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VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 2, 2015

intel core i3 3.30ghz can run gtx980 or gtx 970

13thmonkey · Jan 2, 2015

gilbadon · Jan 2, 2015

Yes, but I would not go above gtx 970 or it would bottle neck it. What is the exact model of the i3?

Brillis Wuce · Jan 2, 2015

You'll have a drop in framerate compared to an i5 or i7, but it'll still perform very well.

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 2, 2015

gilbadon :

intel core i3-2120 3.30ghz

gilbadon · Jan 2, 2015

It is pretty old but should do the trick for a gtx 970. If you wanted a gtx 980, upgrade to a modern i5 first.

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 2, 2015

so gtx 970 will work nicely?

Brillis Wuce · Jan 2, 2015

http://techbuyersguru.com/haswellgaming4.php

Brillis Wuce · Jan 2, 2015

This will give you an idea. Your i3 is a bit older, though.

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 2, 2015

so guys what will you advice me for max video card for my procesor

gilbadon · Jan 2, 2015

gtx 970 will work great but will be bottlenecked on more recent titles. I would get a r9 280 if I were you and wait until I had more money for a better rig in the future. My friend has the r9 280 and loves it.

Brillis Wuce · Jan 2, 2015

VaXo Musxelishvili :

Get the GTX 970.

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 2, 2015

thank you guys will get gtx970

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 3, 2015

but can anyone explain me what means bottleneck

13thmonkey · Jan 3, 2015

a bottleneck is a constraint, so in the case of a CPU bottleneck the CPU constrains the GPU so the CPU will be at 100% and will prevent the GPU from running at above a certain percentage. In a GPU bottleneck the GPU will be running at 100% and won't keep up with everything that the CPU can send, the CPU will be sitting at a lower percentage.

However the disk can also be a bottleneck (rare), the memory can be a bottleneck (very rare), the network/server can be a bottlenck(quite common Dayz mod for instance).

The problem with bottlenecks is two fold,
1. people are far too concerned about them, they will happen, they are a part of life, there is always a bottleneck. providing you are not incredibly unbalanced there is no problem. in your case incredibly unbalanced would be a heavily OC'd 980, or SLI 970 imo.
2. bottlenecks move from game to game, some games are more CPU intensive some are more GPU intensive so you can never balance a system perfectly, it's pointless trying.

Additionally if you buy to precisely balance with every upgrade then every upgrade will CPU + GPU. If you are perfectly balanced then your CPU and GPU will be working at 100%, if you then upgrade just the GPU (quite common) then the CPU will be at 100% and will constrain the GPU at somewhere close to the old limit, making the upgrade pointless, hence you need to upgrade both. So building to precisely eliminate bottlenecks is pointless and impossible.

VaXo Musxelishvili · Jan 3, 2015

13thmonkey :

a bottleneck is a constraint, so in the case of a CPU bottleneck the CPU constrains the GPU so the CPU will be at 100% and will prevent the GPU from running at above a certain percentage. In a GPU bottleneck the GPU will be running at 100% and won't keep up with everything that the CPU can send, the CPU will be sitting at a lower percentage.

However the disk can also be a bottleneck (rare), the memory can be a bottleneck (very rare), the network/server can be a bottlenck(quite common Dayz mod for instance).

The problem with bottlenecks is two fold,
1. people are far too concerned about them, they will happen, they are a part of life, there is always a bottleneck. providing you are not incredibly unbalanced there is no problem. in your case incredibly unbalanced would be a heavily OC'd 980, or SLI 970 imo.
2. bottlenecks move from game to game, some games are more CPU intensive some are more GPU intensive so you can never balance a system perfectly, it's pointless trying.

Additionally if you buy to precisely balance with every upgrade then every upgrade will CPU + GPU. If you are perfectly balanced then your CPU and GPU will be working at 100%, if you then upgrade just the GPU (quite common) then the CPU will be at 100% and will constrain the GPU at somewhere close to the old limit, making the upgrade pointless, hence you need to upgrade both. So building to precisely eliminate bottlenecks is pointless and impossible.

will my i3-2120 bottleneck gtx 970 zotacedition?

13thmonkey · Jan 3, 2015

As I said above, the bottleneck will change from game to game, some games (witcher series perhaps) will be GPU limited at the highest settings, some games (starcraft) will be CPU limited. I've said above that I think it is a good balance.

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