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Vertiginous

Vertiginous

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So just sold my 770 and looking for a one up, Have £700 but want to spend about £300 all on a card, Not bothered about new or used too much, Ill always look around anyway and find the best prices, Will i get much an improvement, Can afford a 7990 but hesitant to go to a dual gpu solution
 
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Do not get what your asking, you want a GPU and a 2500k for £300 or you have a 2500k already and the £300 is got the GPU only?

2500k will bottleneck any high end GPU esp Dual GPU's.

EDIT : Nice ninja edit, (get you know).
 
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I got a 780 reference recently second hand for £280 and have been very impressed. Probably not the best FPS per pound compared to a 290 but I had my reasons for it.

Running it with a 2550K. Does the things and the stuff very well.
 
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Is there much difference between the 290 and the x?
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It's about 10-15% better, so I read. I might be wrong but I'm sure others will have a better idea. The 290 seems to represent better value and has comparable performance.

A B Grade 290X as above looks a good buy.
 
jh30uk said:
Do not get what your asking, you want a GPU and a 2500k for £300 or you have a 2500k already and the £300 is got the GPU only?

2500k will bottleneck any high end GPU esp Dual GPU's.

EDIT : Nice ninja edit, (get you know).
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A 2500k will bottleneck today's single GPU? What you been smoking? Dual gpu yes
 
IMO and many reviews for many games not all games obv, they use i7 highly clocked and have for years in good review, 4.5GHZ at least.

CPU's go up by 5%-20% each time new refresh/Gen comes out but GPU's far more and sometimes in past 100%.

Also some new Single GPU's are as fast as last Gen Dual GPU's.

Smoke yourself.
 
Highly OC'd 4.5GHZ min but no doubt even higher would be needed in many games but in some games yes as an i7 with 8 threads is needed to get best out of GPU.

Has been like that for a while now not just current GPU's and again some of these are as powerful as older Dual GPU's

CPU's seems stagnant today.

Anyhow back to OPs topic, I never gave him info as he misposted and by time he edited he had many replies.
 
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jh30uk said:
Highly OC'd 4.5GHZ min but no doubt more in many games no but in some yes as an i7 with 8 threads is needed.

Has been like that for a while now not just current GPU's and again some of these are as powerful as older Dual GPU's

CPU's seems stagnant today.
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Can you show me? Maybe a benchmark when cpu is close to 100% load and gpu isn't?
Because I highly doubt that a single high end GPU will be held back by a 2500k even at stock.
 
To think a 2500k at stock will get your the max FPS you can get with a single high end GPU in many games is wrong.

What do you think peeps OC the CPU's for and others coming in with new GPU's and crap FPS no better than their old GPU get asked if CPU is stock then told to OC their CPU (this forum)?

You can Google reviews/benches same as I can and make a topic about it.
 
jh30uk said:
To think a 2500k at stock will get your the max FPS you can get with a single high end GPU in many games is wrong.

What do you think peeps OC the CPU's for and others coming in with new GPU's and crap FPS no better than their old GPU get asked if CPU is stock then told to OC their CPU (this forum)?

You can Google reviews/benches same as I can and make a topic about it.
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You don't need massive overclocking on CPU's when playing games, am back running my i7 2600k at stock and have been for long time.
Most people running a i5 with single GPU will also be using a 60hz monitor.
You really think a I5 2500k @stock and running a 290 won't run say crysis 3 at 60fps? Or bf4? It will easy.
 
On another note, ive got mine clocked at 4.5Ghz, Have had it at 5Ghz before with a few tweaks but didn't feel comfortable with it, Can always clock it higher for better results with a card
 
I do not agree, had same 2600k and 2700k (4.6GHZ-5GHZ) and a certain amount of OC was needed to get FPS up where they could be, not saying I needed 5GHZ and not saying they were unplayable before for many games but in some it did help a lot.

It all depends if game replies on CPU or GPU more or a mix of both.

The old rule of Low RES = CPU, High RES = GPU does not really cut it as a CPU lowered to 2GHZ will not get same FPS in a certain games with a 780Ti @1920x1080 as it will at say 4GHZ (pure example and again depends on games).

Some games however will get near same FPS.

The thread are here with peeps asking why their new GPU is as slow as old one (CPU is stock or near it) and you have seen these threads same as I have.

There is a link here (may be my name not sure) that shows a review and benches of what I think from memory was a I7+780Ti, they gave the CPU a bit of an OC over stock and gained 20% in Crysis 3.

Now 20% may not seem high but on a game like that every FPS helps and the OC was not the highest some can get.

Again I am leaning this topic as OP's not our debate.
 
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