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3770k for 780 sli?
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a 2600k/2700k sb,3770k ib or 4770k haswell would be ideal,whatever fits your needs/budget best
its a toss up between ib or haswell tbh,haswell will be the fastest clock for clock but ib doesn't run as hot, swings and roundabouts really
its a toss up between ib or haswell tbh,haswell will be the fastest clock for clock but ib doesn't run as hot, swings and roundabouts really
Tbh if buying brand new id just go for the 4770k, there isnt an awful lot of difference in price between it and the 3770k. Newer architecture and slightly faster than ib. As wazza says though, the 3770k will run a bit cooler, (ive owned both cpu's myself). Both chips are great with sli'd gpu's.
Just to add to wazza's comment, a 3820 or 4820k would also suffice though the initial outlay of x79 can cost a bit more
X79 offers two PCIe running at x16, makes a bit of difference
No, not with 80 Plus old OCZ. 4770K will be fine (X79 only few % difference), remember about OC and good cooler as it can get hot. But again "is all about Benjamin"
Hi,
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but have you seen any benchmarks/tests regarding to i5/i7 comparison paired with the strongest cards (GTX 780Ti for example) in SLI ? What's the i5 impact result of lacking the HT capabilities in the accordance to the drivers overhead (especially in games that use CPU power so much, like BF4) ?
Sorry for injection
but have you seen any benchmarks/tests regarding to i5/i7 comparison paired with the strongest cards (GTX 780Ti for example) in SLI ? What's the i5 impact result of lacking the HT capabilities in the accordance to the drivers overhead (especially in games that use CPU power so much, like BF4) ?
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i5's simply run out of threads with dual cards on multi threaded engines such as frostbite and can in some cases create a bottleneck. I would always recommend an 8 thread i7 for multi cards these days
As for x79 x16/x16, the perf gap between it and x8/x8 over pci 3.0 has minimal impact, iirc in most cases its less then 1%. Going for a 3rd or 4th card then x79 all the way as most will do 16/8/8 minimum
As for x79 x16/x16, the perf gap between it and x8/x8 over pci 3.0 has minimal impact, iirc in most cases its less then 1%. Going for a 3rd or 4th card then x79 all the way as most will do 16/8/8 minimum
IMO More than 2 cards for GAMING is overkill, you will not get what you paid for
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/463...ay-sli-battlefield-3---1920x1080-+-frametimes
Benchmarks (3dmark) is another story..
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/463...ay-sli-battlefield-3---1920x1080-+-frametimes
Benchmarks (3dmark) is another story..
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i5's simply run out of threads with dual cards on multi threaded engines such as frostbite and can in some cases create a bottleneck. I would always recommend an 8 thread i7 for multi cards these days
As for x79 x16/x16, the perf gap between it and x8/x8 over pci 3.0 has minimal impact, iirc in most cases its less then 1%. Going for a 3rd or 4th card then x79 all the way as most will do 16/8/8 minimum
Pretty much +1.
Whislt I agree scaling above 2 cards isn't always great, I'd bet those extra frames at high res are most welcome.
Bit of an odd one that graph, why on earth would someone want to run 3 way sli 780's at 1920x1080?? On top of that their 2 way 780 figures look miles out from my own testing, by contrast their 3 way figures are likely out. I use the same settings at the same res on bf4 and avg in the 140-160 region, map dependant. My guess is they're heavily cpu bottlenecked as by the sound of it that 3960x is running stock speed (they don't state otherwise). Scaling will gradually get worse on a lower clock speed which is evident here, iirc a 3960x would need to be in the 4.6ghz+ region to allow three cards to stretch their legs.
Why someone will run 780SLI on 60Hz monitor ...
the link was just example, this is a bit better
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_titan_3_way_sli_review,14.html
the link was just example, this is a bit better
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_titan_3_way_sli_review,14.html