Q9550 @ 3.825-4GHz isn't a major bottleneck on my GTX470 SLI (clocked to stock GTX480 speeds) which is around GTX670/680 performance generally. Stuff like heaven get exactly the same results as someone running a high clocked i5/7. 1-2 games its a bit of a bottleneck but mostly nothing major.
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Graphics card to go with a Q9550
- Thread starter XeNoN89
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Yes id rather have a 660 that gets 66 fps then a 660Ti because it gets 77fps :\ and then the 560Ti gets 44 fps ect.
Makes sense yet?
Its not the same at all, the 660 makes games playable that the 560Ti cant. The 660Ti does nothing the 660 cant do, end of you know your wrong theres benches everywhere showing it.
Makes sense yet?
Its not the same at all, the 660 makes games playable that the 560Ti cant. The 660Ti does nothing the 660 cant do, end of you know your wrong theres benches everywhere showing it.
Keep in mind theres some problems with 560ti benchmarks as theres 2 (actually 3) different versions of it and often people look at the non-448 version benchmarks when comparing to other cards (which is vastly slower than the 448 version 560ti).
470s have way less Vram id rather have a 660 then 2x 470s tbh. I doubt 2x 470s is anywhere near a 670/680 tbh and would pick a 670/680 any day over them lol.
I'm wrong because I showed you the 660ti clearly having a 10fps lead in most games on a different review? So you may as well argue with everyone here who has a 60hz monitor why they have cards that can do more than 60fps as it's pointless.
You do nothing but feed people with bad information just like in the other thread saying people only buy AMD cpu's as they can't afford intel ones. It's borderline trolling as you're looking for a reaction clearly.
I wasn't suggesting 470s as an alternative just saying that the Q9550 isn't that significant a bottleneck in many cases with a relatively high end GPU setup. The VRAM can be a bottleneck but when you take that out the question in anything with reasonable SLI support the clocks I'm running at puts up numbers similiar to a GTX670 or 680.
EDIT: BTW I've tested my 470 SLI setup with a i7 3770K recently also - unfortunatly don't have the benchmarks to hand but at 4.2GHz on the i7 and 4GHz on the Q9550 the results in heaven were less than 2% different and aside from a couple of games where the i7 was around 25-30% faster performing most games were pretty close - definitely not enough of a CPU bottleneck I'd consider a single high end GPU wasted - tho I'd not be so happy running say a GTX690 or 7950 CF, etc.
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Thats what i said, the 660 isnt really that bad with the CPU its just multiplayer games where it wont help u out, going from a 560Ti to a 660 Ti will allow you to max games like Skyrim and still be above 60 FPS and use mods, the 560Ti cant even max it never mind adding extra mods to the game.
So more bad advice from you then as you said a 660 will play Skyrim with mods at least 60fps. Clearly you haven't tried this as mods that actually make the game look substantially better can even make 7950's crawl to a halt. The 660 drops below 60fps on skyrim 1080p max settings without any mods to start with. Also the 192bit bus is really bad for anything that uses large amounts of VRAM aka SKYRIM...
At least I can admit even a 660ti would struggle on Skyrim with mods.
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LOL now i know you fail.
Did i not just tell u i had a 660 with my Q chip?
I played Skyrim on MAX before selling it, so dont talk poo please.
192 bus is fine at 1080p :\
I will not even argue with you now as i have tested this personally and know it can max it with no problems at all.
High res textures do not make a 7950 come to a crawl at all.
Please mate do some research before lieing about stuff.
1 thing we will agree on is, if the OP is thinking about upgrading but doesnt until 3-4 months then a 7870XT is the right choice, if he wants to save £50 and keep his PC for another year grab a 660 imo.
Did i not just tell u i had a 660 with my Q chip?
I played Skyrim on MAX before selling it, so dont talk poo please.
192 bus is fine at 1080p :\
I will not even argue with you now as i have tested this personally and know it can max it with no problems at all.
High res textures do not make a 7950 come to a crawl at all.
Please mate do some research before lieing about stuff.
1 thing we will agree on is, if the OP is thinking about upgrading but doesnt until 3-4 months then a 7870XT is the right choice, if he wants to save £50 and keep his PC for another year grab a 660 imo.
High res textures isn't the only mod for skyrim so please be quiet. Skyrim fully modded DOES make even some of the top end cards drop below 60fps at times. So sorry but don't accuse me of being a liar and do your own research.
Here's a graph to show you that your own research is nothing but bull**** as this was done with a Intel Core i7-3960X CPU as well:
I'd hate to see how low the minimum fps was on your Q series CPU.
Link below for full review:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...eview-Kepler-GK106-229/Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim
Here's a graph to show you that your own research is nothing but bull**** as this was done with a Intel Core i7-3960X CPU as well:
I'd hate to see how low the minimum fps was on your Q series CPU.
Link below for full review:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...eview-Kepler-GK106-229/Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim
Thanks, you have just shown the 660Ti does nothing that 660 cant lol :\ Also the 7870 is really not better for the extra cash either if he wants to keep his CPU.
If that mod screws the game then why DL it? The game looks amazing with the official high res texture.
This also shows the bigger bus on the AMD cards dont help at all.
Well you have proven all my points thanks
SO OP...
Options.
1. Keep CPU and grab a 660
2. Get a 7870XT and upgrade CPU asap.
Choice is yours mate good luck.
If that mod screws the game then why DL it? The game looks amazing with the official high res texture.
This also shows the bigger bus on the AMD cards dont help at all.
Well you have proven all my points thanks
SO OP...
Options.
1. Keep CPU and grab a 660
2. Get a 7870XT and upgrade CPU asap.
Choice is yours mate good luck.
No you fail to understand this was just proving my point for Skyrim which I already admitted above that the 660ti was no better in. I was simply proving here that a 660 does not have at least 60fps in Skyrim like you stated. Also the benchmark above isn't with any mods or high res textures. The AMD results are also on the old drivers.
OP listen to weehamish and get a 660 if you want but you'll be disappointed I can tell you now. 7950 is the best choice or 670 if you want to stay with nvidia.
OP listen to weehamish and get a 660 if you want but you'll be disappointed I can tell you now. 7950 is the best choice or 670 if you want to stay with nvidia.
I'm on a Q9550 at 4GHz paired with a GTX570, for my next updgrade I'll probably got for a 670 once the next gen hits and sometime after that upgrade the CPU. At any one time something in ur system has to be the bottleneck and it will depend on whether a game likes multi-cores or not as to whether the bottleneck on the Q9550 will be noticeable to you. For me right now in BF3 for example I am bottlenecked by the 570 which sits at 99% whereas the cores on the 9550 are around the 70-85% mark iirc.