i got that card friday for testing purposes for videos and the fun, but when i come to sell it, i might make another gaming computer of oldish to put it in rather than sell it on its own, but obviously would want something decent to not make it a waste.
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what cpu will bottleneck a 260x?
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260x will run out of you power well before any bottleneck,
Iffy if it can even handle high settings at 1080p
27fps on the division in the benchmark on high preset, 22-40fps during actual gameplay. and never went over 1gb vram and was 97-100% usage.
would say i show you a video, but i cant seem to find the benchmark one and fraps hasnt been showing so i need to look in to it.
would say i show you a video, but i cant seem to find the benchmark one and fraps hasnt been showing so i need to look in to it.
The 27fps is not playable
Trust me it plays just fine 27 onwards, hell it played well at 15-22 fps on my 560, obviously there's stutter, but nowhere near bad that you can't play the game like for example trying to play BF4 on Intel 4400 graphics at under 10fps at which point it wonders on its own and crashes.
My 270x doesn't eliminate stutter, but neither are bad, obviously my 270x has less stutter, but still not silky smooth.
My 270x doesn't eliminate stutter, but neither are bad, obviously my 270x has less stutter, but still not silky smooth.
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Depends what you're playing more than anything else. Some games it'll run fine if the CPU is up to it on not massive settings but not super-low while other games it'll struggle on even if the rest of the system is beastly.
In general the term 'bottleneck' isn't very useful as it doesn't really have a specific measurable meaning. We often use it to mean the GPU utilisation will fall below 100% but that only matters if that then has a relevant impact on performance - if it's v. bad regardless of CPU or great despite less than 100% utilisation then it's not a meaningful observation. Also what if it only falls below 100% in a couple of sections or with a specific setting enabled etc. So even within a single game it's poorly defined, never mind as a broad concept.
Probably a more meaningful question would be "what's an appropriate level of CPU performance to pair with a 260X?" in which case the answer will still depend on game & resolution but it can be aimed at hitting performance targets e.g. running at 1080p on medium settings in your specific game(s) might require only a core 2 duo, while on reflection you actually decide you want to play some other game that for the same settings requires a well-clocked pentium or a recent i3 or whatever.
In general the term 'bottleneck' isn't very useful as it doesn't really have a specific measurable meaning. We often use it to mean the GPU utilisation will fall below 100% but that only matters if that then has a relevant impact on performance - if it's v. bad regardless of CPU or great despite less than 100% utilisation then it's not a meaningful observation. Also what if it only falls below 100% in a couple of sections or with a specific setting enabled etc. So even within a single game it's poorly defined, never mind as a broad concept.
Probably a more meaningful question would be "what's an appropriate level of CPU performance to pair with a 260X?" in which case the answer will still depend on game & resolution but it can be aimed at hitting performance targets e.g. running at 1080p on medium settings in your specific game(s) might require only a core 2 duo, while on reflection you actually decide you want to play some other game that for the same settings requires a well-clocked pentium or a recent i3 or whatever.
thanks for replies.
as far as games go i will test it out with the division, BF4, SWBF and other games, but ultimately i am going to build a mild gaming computer round it for resale.
in fact on monday i was given a old 775 computer from facebook because it gets blue screen, it has a gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3 motherboard which happens to have a e5500 duo and has 4gb ddr3 1333 ram(board says 1066 & 800, but 1333 works
) and having a fsb of 1333 is supports the quads and 4 more gigs of ram.
came with a crappy power supply powering a 7900gs with molex to 6 pin which shows lots of artefacts with a potential faulty onboard display, so its a decent starting block to get going i suppose, just need a new psu and my 260x in it.
as far as games go i will test it out with the division, BF4, SWBF and other games, but ultimately i am going to build a mild gaming computer round it for resale.
in fact on monday i was given a old 775 computer from facebook because it gets blue screen, it has a gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3 motherboard which happens to have a e5500 duo and has 4gb ddr3 1333 ram(board says 1066 & 800, but 1333 works
) and having a fsb of 1333 is supports the quads and 4 more gigs of ram.came with a crappy power supply powering a 7900gs with molex to 6 pin which shows lots of artefacts with a potential faulty onboard display, so its a decent starting block to get going i suppose, just need a new psu and my 260x in it.