Core 2 Extreme x6800 and GTX 560 Ti

Deathly_Twig · Oct 16, 2013

I have an old system I was able to put together for free, and I had a question about putting in a GTX 560 TI. I have a Core 2 Extreme x6800 and I was wondering if I would get any bottlenecking if I put in a GTX 560 TI? I have googled this over and over and haven't found much so I thought I'd ask here and see what you all say

Thanks in advance!

IndyAJD · Oct 16, 2013

I'm pretty sure you would experience some bottlenecking. It probably wouldn't be the best option for the price, perhaps a 550 would make more sense. What games/tasks do you wish to run on this system?

Deathly_Twig · Oct 17, 2013

IndyAJD :

I don't run any demanding games or tasks, I do play a lot of games but not hugely demanding ones, since I know for a lot of games today you need a quad core. I play a lot of Skyrim and Guild Wars 2, and other games like those. So not all the latest games. I am going to be building a new system next year so I will be using the GPU in that one too. I was just wondering if it would severely bottleneck this system.

lawson7086 · Oct 17, 2013

Hi i have a QX6850 EXTREME overclocked in the bios from 3.0 ghz to 3.67 ghz and 8 gigs of ddr2 ram and an 860 sli motherboard and i dropped in a ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 which totally improved my gaming ability, i play world of tanks and i had 2 gtx 8800 in sli mode and could only play in low mode in the standard graphic mode, now i can play in the improved mode with most of everything running at maximum, also our cpu,s are nearly the same so i think you will good to go, also i am sure that its not being bottlenecked by my cpu cos while i am gaming my gpu is running at 100%....i have just posted a question asking if i bought another gtx 660 and ran in sli mode would i see even more gains or would i be asking to much of my cpu...

RobCrezz · Oct 17, 2013

Deathly_Twig :

Should be a fairly good balance, you might get bottlenecks either way in different games, but neither is overpowered for the other.

IndyAJD · Oct 17, 2013

Deathly_Twig :

The 560 ti will definitely improve your performance but you most likely won't be able to run Skyrim on ultra until you build a new PC with a better processor.

If you are building a new PC in the near future I would definitely invest in a good GPU. The 560 Ti is good but if you are planning on running any high-end upcoming titles on ultra you may want to spend a little more money. Nvidia 760 and Radeon HD 7950 are both very good graphics cards for around $250. If you can't spend that much a Radeon 7850 is good for around $150, or even the 650 Ti Boost for around $120. Once again the 560 Ti is good but I would recommend spending a little extra and getting one of the above cards if you're planning on using the card in a new build. Even the 650 Ti boost will be significantly better. I'm getting off topic though.

Mousemonkey · Oct 17, 2013

Deathly_Twig :

I had SLi'd 560Ti's running on an E8400 for a while and that ran games as smooth as butter, if the CPU "bottlenecks" the game play will stutter like crazy and be unbearable.

Deathly_Twig · Oct 17, 2013

Thanks for all the help guys! I will look into getting a better card than the 560!

If not I will just get a 560 and throw that in for now. Thanks all

smeezekitty · Oct 17, 2013

It should be fine if you overclock.

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