Latest GPU that will not be bottlenecked by i7-875K

[nwo]

280x!

At $400+? No, just no...

 

[palladium]

I use a 7970 and i7 920 @3.7GHz. I could use more GPU power in most cases.

 

[Lil Frier]

After 5-6 months am going to give this rig to my nephew and am going to build a new one.

I did something similar recently, upgrading my stuff and selling the old stuff to my cousin.

However, if you are planning to replace your whole setup in a few months, does a bottleneck really matter? Are you going to pass the next-purchase GPU on down as well, or are you going to send your nephew the 460? If the video card you buy now is going into the next system, then worrying about this CPU as a bottleneck isn't really serving a purpose, since the GPU would become the bottleneck in a few months.

If you're going to pass this video card down with the rest of the setup, I'd just figure out what your budget is and go from there. That, or figure out what your nephew wants to play on this stuff, then pick accordingly. Personally, if I was going to be sending the new video card down in 5-6 months, I'd probably keep it fairly low-budget (unless you want to splurge on a gift for your nephew), so I'd aim for the R7 260X or the GTX 650 Ti, in that $150 range.

 

[sub-80]

I did something similar recently, upgrading my stuff and selling the old stuff to my cousin.

However, if you are planning to replace your whole setup in a few months, does a bottleneck really matter? Are you going to pass the next-purchase GPU on down as well, or are you going to send your nephew the 460? If the video card you buy now is going into the next system, then worrying about this CPU as a bottleneck isn't really serving a purpose, since the GPU would become the bottleneck in a few months.

If you're going to pass this video card down with the rest of the setup, I'd just figure out what your budget is and go from there. That, or figure out what your nephew wants to play on this stuff, then pick accordingly. Personally, if I was going to be sending the new video card down in 5-6 months, I'd probably keep it fairly low-budget (unless you want to splurge on a gift for your nephew), so I'd aim for the R7 260X or the GTX 650 Ti, in that $150 range.

Will take that into great consideration.

Thank you

 

[Makaveli]

I use a 7970 and i7 920 @3.7GHz. I could use more GPU power in most cases.

if your gaming on that dell and its 1440p then I believe you.

A 7970 card is not enough to game at 1440p with ultra settings on most games you will have to reduced the settings.

You need a 290x or 780 class card for playable frame rates at that res and even with those cards on some games you may still have to reduce settings.

There isnt a single gpu card out yet that will allow you to play 1440p at max settings yet.

 

[el etro]

at $400+? No, just no...

gtx 770 amp!/dcu.

 

[sub-80]

gtx 770 amp!/dcu.

I got the gigabyte gtx 780 windforce ghz edition. Since am not sure if am building a new platform in the next months or not.

And also I just remembered am transfering jobs which means the first 2 months from when I start my new job I will not get paid they will delay the payment to see if I can hack it out. That means money will be tight at that time so I should save some.

 

[el etro]

I got the gigabyte gtx 780 windforce ghz edition. Since am not sure if am building a new platform in the next months or not.

And also I just remembered am transfering jobs which means the first 2 months from when I start my new job I will not get paid they will delay the payment to see if I can hack it out. That means money will be tight at that time so I should save some.

Put your CPU at 4Ghz. Call it a day.

 

[sub-80]

Going to do that just going to purchase a better cpu cooler.
Thermaltake water 3.0 extreme

 

[nwo]

Going to do that just going to purchase a better cpu cooler.
Thermaltake water 3.0 extreme

Sounds legit

Although a bit overkill if you ask me, but it's your $$$

 

[sub-80]

Sounds legit

Although a bit overkill if you ask me, but it's your $$$

I can use the cpu cooler in my new build since boardswell proc3ssors use lga 1151 socket.

 

[DigDog]

you guys keep saying bottleneck when the cpu even *slightly* limits the effifiency of the GPU, but that's not a bottleneck, which instead is when one component (a CPU, for example) COMPLETELY block any improvement from a second component.

Even with a crappy CPU, if you upgrade for example, from a 770 to a 780, you would see some improvement.
Sure, i'll admit that when the limiting becomes severe, you can skip a step and call it bottleneck, but a i7 870 won't bottleneck anything.

 

[blastingcap]

you guys keep saying bottleneck when the cpu even *slightly* limits the effifiency of the GPU, but that's not a bottleneck, which instead is when one component (a CPU, for example) COMPLETELY block any improvement from a second component.

Even with a crappy CPU, if you upgrade for example, from a 770 to a 780, you would see some improvement.
Sure, i'll admit that when the limiting becomes severe, you can skip a step and call it bottleneck, but a i7 870 won't bottleneck anything.

I don't know, I would call it a bottleneck if it even slightly limits a GPU. What else would you call it? Especially with newer and newer games demanding more and more horsepower, you want a strong CPU. CPUs are harder to replace than video cards so I almost always buy the strongest CPU I'm willing to stomach the price for and then upgrade the GPU as time goes on. (These days games are finally becoming more multithreaded but at the time I got a 3570K it seemed like quad core without hyperthreading would be enough for years. I still think that will be true, but if I were to build a rig today, I'd probably go for at least a 4 core with hyperthreading.)

 

[skipsneeky2]

gtx 770 amp!/dcu.

My 770 basically has a Amp! cooler and while its no 780, the cooler does fine with a custom fan curve of 75% once temperatures hit 67cel and only very warm ambient temperatures bring my load temperatures above 70cel.Not sure where this falls between the other custom models but i feel the Amp! cooler is good.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

I know he got a 780, but I have some responses.

Its still a badass CPU and shouldnt bottleneck at all imo.
Perhaps add some oc and its super fine

In physics intensive games and some modded minecraft mine at stock is a bottleneck to my 7770 under clocked to 991 core.

Should I wait for the 800 series and intels 5th gen? And get the 760/770 which I will give this pc to a nephew of mine.

Update:
Am kind of tight on cash, the build is going to be abit above 2 grand. I dont want to spend the 2 grand now and spend the rest of the mobth with nothing in my pocket. I think I can spend a grand this month that would account the proccesor i7 4770k, motherboard not sure yet, 32gb (4x4gb) ddram3 2400MHz.
I would have ssd, 2xgtx 780, thermaltal water pro 3.0, psu and case.

Micro center is having the 4770k+mobo for something like $339. That is also 16gb, not 32.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

How about a second 460 for $50.- off ebay?

 

[Innokentij]

The CPU dosent really matter anymore after first gen i7 aslong as it's Quadcore with 3.0GHz and up. we talking minor fps difference in normal full hd play. Go for whatever gfx card you can afford. Most, no ALL games are horrible optimized anyway and limited to old xbox360/ps3 coding.

 

[el etro]

My 770 basically has a Amp! cooler and while its no 780, the cooler does fine with a custom fan curve of 75% once temperatures hit 67cel and only very warm ambient temperatures bring my load temperatures above 70cel.Not sure where this falls between the other custom models but i feel the Amp! cooler is good.

Amp! cards triumph is their relatively elevated clock at good prices. Is a above average aftermarket solution like powercolor's.

How about a second 460 for $50.- off ebay?

Do this only if you love Physx so much.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Amp! cards triumph is their relatively elevated clock at good prices. Is a above average aftermarket solution like powercolor's.

When i ordered this card,it was the cheapest 770 i could find and at time of purchase i had a strict budget.Typically run with Evga but the Amp! has been good to me.Getting some new case fans today so who knows, my load temperatures could drop even further.