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Will a GTX 260 bottleneck a C2D E8400

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djwazzup06   03-11-2009 at 10:49:10 PM
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Maybe if you were to OC the e8400. Otherwise, I don't think it would. Probably the other way around.

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Bronze Graphics badge Bluescreendeath   03-11-2009 at 11:01:55 PM
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Not really. The GPU won't bottleneck the CPU, or vice versa. The e8400 runs at 3 GHz, which is pretty much the clockspeed a high end GPU needs to run at nearly its full potential.

A e8400 will not bottleneck a 260 or a 280 to any noticeable degree.


Message edited by Bluescreendeath on 03-11-2009 at 11:37:52 PM
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ravenware   03-11-2009 at 11:28:48 PM
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I highly doubt it.

The only cards that might hit a ceiling with that chip are a 4870x2 or a GTX 295.

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nightsilencer   03-29-2009 at 07:12:15 AM
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A fast CPU like the E8400 will not bottleneck a Single GPU anytime soon. It's when you go multi-GPU that the CPU will start falling behind.

 

If you only have a single card (the wisest decision in my opinion), the E8400 will not bottleneck any GPU.

 

Plus, let's say that in 2 years or so, the E8400 will start bottlenecking the fastest GPUs around at that time; you just bump that beast to 4ghz and there u go, no bottlenecks again for a long time.

 

The E8400 and all the other high-end Duals will last a good while for games, I believe. They're pretty powerfull little beasts.


Message edited by nightsilencer on 03-29-2009 at 07:16:58 AM
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mactronix   03-29-2009 at 11:46:12 AM
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+1

Just plain and simple Not an issue

Mactronix :)

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ravenware   03-29-2009 at 12:42:57 PM
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Umm this was addressed like 2 weeks ago

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