intel g3258 with GTX 980 ti

burno70 · 10 Oct 2015 at 16:42

Would there be a bottle neck?
Would I be better off upgrading to an I5 4960k first?

Minstadave · 10 Oct 2015 at 16:53

Yup it'd bottleneck in most recent titles.

Ash0787 · 10 Oct 2015 at 16:54

might be ok since you can get away with running 2 high end graphics cards on a quad core cpu, not entirely sure though,
I guess it would depend largely on how many cpu cycles are used for the physics etc

razorpakk · 10 Oct 2015 at 16:57

Depends on the game (check 3220 for reference).

But if you have that kind of money to invest, definitely take care of your CPU first.

This never ends well · 10 Oct 2015 at 16:57

It depends on what games your playing and screen resolution.

tommybhoy · 10 Oct 2015 at 17:04

Bonkers, few titles won't even launch on g3258's 2 cores without using an injector, FC4 for example.

burno70 · 10 Oct 2015 at 17:11

Currently playing on 1080p. It's a beast of a CPU and haven't had any problems with any game so far, except Dying light, which may or may not be CPU related.

tommybhoy · 10 Oct 2015 at 17:18

Try ExtremeInjector for Dying Light:

http://www.mpgh.net/forum/showthread.php?t=832475

burno70 · 10 Oct 2015 at 17:20

tommybhoy said:
Try ExtremeInjector for Dying Light:

http://www.mpgh.net/forum/showthread.php?t=832475

Thanks!

RavenXXX2 · 10 Oct 2015 at 19:24

burno70 said:
Would there be a bottle neck?
Would I be better off upgrading to an I5 4960k first?

Waste of an 980ti, get a quad.

Dirk Diggler · 10 Oct 2015 at 19:40

It's bottlenecking my 680, which is why I bought that 4670k!

You can't pair a 980Ti with a G3258, it's against the laws of Geekdom.

savagesam117 · 10 Oct 2015 at 19:46

I done it with mine! Yes major bottleneck but it works.. Didn't actually bottleneck Dirt Rally at all!

burno70 · 10 Oct 2015 at 23:17

You can't pair a 980Ti with a G3258, it's against the laws of Geekdom.[/QUOTE]

Favorite answer! Looks like I'm getting a new processor. Thanks for the replies!

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 11 Oct 2015 at 05:25

Another person spending £500 for 1080P £80 monitor resolution? WTFBBQ?

bimbleuk · 11 Oct 2015 at 06:55

It's all about the balance.

Or just do it for ***** n giggles!

Yulaw · 11 Oct 2015 at 07:55

I run a 980ti at 1080 144htz seems the perfect match to push the frame rate with no dips but can agree for 60htz 390 is the better card.

Meladath · 11 Oct 2015 at 08:11

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Another person spending £500 for 1080P £80 monitor resolution? WTFBBQ?

Yeah, its absolutely crazy. Anyone buying more than a 390/970 for 1080p (especially 60 hz) is just completely crazy. Although I guess it doesnt help when someone asks "what GPU should I buy, I have £500" and almost everyone just says "980Ti is the way to go no other choice!" regardless of what they are playing at.

Budget of does not mean I want to spend this much, its their maximum

Joe! · 11 Oct 2015 at 08:25

My i5-3450 was just about coping with a 980Ti, noticed a lot better gameplay with a 5820k though.

I wouldn't dare use it with a dual core.

Jono8 · 11 Oct 2015 at 09:20

Meladath said:
Yeah, its absolutely crazy. Anyone buying more than a 390/970 for 1080p (especially 60 hz) is just completely crazy. Although I guess it doesnt help when someone asks "what GPU should I buy, I have £500" and almost everyone just says "980Ti is the way to go no other choice!" regardless of what they are playing at.

Budget of does not mean I want to spend this much, its their maximum

No it isnt. A 980ti (or fury x) is the only card that can max everything at 1080p in every game and get 60fps+.

Boomstick777 · 11 Oct 2015 at 14:32

Jono8 said:
No it isnt. A 980ti (or fury x) is the only card that can max everything at 1080p in every game and get 60fps+.

Agreed, nothing wrong with a 980 Ti for 1080P, allows max settings and FPS. Plus room to upgrade screen to 1440P later on and still get good performance.

Price wise, GTX 970 / GTX 980 Ti are the best from Nvidia's whole stack in terms of performance VS price. 980 Ti makes sense tbh.