I7 870 @2.93ghz bottleneck to a GTX 660ti ?

[The Stig]

Hi guys ,im new here ...

I have an I7 870 ,running at stock speeds ,Got a Gainward phantom gtx 660ti a few weeks back .
Do you guys think that my cpu is holding me back in terms of performance for gaming ?


Any advise will be appreciated.
Other specs are 6gigs ram ,600w psu.

 

[R4C3]

Is this a question or have you had problems?

I do not think it should be a problem tho.......

 

[The Stig]

No problems ,just wanted to know how much better performance i would get with a 3rd gen i7 ,like the 3770k .
Everything is running quiet well ,but theres always an itch for more performance lol.
What cpu are u using R4C3?

 

[simon]

If you are only doing gaming a 3770k is a waste of money. Rather go for a 3570k and use the extra grand on something like a solid state drive.

 

[Glordit]

No problems ,just wanted to know how much better performance i would get with a 3rd gen i7 ,like the 3770k .
Everything is running quiet well ,but theres always an itch for more performance lol.
What cpu are u using R4C3?

Maybe about 10% to 20% thats all dependant on the game you playing, if you getting 60fps in crysis 3 then why worry?

Would rather wait till 2014 that i7 still going to last you a while

 

[The Joker]

No bottleneck on a single 660ti.
You'll be fine.

If you want more performance, get a CM Hyper 212 EVO cooler and overclock your cpu to 3.5Ghz.

 

[The Stig]

All right ,tops .
Thanks guys ,think il just be content for this year lol.
Will wait for a cpu upgrade next year.
If any of u guys have crysis 3 ,please check out the post on Crysis 3 system settings ,would really like to hear about what settings u guys are playing on ,thanks.

 

[TBlaar]

Sorry if I'm hijacking thsi thread but...

@Joker, I was planning on getting an H100i, but it's crazy expensive. Willing to spend around 500-600 to get a decent CPU cooler, what would you recommend? This is for my i7-920.

 

[The Joker]

Sorry if I'm hijacking thsi thread but...

@Joker, I was planning on getting an H100i, but it's crazy expensive. Willing to spend around 500-600 to get a decent CPU cooler, what would you recommend? This is for my i7-920.

Antec Kuhler 620 if you wanna go lcs.
Air cooling wise I would recommend a Be Quiet! DARK ROCK 2 or a Thermalright Venomous X RT.

 

[R4C3]

No problems ,just wanted to know how much better performance i would get with a 3rd gen i7 ,like the 3770k .
Everything is running quiet well ,but theres always an itch for more performance lol.
What cpu are u using R4C3?

I have a 2600k Stig OC to 4.4 on Air

 

[Wesley]

No problems ,just wanted to know how much better performance i would get with a 3rd gen i7 ,like the 3770k .
Everything is running quiet well ,but theres always an itch for more performance lol.

Firstly, your i7-870 won't bottleneck the GTX660 Ti. It would bottleneck something like a GTX680, but the 660 Ti is easier to handle.

Depending on the game, the most you'll see in terms of maximum frame rate would be around 10% improvement. Its the minimum and average framerates where the most gains moving to something like Ivy Bridge are seen, as demonstrated by this Techreport review

With Nehalem-based chips and a HD7950 on Batman, there are several drops below 25fps (around 55ms on the graph) although 99% of the time it'll be hovering around 60fps. Still, Crysis 3 is a little easier on the CPU. Compare the Nehalem scores to Ivy Bridge chips...

As you can see, the HD7950 is the bottleneck with the chips because at those settings the game runs out of GPU grunt, although the Ivy Bridge processors dip below 30fps less frequently and keep average framerates relatively high. Batman: AC is a thread and cache-heavy game, so higher clock speeds and more cache would improve the performance, but not by much. There's not a lot of frame time data for Crysis 3, so this is the closest you'll get for a while. Its a very taxing game and frequently brings much more expensive hardware to its knees.