i3 2120 3.3GHz bottlebeck GTX 780?

[ferraribunny]

Yeah you can almost guarantee a bottleneck with an i3 and a 780, the wisest thing to do is to go for an i5 and a 770, the gain of a 780 isnt worth it instead get a 2500k or something and overclock it a little if you fancy thatd without a shadow of a doubt the best bet

 

[Calin Banc]

Take a look here over a wide range of game - http://gamegpu.ru/

The CPU bottleneck will be sever, in some cases even a stock i5 will give some sort of a limitation. There is no point arguing that "well, I'll still get a playable FPS", because you will, however you will also have approximately the same performance with a cheaper card.

 

[Marine-RX179]

To be honest CPU bottleneck is not really hard to work out, and doesn't even really to considering specific graphic card for it.

A i3 2120 would be only be able to deliver frame rate of minimum 20fps up to average of 35-50fps with max frame rate exceeding 60fps (when it is not demanding scenes). So basically being used with ANY graphic card that can deliver a solid 60fps+, or even with minimum frame rate of 40fps+, the CPU would be a bottleneck.

The i3 would already bottleneck the GTX560Ti in some games...as everyone said, upgrade the CPU first before the card.

 

[spixelspixel]

To be honest CPU bottleneck is not really hard to work out, and doesn't even really to considering specific graphic card for it.

A i3 2120 would be only be able to deliver frame rate of minimum 20fps up to average of 35-50fps with max frame rate exceeding 60fps (when it is not demanding scenes). So basically being used with ANY graphic card that can deliver a solid 60fps+, or even with minimum frame rate of 40fps+, the CPU would be a bottleneck.

The i3 would already bottleneck the GTX560Ti in some games...as everyone said, upgrade the CPU first before the card.

What game? Proof?

Truth is, nobody here really knows if the i3 would bottleneck the 780. It really depends on the game and resolution/settings being used.

It is next to impossible for a gpu/cpu not to bottleneck each other at any given situation. Assuming vsync is disabled there will always be a time where a faster cpu would give more fps or vice versa.

Most would say the 2120 with a 780 is not a balanced combination though mainly as its a bit of an overkill card so putting it with whats considered a budget cpu doesn't make sense.

 

[Marine-RX179]

What game? Proof?

Truth is, nobody here really knows if the i3 would bottleneck the 780. It really depends on the game and resolution/settings being used.

It is next to impossible for a gpu/cpu not to bottleneck each other at any given situation. Assuming vsync is disabled there will always be a time where a faster cpu would give more fps or vice versa.

Most would say the 2120 with a 780 is not a balanced combination though mainly as its a bit of an overkill card so putting it with whats considered a budget cpu doesn't make sense.

I was speaking on average for the more recent games (released in the pass 1-2 years).

My friend's i3 2120 is already bottlenecking his GTX560Ti on BF3 on multiplayer, with GPU usage dropping down to 70% frequently. Other CPU bottlenecked games include and not limited to Assassin Creed 3, Hitman Absolution.

Sure we can make the GPU usage reach 100% by using ridiculous settings...may be 8xAA or whatever, but all it does is basically just brushing the bottleneck under the carpret, rather than trying to improve the frame rate and stopping the frame rate from dipping. It would just be "increasing the GPU usage for increasing's sake".

Just look up some CPU scaling for the recent games, and comparing the frame rate difference between a i3 and a i5, and you will see i3 on average is only performing at around the minimum frame rate of 20fps to 30fps ish, rather than the frequent minimum frame rate of 40fps to 50fps ish on the i5.

 

[RogerMesenseless]

So why would you recommend the 3470 over the 3570?

Because you have an H61 motherboard. There's no point in spending an extra £15 on a k series chip that you cannot overclock.

 

[pgi947]

or spend an extra £43 on a Z68AP-D3 too??