Overclocked i5-760 + GTX 1070 Ti @ 1440p Bottleneck Question

[brencat]

Hi All.

Can anyone ballpark for me what kind of a bottleneck I’m looking at pairing an overclocked Sandy Bridge i5-760 @ 3.8ghz with a modern GTX 1070 Ti for 1440p gaming ?

This aging box is also running Windows 7 too, so I’m well aware of not having access to DX12 without Windows 10. Just trying to assess whether the i5-760 machine is worth keeping around at all. I’ve certainly gotten my money’s worth the last 7 years that’s for sure.

Thx, B

 

[UsandThem]

Just trying to assess whether the i5-760 machine is worth keeping around at all. I’ve certainly gotten my money’s worth the last 7 years that’s for sure.

Thx, B

It's time to put that CPU out to pasture. It's not a Sandy Bridge CPU, it's older than that. Your CPU is actually a Core Lynnfield CPU from 2010. Sandy Bridge came in 2011. You will severely be bottle-necking that GPU unless you upgrade the motherboard/CPU.

https://ark.intel.com/products/48496/Intel-Core-i5-760-Processor-8M-Cache-2_80-GHz

https://www.anandtech.com/show/4083...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/22

Compared to a Core i5-750/760, you'll get an additional 10-50% performance across the board in existing applications, and all that from a ~25% increase in clock speed. A big portion of what Sandy Bridge delivers is due to architectural enhancements, the type of thing we've come to expect from an Intel tock. Starting with Conroe, repeating with Nehalem, and going strong once more with Sandy Bridge, Intel makes this all seem so very easy.

So since you can see your CPU is slower than Sandy Bridge CPUs, and since there's really no i5-760 vs 7700k reviews because of the age of your CPU, this article will show you the performance difference between a 2500k and a 7700k (and others). You will see a huge performance boost not only in games, but in every day use as well:

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2773-intel-i5-2500k-revisit-benchmark-for-2017?showall=1

 

[brencat]

It's time to put that CPU out to pasture. It's not a Sandy Bridge CPU, it's older than that. Your CPU is actually a Core Lynnfield CPU from 2010. Sandy Bridge came in 2011. You will severely be bottle-necking that GPU unless you upgrade the motherboard/CPU.

https://ark.intel.com/products/48496/Intel-Core-i5-760-Processor-8M-Cache-2_80-GHz

https://www.anandtech.com/show/4083...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/22



So since you can see your CPU is slower than Sandy Bridge CPUs, and since there's really no i5-760 vs 7700k reviews because of the age of your CPU, this article will show you the performance difference between a 2500k and a 7700k (and others). You will see a huge performance boost not only in games, but in every day use as well:

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2773-intel-i5-2500k-revisit-benchmark-for-2017?showall=1

Appreciate that U&T. Got a bit of a chuckle as it's actually far worse than I expected, ha. Been a good system, but It's time... 7 years is an eternity in technology.

Thanks again.

 

[UsandThem]

Appreciate that U&T. Got a bit of a chuckle as it's actually far worse than I expected, ha. Been a good system, but It's time... 7 years is an eternity in technology.

Thanks again.

Yeah, 7 years was a good run. The crazy thing is if you were gaming at 1080p instead of 1440p, and dialed back some settings, you probably get a couple more years out of it.