Can i7 5820k bottleneck GTX 1080 at stock speed?

Dangermuffin · May 23, 2016

Hello, I've been searching the internet and these forums for this issue but I can't seem to find the answer I was looking for. I've got an i7 5820k 6-core running at stock 3.3 Ghz and am planning to buy an GTX 1080 to also run in stock speeds.

I've heard/read they recommend a 6th gen i7 at 4.0Ghz or higher to run this videocard, so I was wondering if my i7 at 3.3Ghz will bottleneck it or perhaps not because it is a 6 core.
And if it bottlenecks, will that issue be resolved by overclocking it to 3.8 or maybe 4Ghz?

Thanks in advance

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DonkeyOatie · May 23, 2016

Since the card has yet to be released, who 'really' knows? However, since an i7 5820K is capable of driving 3 x SLI 980s or 2 x 980tis, then I would expect it to run a 1080.

However, it depends on specific games. Poorly coded games (DayZ for example) will be CPU limited in any rig. Games with light GPU needs would run on an i5.

The extra cores will be of little to no value at the moment (DX 12, when it becomes generally used may change this)

If I had that CPU I would have overclocked it to 4.0 to 4.2Ghz, where it will performs similar to a stock Skylake i7 for gaming.

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