So, I got two 780s for a really great deal. I noticed a great increase in performance while playing BF4 on one card vs. the 660s in SLI that i had(I installed one while waiting on the new PSU to run both cards).
Well, when I installed the second card, it seemed like performance was actually decreased from what I had experienced with just one card. I'm guessing this is a bottlenecking effect from my weaker cpu- core i7 920 oc'd to 3.5ghz.
I'm wondering how much I actually need to spend to get optimal performance out of the cards. I really don't want to spend more than $300-350 to upgrade, but from what I've been reading, an effective used intel processor alone would be about that much, let alone the mb price, and if I need to upgrade ram and/or get a liquid cooler. AMD processors/mbs are cheaper setups, but i'm not well versed on performance vs. price comparison of intel and AMD.
I've seen higher end used processors for my mb(p6t deluxe) like the 980x, but I don't know if these would still hinder performance, as opposed to a newer gen processor.
any suggestions?
(specs taken from performance test)
This Computer
System Information:
System Name: PCULT2-PC
Model:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 build 7601 (64-bit)
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: P6T DELUXE
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 20100921
BIOS Release Date: 2010/09/21
CPU Information:
Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Type: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
Codename: Bloomfield
CPUID: Family 6, Model 1A, Stepping 4, Revision C0/C1
Socket: LGA1366
Lithography: 45nm
Number of CPU's: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Logicals per Core: 2
Clock Frequencies:
Measured Speed: 3500.8 MHz
Multiplier: (N/A)
Bus Speed: 175.0 MHz
Front Side Bus Speed: (N/A)
Timing Error Ratio: 1.000
Cache per CPU package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory Information:
Total Physical Memory: 8183MB
Available Physical Memory: 5693MB
Memory Devices:
Slot 1: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
A-DATA Technology , serial#: 30668, wk/yr: 41/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Slot 2: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
Nanya Technology NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG, wk/yr: 17/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Slot 3: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
Nanya Technology NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG, wk/yr: 17/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Video Adapters:
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.37.0.1d
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Monitor 1: 1920x1080x32 60Hz (Primary monitor)
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.37.0.1d
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.3a.0.1e
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.3a.0.1e
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Temperatures:
Description: CPU 0 average
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 0
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 1
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 2
Temperature: 41.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 3
Temperature: 45.00C
Description: HDD 0 (OCZ-VERTEX3 ATA Device)
Temperature: 30.00C
Description: HDD 1 (Corsair Neutron SSD ATA Device)
Temperature: 29.00C
Description: HDD 2 (ST3500418AS ATA Device)
Temperature: 31.00C
Description: GPU 0 (nVIDIA)
Temperature: 32.00C
Well, when I installed the second card, it seemed like performance was actually decreased from what I had experienced with just one card. I'm guessing this is a bottlenecking effect from my weaker cpu- core i7 920 oc'd to 3.5ghz.
I'm wondering how much I actually need to spend to get optimal performance out of the cards. I really don't want to spend more than $300-350 to upgrade, but from what I've been reading, an effective used intel processor alone would be about that much, let alone the mb price, and if I need to upgrade ram and/or get a liquid cooler. AMD processors/mbs are cheaper setups, but i'm not well versed on performance vs. price comparison of intel and AMD.
I've seen higher end used processors for my mb(p6t deluxe) like the 980x, but I don't know if these would still hinder performance, as opposed to a newer gen processor.
any suggestions?
(specs taken from performance test)
This Computer
System Information:
System Name: PCULT2-PC
Model:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 build 7601 (64-bit)
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: P6T DELUXE
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 20100921
BIOS Release Date: 2010/09/21
CPU Information:
Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Type: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
Codename: Bloomfield
CPUID: Family 6, Model 1A, Stepping 4, Revision C0/C1
Socket: LGA1366
Lithography: 45nm
Number of CPU's: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Logicals per Core: 2
Clock Frequencies:
Measured Speed: 3500.8 MHz
Multiplier: (N/A)
Bus Speed: 175.0 MHz
Front Side Bus Speed: (N/A)
Timing Error Ratio: 1.000
Cache per CPU package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory Information:
Total Physical Memory: 8183MB
Available Physical Memory: 5693MB
Memory Devices:
Slot 1: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
A-DATA Technology , serial#: 30668, wk/yr: 41/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Slot 2: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
Nanya Technology NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG, wk/yr: 17/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Slot 3: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
Nanya Technology NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG, wk/yr: 17/2012
1.5V, Clk: 666.7MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24 (@ Max. freq.)
Video Adapters:
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.37.0.1d
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Monitor 1: 1920x1080x32 60Hz (Primary monitor)
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.37.0.1d
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.3a.0.1e
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 780
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 3072MB
Video BIOS: Version 80.10.3a.0.1e
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 2-5-2015
Temperatures:
Description: CPU 0 average
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 0
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 1
Temperature: 43.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 2
Temperature: 41.00C
Description: CPU 0 core 3
Temperature: 45.00C
Description: HDD 0 (OCZ-VERTEX3 ATA Device)
Temperature: 30.00C
Description: HDD 1 (Corsair Neutron SSD ATA Device)
Temperature: 29.00C
Description: HDD 2 (ST3500418AS ATA Device)
Temperature: 31.00C
Description: GPU 0 (nVIDIA)
Temperature: 32.00C
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