is nvidia 1050 or 1060 to much for phenom ii 965 cpu
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It'll probably be pretty bottlenecked from a CPU performance standpoint. That's not to say it won't work, but you definitely won't get the most of what the card itself can do. It also depends on the optimization of the game you're playing.
Hi SkyBill40..thanks for your reply.. my goal is to rebuild a newer pc but in the meantime im thinking of getting a new gpu for now that the Phenom 965 can handle at moderate operating performance. I currently have the gtx 460 nvidia...so I'm curious if a new nvidia along with my cpu will be ok. Mostly for sim racing...The cars have to look pretty!! lol
If you are going to rebuild soon anyways then I recommend you just go for the 1060 straight up or do not buy atm and wait till you actually build and hope the gpu prices normalize. Another option is to just get a cheap used gtx 680 which would max out your cpu but is cheap and a good waiting card.
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I watched a benchmark of the rise of the tomb raider the other day with a phenom ii 965 and a 1050ti and the cpu stayed below 90% the whole time. Sometimes as low as 78%...
The gpu was maxed the whole time at 99%/100%
It depends on the game... Some are more gpu intensive others are more cpu intensive, but the point being in this case the 1050ti bottle necked the phenom as the phenom still had quite abit of headroom to play with at points.
Having said this... Most AM3 boards support pci-e 2 and so are not making the most of the 1050ti which is pci-e 3 (I think) compatable. So maybe this could be the reason for the results above, meaning that the combo of mobo and cpu are bottlenecking the gpu... so in essence yes the cpu could be... but this is all theoretical
Check what games you want to play... See if they tend to be more cpu or gpu intensive. But tbf at 1080p high (not ultra) settings, you should get very playable framerates with a phenom ii... For now.
You have probably already made up you mind and purchased by now but for others still considering this, it's something to think about.
The gpu was maxed the whole time at 99%/100%
It depends on the game... Some are more gpu intensive others are more cpu intensive, but the point being in this case the 1050ti bottle necked the phenom as the phenom still had quite abit of headroom to play with at points.
Having said this... Most AM3 boards support pci-e 2 and so are not making the most of the 1050ti which is pci-e 3 (I think) compatable. So maybe this could be the reason for the results above, meaning that the combo of mobo and cpu are bottlenecking the gpu... so in essence yes the cpu could be... but this is all theoretical
Check what games you want to play... See if they tend to be more cpu or gpu intensive. But tbf at 1080p high (not ultra) settings, you should get very playable framerates with a phenom ii... For now.
You have probably already made up you mind and purchased by now but for others still considering this, it's something to think about.
I would go with the best one you can get today, especially if you're going to use it in another build.
Even if the cpu is bottlenecking you'll still get better performance with the 1060. you just won't be getting as much as you could get with a newer CPU.
Even if the cpu is bottlenecking you'll still get better performance with the 1060. you just won't be getting as much as you could get with a newer CPU.
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