Upgrading to Titan - questions

[escrow4]

I'm looking to upgrade to Titan over the next week (going for the EVGA Superclocked Edition) with these specs:

- i7 3770, non K @ 3.4GHz base (I can't be bothered overclocking anymore)
- Asrock B75 Pro 3
- 16GB Patriot IEM DDR3 1600MHz
- Gainward Phantom 680 2GB
- 1920x1200 Dell Ultrasharp
- Corsair TX 750 v2

Temps hit 62 celsius for that 680 load in a HAF Storm Enforcer case

2 questions:

- PSU OK?
- Any bottlenecks? (I only play single player, never multiplayer)

I'm aiming for any game @ 1200p fully maxed out including AA at a solid 60FPS (adaptive vsync). Money isn't an issue.

Thoughts?

 

[Smoblikat]

I think you should give me your 680

At 1200P maxed out I would say that your system wont be bottle necked too much, but the clock speed on the CPU will start to show eventually.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Probably be cpu limited more often than I'd like.

 

[escrow4]

Probably be cpu limited more often than I'd like.

Can you explain?

 

[toyota]

buying a $1000 gpu but refusing to oc the cpu to actually get the most out of it seems silly. there will be spots where you literally get no better performance than your gtx680 because your cpu will be holding you back. even with my 2500k at 4.4, there are spots in some games that cant stay above 60 fps.

 

[escrow4]

Which single player games?

 

[toyota]

Which single player games?

Hitman Absolution, Fallout 3, New Vegas and GTA 4 that I know of. there are a few others too and the list gets bigger if I run at stock speeds. for 90% of cases you will be fine but dropping 1000 bucks is lot of money not to get full use out of it.

 

[escrow4]

Hitman Absolution, Fallout 3, New Vegas and GTA 4 that I know of. there are a few others too and the list gets bigger if I run at stock speeds. for 90% of cases you will be fine but dropping 1000 bucks is lot of money not to get full use out of it.

GTA 4 is a dog, hated fallout, and Absolution apparently scales well enough on multiple cores. 90% is sufficient for me.

 

[toyota]

GTA 4 is a dog, hated fallout, and Absolution apparently scales well enough on multiple cores. 90% is sufficient for me.

scales well enough? um if its dropping below 60 fps then its dropping below 60fps. your cpu will not maintain 60 fps in that game and that is a fact. there are other games too but you have made your mind up not to overclock and will just make an excuse no matter what.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

You're upgrading from a 680. Wow, to me that would be a waste.

 

[cmdrdredd]

CPU is weak for Titan, but at 1920x1200 you wouldn't see much benefit to begin with.

 

[SolMiester]

I'm looking to upgrade to Titan over the next week (going for the EVGA Superclocked Edition) with these specs:

- i7 3770, non K @ 3.4GHz base (I can't be bothered overclocking anymore)
- Asrock B75 Pro 3
- 16GB Patriot IEM DDR3 1600MHz
- Gainward Phantom 680 2GB
- 1920x1200 Dell Ultrasharp
- Corsair TX 750 v2

Temps hit 62 celsius for that 680 load in a HAF Storm Enforcer case

2 questions:

- PSU OK?
- Any bottlenecks? (I only play single player, never multiplayer)

I'm aiming for any game @ 1200p fully maxed out including AA at a solid 60FPS (adaptive vsync). Money isn't an issue.

Thoughts?

Shame you didnt get the ASRock Z77 pro 4, has non-k OC, 4.2ghz with 1 click in the BIOS...

 

[alcoholbob]

A single Titan can't max every game at 1080P, but if you mean max details with no AA, then it's possible.

 

[cmdrdredd]

A single Titan can't max every game at 1080P, but if you mean max details with no AA, then it's possible.

Excuse me? Which game can it not?

Crysis 3? It can run it with max details and max in game AA. If you're talking about going into inspector and trying to force SGSSA etc then that's totally not what maxing the game even means anyway.

However at 1080p it's far too CPU limited, especially at 3.4Ghz

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'm still on an i7 920 overclocked, and since then over-clocking has become too simple..

 

[alcoholbob]

Excuse me? Which game can it not?

Crysis 3? It can run it with max details and max in game AA. If you're talking about going into inspector and trying to force SGSSA etc then that's totally not what maxing the game even means anyway.

However at 1080p it's far too CPU limited, especially at 3.4Ghz

Read OP's post he wants 60 fps. Crysis 3 Ultra with 8xMSAA at 1080p is like a 30fps stutterfest on the Titan.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Read OP's post he wants 60 fps.

And he is against overclocking apparently. so it will never happen.

 

[Rvenger]

Pointless to go titan at that resolution and no CPU OC. I got rid of my Titan because I noticed no difference between it and my OC'd 7970.

 

[escrow4]

Ordering this week. We'll see then. If I need to disable or reduce AA, that's fine. I'm just looking to push any games core settings right up, at 60 or 50-60FPS - especially this year with Metro Last Light and Watch Dogs at least. I'm pretty sure a stock i7 is good for that.

 

[toyota]

Ordering this week. We'll see then. If I need to disable or reduce AA, that's fine. I'm just looking to push any games core settings right up, at 60 or 50-60FPS - especially this year with Metro Last Light and Watch Dogs at least. I'm pretty sure a stock i7 is good for that.

lol see I told you that you already had your mind made up. you did not want any one's opinion or even any facts. and funny how your strict 60 fps with max settings and AA requirements changed really fast.

 

[Dave3000]

Excuse me? Which game can it not?

Crysis 3? It can run it with max details and max in game AA. If you're talking about going into inspector and trying to force SGSSA etc then that's totally not what maxing the game even means anyway.

However at 1080p it's far too CPU limited, especially at 3.4Ghz

Actually, the i7-3770 clocks to 3.7GHz when all 4 cores are loaded due to turbo boost and 3.9GHz when 1 or 2 cores are loaded. I doubt he is disabling turbo boost so that it stays at 3.4GHz when the CPU is loaded.

 

[willomz]

Yeah it seems Crysis does quite like clockspeed, and that's with a mere 680.
You'll get 60 fps but it may dip in places.

 

[Keysplayr]

Ordering this week. We'll see then. If I need to disable or reduce AA, that's fine. I'm just looking to push any games core settings right up, at 60 or 50-60FPS - especially this year with Metro Last Light and Watch Dogs at least. I'm pretty sure a stock i7 is good for that.

So you're ignoring all the advice given you. Why post this thread at all?
Ah, maybe you were just hoping to get the A-O-K and praises from everyone.
As you can see, you did not. Stick with your 680.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

OP will come back disappointed.

And also OP wanted to show off his epeen

 

[toyota]

OP will come back disappointed.

And also OP wanted to show off his epeen

yeah that was clear from the start