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GTX 1080ti, bottlenecked by 4790k?

JoshR1989

JoshR1989

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Thinking of picking up a GTX 1080ti, will a 4790k at 4.6ghz be a bottleneck? I can get 4.8ghz but the temps go through the roof and from what I can tell the performance gain is negligible.
Thanks.
 
Highly doubt it, I've got a 4770k @ 4.5ghz and it's not bottlenecked the 1080ti yet on any game I play @ 3440x1440.
 
The only thing I know I'm bottlenecked at the moment is system ram. 8GB 1600Mhz aint cutting it now. Had to dial back some texture settings as it is eating up 6 and 7GB with all the mods ending up with some stutters.

Even Quake champions is eating up 6.5GB.

I'll need to look at getting some nice fast 16GB.
 
V F said:
The only thing I know I'm bottlenecked at the moment is system ram. 8GB 1600Mhz aint cutting it now. Had to dial back some texture settings as it is eating up 6 and 7GB with all the mods ending up with some stutters.

Even Quake champions is eating up 6.5GB.

I'll need to look at getting some nice fast 16GB.
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I'm good on that front, got 2x 8gb Kingston 2400mhz ram.
Thanks.
 
V F said:
The only thing I know I'm bottlenecked at the moment is system ram. 8GB 1600Mhz aint cutting it now. Had to dial back some texture settings as it is eating up 6 and 7GB with all the mods ending up with some stutters.

Even Quake champions is eating up 6.5GB.

I'll need to look at getting some nice fast 16GB.
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I've noticed this too. Getting 7GB system ram usage in Doom at 5k.

1080Ti is a great card and enough for 4k (some games I run at 5k) and my i5 4690k doesn't seem to be hindering it.

Problem is the CPU cooler I have is huge and is covering the 2 empty memory slots on the motherboard. So I may have to sell the 2x4GB and buy 2x8GB I think.

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max - Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

What is the sweet spot for price/speed for DDR3 memory these days?
 
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Radeon85 said:
Ran 2x 1080 Ti's with the 4790k. Jumping to the 7700k there was only a very small difference.

Here is my 4790k with all cores at 4.2ghz and my 7700k with all cores at 4.5ghz.

4790k will be fine for a good few years yet.

Firestrike Ultra

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/12684049/fs/12135512

And at 1080p

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/12684103/fs/12087472
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That's good to see, I was right not rushing to replace my 4790k which is @ 4.5.

At 1080p it's behind but I run 3440x1440 so that's not a problem.
 
Rossuk89 said:
I've noticed this too. Getting 7GB system ram usage in Doom at 5k.

1080Ti is a great card and enough for 4k (some games I run at 5k) and my i5 4690k doesn't seem to be hindering it.

Problem is the CPU cooler I have is huge and is covering the 2 empty memory slots on the motherboard. So I may have to sell the 2x4GB and buy 2x8GB I think.

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max - Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

What is the sweet spot for price/speed for DDR3 memory these days?
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Memory prices have rocketed recently, Even storage has with my 2560gb Intel 600 ssd now costing more than double what it did when I got it 3 or 4 months ago, It's gone from £69 to £159 :confused:
When I got that I was considering grabbing either ddr3 as I've only got 8gb's at the moment or ddr4 for my next build, Bit I waited and just like the ssd, memory pricing rocketed. :(

That said these aren't badly priced for today's pricing

£129 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...channel-memory-kit-cmy16gx3m2-my-384-cs.html#

£110 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...annel-kit-tlyed316g2133hc11adc-my-042-tg.html
 
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nashathedog said:
Memory prices have rocketed recently, Even storage has with my 2560gb Intel 600 ssd now costing more than double what it did when I got it 3 or 4 months ago, It's gone from £69 to £159 :confused:
When I got that I was considering grabbing either ddr3 as I've only got 8gb's at the moment or ddr4 for my next build, Bit I waited and just like the ssd, memory pricing rocketed. :(

That said these aren't badly priced for today's pricing

£129 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...channel-memory-kit-cmy16gx3m2-my-384-cs.html#

£110 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...annel-kit-tlyed316g2133hc11adc-my-042-tg.html
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Oh damn they have increased a lot. Didn't realise that!

Yeah it's a line between paying over £100 for what may be a small performance increase now or put that towards a new build.

Either of those look good. Leaning towards the Vulcan as I have the Vulkan red at the moment.

Any idea how much I could get for 2x4GB Vulkan red memory?
 
The Kingston hyperx 2400mhz sticks that I have are £129 on a well known webshop named after a rainforest at the moment, might pick up another pair for the hell of it, they were £200 when I built the pc!
Josh.
 
JoshR1989 said:
The Kingston hyperx 2400mhz sticks that I have are £129 on a well known webshop named after a rainforest at the moment, might pick up another pair for the hell of it, they were £200 when I built the pc!
Josh.
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Get em bought, the ram in my comp has gone up by a lot! lucky I filled every slot when it was cheaper :D
 
RAM prices are ridiculous at the moment. Had 32gb DDR3 1866 for just over two years before I jumped to DDR4, prices had gone up so much I actually made a profit when I sold it :D
 
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