Bottlenecking a Gtx 680?

[Pr0paneSun]

Hi, I'll be getting a 680 very soon and my only concern is the Bottleneck my CPU would cause, im using a Q9400 2.66 Ghz
How noticeable do you think the Bottleneck would be?
The Card is Worth getting under these conditions?
I wont be upgrading Processor for At least 6 months :s

 

[hellfire24]

yes your cpu will bottleneck gtx 680.cheapest solution is to overclock your cpu.

 

[duhduh_13]

My personal experience with GTX 580 and Q6600 overclocked to 3.4Ghz.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111776647780051901637/albums/5632288772447326609

1st : Q6600@3.4Ghz
2nd : 3930K@Stock
3rd : 3930K@Stock GTX580 SLI

There will be bigger gap if you use GTX680.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

My personal experience with GTX 580 and Q6600 overclocked to 3.4Ghz.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111776647780051901637/albums/5632288772447326609

1st : Q6600@3.4Ghz
2nd : 3930K@Stock
3rd : 3930K@Stock GTX580 SLI

There will be bigger gap if you use GTX680.

Nice. The Q6600 was actually a larger bottleneck than I would have thought. Good to know.

 

[Guest]

My personal experience with GTX 580 and Q6600 overclocked to 3.4Ghz.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111776647780051901637/albums/5632288772447326609

1st : Q6600@3.4Ghz
2nd : 3930K@Stock
3rd : 3930K@Stock GTX580 SLI

There will be bigger gap if you use GTX680.

ah ok, compared to the benches here:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=877&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=12

i seem to not see YOUR bottleneck(????) when overclocked.

 

[duhduh_13]

ah ok, compared to the benches here:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=877&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=12

i seem to not see YOUR bottleneck(????) when overclocked.

Those with 4xAA and Extreme Tesselation, my test was no AA and Normal Tesselation =)

If I turn on those with my Q6600, would be 30-35fps range probably.

 

[Guest]

Those with 4xAA and Extreme Tesselation, my test was no AA and Normal Tesselation =)

If I turn on those with my Q6600, would be 30-35fps range probably.

your saying it would "probably" cut the FPS in HALF?

sorry if i seem skeptical. i could see it going down to 40-45 from 59 but in half?!?

 

[duhduh_13]

your saying it would "probably" cut the FPS in HALF?

sorry if i seem skeptical. i could see it going down to 40-45 from 59 but in half?!?

I don't have the Q6600 handy anymore to run the bench.

But 30% drop (40fps) between 4xAA+Extreme Tesselation and none seems about right.

 

[panwala95]

why dont you just buy it and enjoy !1

 

[Pr0paneSun]

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