GPU bottleneck question?

[Space Monkey]

Hi chaps,

Just trying to plan my pc purchases, and one route I'm considering is getting an AMD 8350 CPU, now my question is this, if the CPU is overclocked to say 5GHz, whats the best GPU you could run with it without bottle necking the GPU, would it bottle neck a GTX780Ti? Or......?

Thanks

 

[Space Monkey]

So, for Mantle, I'd need an AMD GPU?

My main games are the TrackMania series and Football Managers, so I'm not sure if they use multi core CPUs well? So if no Mantle and poor multi core utilisation then a 780Ti is a no no? Would it pair well with a GTX770?

 

[Space Monkey]

Thanks for the info

The reason I'm looking at the 780Ti or equivalent, is that TrackMania did really push my previous GTX670 to its limits, so wanted something stronger

 

[Space Monkey]

Wait you are using a GTX670?

It should be more than enough for the games you mentioned...you sure it is your FX8350 holding you back already?

Sorry for the confusion, my previous PC had a GTX670 and an i7 3820, but that was all sold as need the funds for other things at the time

So I'm now looking to build from scratch, my budget could get an 8350 build a lot quicker and a lot cheaper, hence my consideration of it, ideally I'd like an i7 build with a 780Ti but that's going to take a lot longer to raise the funds and cost a lot more, even an i5 build would cost more, so not sure what to do?

I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure

 

[Space Monkey]

Thanks Marine, you've been most helpful, I'll have a look into that, though with what you've said I may just pay a bit more and get an i5, that should be enough for a single high end GPU would you say?

 

[Space Monkey]

Really? The Pentium would have better IPC? Wouldn't an i5 go to about 4.5GHz?

Any idea on the Pentium price?

Forgot the

 

[Space Monkey]

Ah gotchya

Thanks for your time, you've confirmed what I was feeling