• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

i3 2120 3.3GHz bottlebeck GTX 780?

lastro1

lastro1

lastro1

Associate
Joined
27 Jun 2013
Posts
7
Hi guys I'm planning on buying an EVGA GTX 780 ACX superclocked to enhance my gaming experience.

My current CPU is the i3 2120 3.3GHz processor which I am very satisfied with, so I don't really want to upgrade this to an i5 3570k.

Will my i3 2120 bottleneck the GTX 780 and to what extent? I play games like DotA, and FPS games, so I guess CPU demanding games are not my priority.

Thanks
 
Most games will bottleneck a dual core with a 780, but at least you can have the highest settings in games, to what degreee the bottleneck will be is anyones guess.
 
For the price of a 780 you could pick up an i5 3570k and a 770, no?

The extent of the bottleneck would depend on exactly which game you're playing. For instance something like Battlefield 3 with 64 players will munch a fair amount of CPU power.
 
I doubt it tbh, its more a case of ultra settings, games like bf3 will not be much faster but you can have higher settings, strategy games and rpg's will probably be better, what is your reason for getting a 780? more fps ? higher settings ? and in what games are you not happy with the 560ti ?
 
kaku said:
For the price of a 780 you could pick up an i5 3570k and a 770, no?

The extent of the bottleneck would depend on exactly which game you're playing. For instance something like Battlefield 3 with 64 players will munch a fair amount of CPU power.
Click to expand...
Do you recommend I buy a 770 and 3570k instead of just the 780? Will this give me better performance overall?
 
I think it's best I wait to buy the 3570k and 780 together for maximum performance then. This way I will see the most performance increase?
 
kaku said:
For the price of a 780 you could pick up an i5 3570k and a 770, no?

The extent of the bottleneck would depend on exactly which game you're playing. For instance something like Battlefield 3 with 64 players will munch a fair amount of CPU power.
Click to expand...

I would have to second the i5 and a 770 too that would be my route.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom