Is it worth trying to speed up my CPU by changing its settings just in case it gets too slow for me?
Is it worth trying to speed up my CPU by changing its settings just in case it gets too slow for me?
I own a GTX 1080 Ti, but my CPU is stopping it from working as fast as it could be. I've been using a Ryzen 5 2600 paired with a GTX 1070 for about six months and recently got a super cheap deal on a GTX 1080 Ti priced at $370. I'm thinking, should I switch to a Ryzen 7 or try to overclock my current Ryzen 5? My motherboard doesn't work with the new CPU, so I was wondering if spending $60 on water cooling is better than just buying the new processor right now.
I'm sorry. I have to laugh at that. There is no such thing as a CPU being too little for a GPU. That kind of info comes from a bottleneck calculator or an ad for a 3800X sitting on Amazon or Newegg? No, just kidding. A CPU runs every single frame based on the game code. It does so at 100% of its power. But the way it uses energy is totally different. It takes time to place each object, label each touchable thing, give them shape and form, add shadows etc. The amount of times that task can be finished in one second shows your FPS cap. That info goes to the GPU, which finishes rendering by finishing all those tasks. Then it paints the picture on the screen. It does so at 100% of its power...
It actually works fine. Sorry, I misread that part of your message.
Have you figured something out about why things are slowing down? A CPU can handle all the work, and so can a GPU. That's why I am confused—how did you know your processor is stopping your graphics card from doing what it should?
I'm sorry. I just have to laugh at that idea. There is no such thing as a CPU being 15% too small for a GPU. You get that from those calculator ads on Amazon or Newegg? Have you looked at the tiny picture of the 3800X sitting there? A CPU actually works hard every frame it touches, just like your body works hard when you run. It takes time to put things together, shape them, give them color and shadow, etc. The speed at which that happens determines how fast your frames finish. That info goes to the GPU, which then paints the picture on screen with all its might. It does exactly the same thing for 100% of power again, but based on details and resolution instead. How many pictures it draws in one second is the FPS you see. The CPU doesn't change how the GPU works, and the GPU doesn't change how the CPU works; they are totally separate. Let's say a game like GTA5 needs 100fps for your CPU. It sends 100 pre-made frames to the GPU every second. Then the GPU tries to draw all those frames on screen every second too. With my resolution set to 1080p and low details, even the 1080Ti has no trouble drawing them all and still has room for more. Now add some hair effects, and the 1080Ti drops to 90fps output. Turn off the hair effects back to normal, and it's at 100 again. No matter how fast my GPU can run, I am limited by the CPU. If I change the resolution to 1440p, forget those numbers above, now the limit is on the GPU struggling to get 60fps at ultra. Lowering details to medium would make me hit 120fps, but it's still stuck at 100 because changing resolution doesn't help the CPU. That is about the GPU side of things. Changing games, different stories, different speed caps on screen, different effects from post-processing. With a 1080Ti, you have full control over any graphics settings, any post-processing like PhysX or hair, and still get maximum FPS, especially at 1080p and most games at 1440p. Most people don't know that. The CPU doesn't affect the GPU, and the GPU doesn't affect the CPU, so how can a CPU calculator say with absolute certainty that the CPU is too small when there are far too many variables like overclocking (OC), RAM speed, settings, preferences, effects, games to make a clear guess? It's like a salesman telling you you need a new high-performance car because even though the speed limit is 70mph on the highway, it takes 9 seconds at full gas for me, and his new car only takes 7 seconds but goes up to 130mph. So what? View this video: https://youtu.be/3BqKkoFAdoA All graphics settings are exactly the same, ignore those benchmark FPS numbers, just try seeing if you can physically see a real difference in picture quality or ability.
I was just looking at that gpu bottleneck calculator. Is this site even real or is it just a joke? https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Ryzen_5.../0Qj0XF6E/
Haha, that's funny... I bought an i7-3770k and paired it with a gtx970 card. On a whim, I checked this calculator like that one. It said I was awesome, had no bottleneck, doing great, but only the thing better would have been a gtx980 (at the time). A few days after the release of the i7-4790k, I checked again just curious. 20% bottleneck! My cpu was way slow, needed to upgrade to at least the i5-4690k or else would see serious slowdowns and inability to play games to their full extent. Even offered pricing on the i5, the i7 and a 980ti, with a discount coupon for a combo. Really? I'm so glad that calculator knows exactly what games I play, what settings, what resolution, what ram, what storage, multi-player or single player, just so it can tell me I need to upgrade and offer me links to its sponsors who will be more than happy to take my money for the 3-5fps gains that upgrade would get me. Wait! Did I say that at 4.9GHz on cpu and 128% OC on that 970 I can hit 300fps in CSGO? OMG, I'm missing out on 15% performance! Oh. 60Hz monitors.... The games run smooth, at the graphics settings I want. That calculator deserves nothing but my middle finger.
Karadjgne said things were perfect, but every benchmark I ran showed a lot of bottlenecks and low scores. It looks like my CPU is the problem because it's giving me too many bad results on everything. Even though I'm playing perfectly fine with my first-generation i7 processors paired with whatever GPU I want, like 980 or 980ti, I still get great frame rates. In CSGO, I'm getting around 240 fps on 1080p, and in Fortnite, I'm getting 300 fps.
I am actually using my GPU at maximum settings even at a resolution of 1920x1080. With an i7-3770k running at 4.0 to 4.4 ghz overclocks, this is crazy because I probably need around 1.6vcore for that kind of speed lol. It seems like my CPU might beat some newer CPUs from the fourth and fifth generations easily.