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Darksider Oct 31, 2018 @ 12:20pm
Will a i7 5960X bottleneck a 2080ti?
Curious!
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Cloudy Oct 31, 2018 @ 12:25pm 
You would be cutting it somewhat close, but I think you would be fine pairing those together for gaming at 1440p or 4K.
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Sapph Oct 31, 2018 @ 12:36pm 
In multi-core demanding games, no. In single-threaded, the 5960X is starting to show it's age and the limitations of the architecture.
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Darksider Oct 31, 2018 @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by Sapph:
In multi-core demanding games, no. In single-threaded, the 5960X is starting to show it's age and the limitations of the architecture.
Is assassin's Creed Odyssey and Shadow of the Tomb raider multi core demanding?
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Sapph Oct 31, 2018 @ 1:12pm 
Originally posted by W1CK3D:
Is assassin's Creed Odyssey and Shadow of the Tomb raider multi core demanding?

Yeah, highly so. You can expect all modern games be heavily multi-core dependant.

Odyssey does ALSO require strong single-threaded performance though. It needs both a lot cores and they need to be strong.
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Viking2121 Oct 31, 2018 @ 7:14pm 
5960x should be fine, get it to 4ghz and it should be plenty, mine can do 4ghz at stock voltage, 4.5ghz at 1.25v needs a decent cooler tho.
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hawkeye Oct 31, 2018 @ 7:56pm 
Yes and no. It won't bottleneck a 2080ti in most situations. But don't buy one for gaming if you are thinking about it. As Sapph pointed out it's slow single-thread speed can limit the performance on games like ubisoft's. Performance will be good but not at the same fps with a 2080ti as faster cpus.
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Darksider Oct 31, 2018 @ 9:35pm 
Originally posted by ZyG|Viking2121:
5960x should be fine, get it to 4ghz and it should be plenty, mine can do 4ghz at stock voltage, 4.5ghz at 1.25v needs a decent cooler tho.
1.25v on core clock voltage?
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Cloudy Oct 31, 2018 @ 10:28pm 
Originally posted by W1CK3D:
Originally posted by ZyG|Viking2121:
5960x should be fine, get it to 4ghz and it should be plenty, mine can do 4ghz at stock voltage, 4.5ghz at 1.25v needs a decent cooler tho.
1.25v on core clock voltage?
What CPU cooler are you using?
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Darksider Nov 1, 2018 @ 12:37am 
Originally posted by Cloudy Canadian:
Originally posted by W1CK3D:
1.25v on core clock voltage?
What CPU cooler are you using?
the Corsair H150i Pro AIO
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Monk Nov 1, 2018 @ 1:18am 
Only at high fps at 1080p or 1440p, with a small impact at 4k, mind you, we're talking 20-30fps when you would already be above 120fps, this would be in comparison to an 8700k / 9900k, just make sure you overclock the cpu.
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Viking2121 Nov 1, 2018 @ 2:11pm 
Originally posted by W1CK3D:
Originally posted by ZyG|Viking2121:
5960x should be fine, get it to 4ghz and it should be plenty, mine can do 4ghz at stock voltage, 4.5ghz at 1.25v needs a decent cooler tho.
1.25v on core clock voltage?

Yeah, 1.25v on core, cant get no lower, i also use a 360mm aio, temps range around 70s or so on aida, summer months it can be a bit higher.

Some people do need a wide range of voltage to get 4.5 or even over, i need 1.29 to get to 4.6 and temps hit around 80c, not comfortable with it 80s.
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MaebeKnot Nov 1, 2018 @ 2:58pm 
I think you might be looking at this wrong. Every computer is going to have a bottleneck. What that bottleneck will depend on what you are doing on the computer. If you were compiling code, then the CPU is your bottleneck because that task has almost nothing if nothing to do with GPU.

Yet most games are GPU > CPU intensive. So it's rare for your CPU to "Bottleneck" your GPU in games. With the hardware you cited I would expect your GPU to be the first to hold you back and it will hold you back because you are asking to much from the system.

To be an advance computer user you should learn to find and address bottlenecks. Start off by learning what graphic settings only impact GPU performance, what impacts CPU and what impacts them both. You might be surprised by the amount/type of graphic settings that have nothing to do with your CPU.

Next you want to learn how to read performance logs. This can help you find and best address bottlenecks.

Bottlenecks are something you can not eliminate, yet you can optimize around them. When programmers are looking to optimize their code, they look at what tasks are taking the longest to complete. Optimizing code that takes 1 millisecond to complete wont help if the cycle is still stuck with a bit of code that takes 10 milliseconds to complete. AKA the program is only as fast as it's weakest link.

Also remember the performance of a computer is not only a sum of all it's part but also what tasks we ask of the computer.
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