Is My i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz bottlenecking my GTX 980?

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adrenalytic

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It's an old CPU but it's solid as a rock at this speed on air. I hate to give it up when Skylake is just around the corner. I get 60-80 frames on most games using ultra settings and DSR 1440p but I just feel like I should be doing better.

BTW, it's an EVGA SuperClocked sitting at stock...for now.
 
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2500k at 4.5ghz is fast as any new 4th gen i5. There cant be a bottleneck. You should wait for skylake like you intended to...
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adrenalytic

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Can you elaborate on these differences? I love my 2500k. It's been at 4.5 since 2011 and I never turn my PC off. BUT I have a serious video card and I'm OK with upgrading if its holding back my GPU.

 
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Nope, no bottlenecking is going on with that CPU and that GPU. You're over-optimistic if you think 60-80FPS on ultra settings at 1440P on most games is considered "poor performance," that's strong performance at that resolution.

There's no need for a CPU upgrade at this time, unless you feel the absolute need to. Your current CPU is not holding you back.
 
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run any benchmark or a game.

please use any program that you like to review your gpu performance in and out of a game. (like msi after burner)

make sure you dont have v sync on,

now if you see your gpu running at 100% than there no bottleneck.
if you running a game and your gpu is not maxing out there yes.

now yes, you can get better frames with a better cpu sure but as long as your gpu runs 100% that not bottleneck
 
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adrenalytic

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It's 1440p with DSR, not true 1440p. And I never used the words "poor performance". I just wonder because the 2500k is an LGA1155 socket and doesn't support PCIe 3.0

I already know I'm being held back (by a small amount albeit) I just don't know the full extent of it.
 
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DSR with 1440p or true 1440p makes no big difference, except that DSR takes a little more performance for the downsampling. Thinking of 60-80fps at 1440p, that's pretty great to say the least. Also, your cpu isn't holding you back. The last two generations have only brought small (5%) increases so if you were to "upgrade" to an I5 4690k and oc it to 4.4ghz, it would be around 10-15% faster (not in games tho). But since you can generally get sandy bridge cpu's to clock higher than haswell, you probably wouldnt even upgrade at all.
 
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Quote:

I get 60-80 frames on most games using ultra settings and DSR 1440p but I just feel like I should be doing better.
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Usually someone says that they think something should be doing better, it is not performing up to standards, which is poor performance. No, you did not say those exact words, but they have the same exact meaning.
 
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