will my cpu bottleneck my gpu?

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i have an A10 6800k cpu its clock speed is 4.1 ghz and its a quad core. i have 16 gigs of ddr3 ram and i have an asus A88X-PRO motherboard and was wondering if i were to put 2 1080 ti(S) on this, would it bottleneck? also i was wondering if getting 2 1050 ti(S) would be better price wise and performance. i understand that these cards are worse specs wise but idk about how my pc would perform with them
 
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Okay, so the 1050ti doesn't SLI to my knowledge. I could be wrong, but I don't think the x50/xx50 series cards for Nvidia can even SLI. The 1050ti would be no where even close to the performance that one 1080ti could give. So, if you went with two of anything then I would do a minimum of 2x 1070 or it's "ti" model even if you need...
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that setup you have maxes out at a single gtx 1050 ti

if you want dual 1080 ti

its time for a i5 8600k or better setup
 
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Okay, so the 1050ti doesn't SLI to my knowledge. I could be wrong, but I don't think the x50/xx50 series cards for Nvidia can even SLI. The 1050ti would be no where even close to the performance that one 1080ti could give. So, if you went with two of anything then I would do a minimum of 2x 1070 or it's "ti" model even if you need SLI; the single most powerful single card solution you can get is still more preferred since SLI has diminishing returns and doesn't scale linearly. Obviously, if you're looking at price you need to fit in your budget. If you can afford the dual 1080ti setup, then go for it, but dual 1070 cards or one 1080ti is more than most will need.

As far as your CPU bottlenecking? Don't worry about it so much. Bottlenecking is really not something to worry about anymore. CPUs are so fast that you really don't have to worry about it and I don't think you will even come close to pushing those 1080ti cards to the point they would have the CPU as a bottleneck anyways. If you are that worried about it though. Ryzen CPUs are definitely very nice for price-to-performance comparisons to Intel's. Remember that core count and clock speed doesn't mean that one CPU is fast or better than another. It depends on instructions per clock (IPC) and the applications that the CPU will be mainly used for. Sorry, for the long explanation, but hope this helps.

Edit: If you plan to game, going up to 4 cores is all you really need since most games don't use more than that. However, if you multitask while gaming, i.e. streaming or browsing the net or whatever, then more cores will help with this. If you plan to render, video edit, transcode and any other workstation type loads, then more cores will be better than higher clock speed in most cases. Easy way to judge the latter is by looking at the Passmark score for that said CPU.

You could run into an issue with the A10 if you went to the higher tiered GPUs because that chip has a pretty beefy integrated graphics chip built in and was intended for setups with weak or no GPUs at all. I personally would get your GPU(s) on sale, if you can and then upgrade the mobo and CPU to a new generation later. Gaming mostly benefits from your GPUs anyways.
 
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BS

the a10 is weak as hell, and would absolutely bottleneck a 1080 ti down to the ground
 
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Depends on your FPS you're targeting. If the OP is okay with 30-60 FPS, which most people are okay with, then the A10 will work till he/she can get a newer gen mobo and CPU combo. If they're looking for 120-144 FPS, then yes it will definitely struggle. Kind of depends on the resolution they will game at and the target FPS, they wish to hit.

Edit: Will they waste their money on a single or dual 1080ti system with the A10? Yes, until they get a better CPU/Mobo combo, is what I'm trying to say.

Honestly, you could put the 1080ti with an FX8320 and it would still give you decent FPS, but the CPU would limit the performance of the GPU at a certain point.
 
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1080 ti


NOT okay to struggle at ~30 fps


XD you must be trolling



The fact that you rambled this in your post above though... You KNOW low end cpu's bottleneck high end gpu's...


And yet you still lied to the OP with "As far as your CPU bottlenecking? Don't worry about it so much. Bottlenecking is really not something to worry about anymore. CPUs are so fast that you really don't have to worry about it and I don't think you will even come close to pushing those 1080ti cards to the point they would have the CPU as a bottleneck anyways"



XD


an a10 NOT holding back SLI 1080 ti's according to you... jesus...
 
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Looks like you took what I was saying out of context & disregarded what I had actually said. Typically, you don't need to worry about bottlenecking a GPU w/ a CPU. This runs true for any current non-EOL CPU & even for some EOL CPUs as well depending on generation.
However, if you have a CPU as old as the A10 & you just go out & buy a flagship model GPU, i.e. the 1080ti, then yes you can see limitations. However, it will not be unbearable until you can replace the rest of the system is all I was saying. I was not saying that you can pair an A10 w/ a 1080ti specifically & see no limitations. In fact, I even mentioned that this would a pairing that would be okay until the OP was able to replace the rest of his/her system to match the GPUs capabilities.

On a separate note, the fact that you can't stand seeing a 1080ti limited to 30fps is really just wasting space here in the forum. There are AAA games on the market that have an FPS limit to 30FPS & there are people that run those games w/ flagship GPUs all over. So honestly, depending on the game, you might as well not have a 1080ti at all. However, we know that it's not going to stop people from installing them in their systems. So, thank you for that pointless insight.

Edit: I apologize for the necro, but that last answer was so ignorant I couldn't ignore it. Hope everything is going well for the OP.
 
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