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System bottleneck? (GPU Upgrade)

daphatgrant

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Hey [H], I'm in need of a new GPU. I'm looking at either a EVGA or Gigabyte GTX 1080 (non Ti). My current system is getting a little long in the tooth so I'm a little concerned about bottlenecking. I'll list the specs below.

CPU - i7 2600
RAM - 16GB PC3-12800
PSU - AX-750watt
GPU - GTX 570 (current)
Monitor - 1920x1200

I know that it'll probably vary by game but is my 2600 going to severely drag down a GTX 1080?
 
It won't severely drag it down, but it will drag it down a few percent from optimal performance. At the end of the day it's the best place to put your money though. You will see a very significant increase in performance.

You can in fact slightly overclock a Sandy Bridge non-k variant, by raising the maximum turbo boost multiplier (if you have an aftermarket cooler).
 
yowen said:
It won't severely drag it down, but it will drag it down a few percent from optimal performance. At the end of the day it's the best place to put your money though. You will see a very significant increase in performance.

You can in fact slightly overclock a Sandy Bridge non-k variant, by raising the maximum turbo boost multiplier (if you have an aftermarket cooler).
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Awesome to hear! It is actually a 2600K but I didn't really have any interest in OC'n it so I didn't mention the K. Well, maybe I should look at a new cooler to OC the chip. I haven't done any real overclocking since the P4 days, lol.
 
daphatgrant said:
Awesome to hear! It is actually a 2600K but I didn't really have any interest in OC'n it so I didn't mention the K. Well, maybe I should look at a new cooler to OC the chip. I haven't done any real overclocking since the P4 days, lol.
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Yeah, you could at least do a mild overclock that's well within safety margins and not on the ragged edge. My philosophy on my GPU is: "article X mentioned I can get 200mhz on the core and 800mhz on the memory", so i went ahead and did 150mhz and 600mhz or something like that, I'm well within what they did on stock voltages and don't have to worry.

But like I said, I think you might give up a few % compared to a modern CPU, but not enough to stop you from getting the 1080ti, I've seen benchmarks and the Sandy Bridge chips are still doing remarkably well for how old they are. As you can see in my signature, I'm still running one, haha.

EDIT: https://techreport.com/review/31724/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-and-ryzen-5-1500x-cpus-reviewed-part-one/

Here's an article that compares various generations of processors, there is a significant difference between kaby lake and sandy bridge on a 1080, it does sound like it can at least be somewhat mitigated with an overclock.
 
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