970 mobo bottleneck?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

DougieDoug

Honorable
Oct 18, 2013
8
0
10,510
If I have already bought a 970 motherboard for my 8350 and 2x r9 280x's should I be expecting bottlenecks from the motherboard?
 
Solution
spooky2th
The bottlenecks are between the CPU and the GPU. You have a seriously fast CPU so you should be OK no matter what GPU you have. No need to worry. The 970 boards are just not as overclock-able as the 990 boards. You can still OC with a 970 board, just not as much as with a 990.
Sort by date Sort by votes
D

DougieDoug

Honorable
Oct 18, 2013
8
0
10,510


I used the GA-970A-DS3P
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
spooky2th

spooky2th

Splendid
May 18, 2010
4,855
1
26,960
The bottlenecks are between the CPU and the GPU. You have a seriously fast CPU so you should be OK no matter what GPU you have. No need to worry. The 970 boards are just not as overclock-able as the 990 boards. You can still OC with a 970 board, just not as much as with a 990.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
cin19

cin19

Titan
Mar 14, 2011
15,726
218
112,340
Upvote 0 Downvote
spooky2th

spooky2th

Splendid
May 18, 2010
4,855
1
26,960
You are only gonna get X16 speed with one or two PCIe X16 slots no matter what their default speed is. With one, two or more GPU's I doubt that you will ever get close to using all the bandwidth (X16). Bottlenecks are the least of your worries especially with your 8350.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Gleydson De paula

Honorable
Jan 18, 2014
5
0
10,510


Hi Dougiedoug.. sorry to hijack your post, but i have the same set up ( ga-970a-ds3p and 2x msi r9 280x) but keep getting " device disabled error code 43" on my second gpu, did you get this?

Thanks
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom