Gtx 970 sli Bottleneck

Bill Stevenson · Sep 22, 2014

I am going to buy 2 gtx 970s and was wondering if my cpu would bottleneck there performance. I have an FX 8120 and 8gb or ram.

Bhavneet Pannu · Sep 22, 2014

8120 and 2 gtx 970... um nah it wont... your fine.. if it does you can overclock and get another monitor and it wont bottleneck

tiny voices · Sep 22, 2014

Yes it certainly will bottleneck. That CPU is the older and MUCH worse revision of the 8xxx CPUs. The 8350 would be ok, but the 8120 will definitely bottleneck in games where the CPU is heavily taxed.

Bhavneet Pannu · Sep 22, 2014

It will? wow, but if he plays on a higher res and have dual monitors and maybe overclock it, won't it not bottleneck that much or maybe at all

tiny voices · Sep 22, 2014

No, it will bottleneck WORSE at higher resolution.

The x1xxx FX cPUs are not very good at all. Even an i3 will beat an 8120 in 90% of games.

Kohwali · Sep 22, 2014

He's using bad grammar. I think he means "it will only bottleneck at high resolutions and overclocking, but should be fine otherwise"

tiny voices · Sep 22, 2014

regardless, it will bottleneck for sure.

Bill Stevenson · Sep 22, 2014

If im gaming on a single (for now) 1080p monitor on ultra could i get away with my current cpu until around January without any major performance hits and would you recommend the FX 9370?

tiny voices · Sep 22, 2014

Get a single 970. It will easily max ANY game at 1080p. It beats the gtx780. Using two will show ZERO improvement over one card at 1080p.

NO I DO NOT recommend the 9370. It is junk. It is a marketing gimmick that doesn't stay cool and is not stable at all. You need a $45 cooler to even run it at stock clocks.

Bill Stevenson · Sep 22, 2014

What AMD cpu would u reccomend for a dual card setup because i eventually want to get a 4k monitor and want to be able to do 4k gaming and i cant afford a new board for an Intel cpu cause I will be out of money after the 2 cards and cpu

tiny voices · Sep 22, 2014

an fx8350, then overclock it.

At 4k dual 970s should run most games at high, not max settings.

Kohwali · Sep 22, 2014

I think you should just balance out that money instead of throwing it all at dual 970s. Just get one 970 and either upgrade the CPU or save up and upgrade the CPU + mobo. The price of 4K monitors are rapidly dropping, so the longer you hold out, the more money you'll save.

Misterzen · Oct 3, 2014

Sorry you are beeing silly, "get an amd 8350 then oc it"??? you realize the 9370 is a binned 8350 thats factory ocd? the 8350 with oc will use atleast as much power as a 9370 and get as hot or hotter due to possibly beeing a worse chip that cant handle the frequency.

tiny voices · Oct 3, 2014

You are 100% incorrect. An overclocked 8350 will NOT run as hot as a stock 9370. It really is that bad. I have worked with all of these CPUs first hand. The 9370 is NOT worth the money EVER over an 8350.

Emil_Meld · Oct 3, 2014

Also im afraid that 8350 will even bottleneck a single 970, very sorry to say. I have an amd Fx 6350 and it bottlenecks my gtx 760, you do the math..

danco5074 · Oct 3, 2014

Bill Stevenson :

What are your displays? if you are playing one monitor 1080 @ 60Hz, only get one (a second one will be a waste of money since you will be around max FPS on ultra and full AA anyway. $300+ is not worth the extra 5 FPS to get from 55 to 60 in all games).

If you're at 1440p there will not be much of a bottleneck, because the higher resolution makes a strong dependency on GPUs. If you are only using a 60Hz 1440p I would only get one 970 as well. You only need two in order to get over 60FPS which a 60Hz monitor is incapable of. If you got a 1440p that can get to 100Hz, go for it.

If you are messing with three monitors and combine all screens with one application, the 2 would be ideal, and you will probably get a bottle neck, should still stay at 60FPS, so not too much worry.

tiny voices · Oct 3, 2014

Emil_Meld :

I do not agree here at all. In what games are you seeing a bottleneck, and what are your CPU and GPU usages?

danco5074 · Oct 3, 2014

Emil_Meld :

I highly doubt that. What are you playing? I have a r9 290 with a FX 8320 OC'd to 4.2GHz. It benches about 5% less than an i-5.

tiny voices · Oct 3, 2014

^ +1. There will be no bottleneck with an 8350 and a 970.

Muashi · Dec 29, 2014

tiny voices :

yeah because they have poorly optimized it in the bios, its still the same chip duh.

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