment.
Thus a playstation is much better option for gaming on the long run, until there will be a decent basket of games available that run photorealistic graphic content.Then 5 years from now a GTX 780 will still be a very good GPU, proper, and properly milked during the game,to its full potential and worth the investment.
it is all about getting just above 30 FPS in ultra settings since the human eye cannot perceive more than that....for a acceptable fluent experience instead 20 fps.
so choose any card that will give You at least 30 FPS in full ultra in the games you want to buy.....unless you positive you will keep ur current rig for 1 year only.
 
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