NCC10281982B Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 I am considering upgrading my gpus. I have been told that the xeons in my current rig would bottleneck a gtx 900 series card. I'm running a dual xeon 2.4 ghz with 16 gigs ram. I do not have the full specs right now. Basically I am looking for the best card I can get with out bottlenecking it. Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 A while back ago I read something that said if you go from to PCI Express 2.0 with a 3.0 card the difference is marginal. If you're on that upgrade path anyhow you may as well. Worst case scenario your next upgrade all be a main board processor and memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 There are very few 2.0 cards available these days with modern gpus. I've been looking. Sigh. Whole new rig I guess. I'm looking forward to just cause 3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/777634/pci-e-3-0-card-in-a-2-0-slot-/ 1-3 fps difference between a 2.0 and 3.0 slot for a 3.0 card. Go get you a few titan x cards and have a hay day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 I wish I had that kind of money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Resolution of your monitor(s)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 1920X1080 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 CPU's nor PCIE 2.0 won't bottleneck graphics cards. At most, there are two things that your CPU will have effect on from my experience and tests: 1. Minimum FPS. Going from an i7-950 to an i7-2600K back in the day and running some graphics benchmarks, the only improvement I noticed was the minimum FPS being on average 5 - 10 FPS higher. That had a minimal gain in total average FPS. Not sure if it was the PCIE 3.0, or the CPU. It didn't matter if the 2600K was at stock, or overclocked to 4.9GHz. 2. Physics. CPU demanding games aren't optimized to use the graphics card to offset compute tasks because some cards aren't optimal at it, and it takes away from the rendering workload. This is the game's design decision, if there was an option to choose between compute processing within the game's options, that would solve most people's issues with what they think is bottlenecking their gaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 As long as these are at least first-gen Westmere Xeons you'll be perfectly fine (albeit a bit CPU limited in very specific scenarios) with a fast GPU. It'd be a huge upgrade regardless of any slight slowdown you'd see running at PCIE 2.0, and you can always roll the GPU into your next build a few years down the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 So price is of no concern? If not, may I ask why not upgrade the platform as well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 price is a concern Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 How much we talkin'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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