does i3 4130 bottleneck r9 270x

[NobunagaOda]

is my cpu to weak for my gpu? do it bottleneck the gpu?
thanks.

 

[Yuriman]

Sometimes, yes, but I think it's still a fair match.

 

[DigDog]

they are fine

 

[redhotiron2004]

It depends on the game that you are playing. A game like latest skyrim etc for example could certainly use more cores. But still looking at intel single core performance. You won't notice much difference with that processor. Although, you would get slightly more fps with an i5 or an i7. But, it really depends on how choosy are you about the FPS thing.

For other general gaming you would be fine though. Not the best FPS but certainly not unplayable.

 

[138'Spec]

You should be OK, certain games may prove troublesome; especially if they're CPU intensive. Generally speaking though, you'll be fine.

 

[SPBHM]

it should be fine for most games, but since it's already $130, and you are buying an $200 VGA I think the extra $70 for the i5 4570 is not a bad investment, thinking about the toughest games for the CPU, and the future.

 

[frozentundra123456]

it should be fine for most games, but since it's already $130, and you are buying an $200 VGA I think the extra $70 for the i5 4570 is not a bad investment, thinking about the toughest games for the CPU, and the future.

I read the post to be that he already has the i3, but if not, I agree the i5 is worth the extra cost.

 

[el etro]

It will not bottleneck the 270x.

 

[know of fence]

It will not bottleneck the 270x.

It is different from game to game, Ivy Bridge core i3' s struggle in well multithreaded games for instance.

But not in popular console ports, where there are no 3-frame long lags. Those graphs compare the total time spent "lagging" in ms, during a period of 1 min and 40 seconds of testing, pairing Processors with a Radeon HD 7950, which should be as much CPU bottlenecked as a R9 270x.

Graphs courtesy of techreport.com

 

[SPBHM]

It is different from game to game, Ivy Bridge core i3' s struggle in well multithreaded games for instance.

But not in popular console ports, where there are no 3-frame long lags. Those graphs compare the total time spent "lagging" in ms, during a period of 1 min and 40 seconds of testing.

Graphs courtesy of techreport.com

haswell i3 is much faster than ivy i3 on welcome to the jungle (the part of Crysis 3 which rely heavily on MT, the rest of the game is not like this)

http://pclab.pl/art54006-3.html

and it's crysis 3, if he decides to play with ultra high settings the VGA is going to bottleneck the i3 I think, on realistic settings the haswell i3 is on the limit imo, still OK but... haswell i5 4570 for $70 more is much nicer.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Those are interesting results. With all the focus on BF4, I just reminds you how far behind amd still is when you consider a wide variety of games. Also a nice improvement for the i3 as you said, but the high end i3 is getting close to low end i5 in price unfortunately. If you want really fast lightly threaded performance and low power use, it is still surprisingly good at gaming.

 

[NobunagaOda]

Thanks everyone #######################################################################################################################################################################

 

[el etro]

It is different from game to game, Ivy Bridge core i3' s struggle in well multithreaded games for instance.

For Crysis 3 is better to he buy too a better card. If he is out of money for now, 270x is ok for his computer.

 

[Headfoot]

You will sometimes be bottlenecked. There are some situations where even the fastest CPU with the highest overclock will still be CPU limited due to the architecture of the game

 

[crashtech]

Pretty stunning how much they've improved HT on the new i3s. Almost like having a third real core.

 

[nwo]

Pretty stunning how much they've improved HT on the new i3s. Almost like having a third real core.

Haswell or Ivy?

 

[alawadhi3000]

Not much, its better to test it yourself.
Install MSI Afterburner and enable the OSD when playing, make sure that VSync is disabled, if the GPU utilization drop below %95 or so then most likely you are getting bottlenecked.

 

[jj109]

I ran my i7 in 2C/4T mode and downclocked to Haswell i3-4340 and couldn't get CPU bottlenecked in BF4 single player unless I turned MSAA down to 0x on my 780. Even then that was at 90+ FPS. The i7 has more cache, but the difference between the 270x and the 780 is so great that there's no chance that an i3 will bottleneck the 270x in most games. AI heavy RTS? Maybe.

 

[crashtech]

Haswell or Ivy?

Look at the chart, Haswell i3s stomp Ivy i3s.

 

[nwo]

Look at the chart, Haswell i3s stomp Ivy i3s.

I wonder how sandy compares to ivy, and I wish there was more than 1 benchmark. But yeah, that's a pretty damn good improvement...

 

[rgallant]

is my cpu to weak for my gpu? do it bottleneck the gpu?
thanks.

any spec's on your system might help
-res.mb,mem,cooling,

 

[Headfoot]

I ran my i7 in 2C/4T mode and downclocked to Haswell i3-4340 and couldn't get CPU bottlenecked in BF4 single player unless I turned MSAA down to 0x on my 780. Even then that was at 90+ FPS. The i7 has more cache, but the difference between the 270x and the 780 is so great that there's no chance that an i3 will bottleneck the 270x in most games. AI heavy RTS? Maybe.

Sorry but that is not a real test representative of BF4. BF4 single player removes the vast majority of the CPU load. The game is very CPU intensive in a 64 man conquest multiplayer

 

[jj109]

Sorry but that is not a real test representative of BF4. BF4 single player removes the vast majority of the CPU load. The game is very CPU intensive in a 64 man conquest multiplayer

Did you actually test it? I just ran my i7 at 2C/4T @ 3.4 GHz locked and still got 70-90 FPS on everything but Siege of Shanghai after the towers fell. That was only 60+ FPS. Either way the lowest Haswell i3 will not bottleneck a 270X.