Bottleneck Gtx960 and I5-6600k?

[prins499]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

 

[Isokolon]

depends on the game, your display and your graphics settings.
do you have a specific example?

 

[prins499]

depends on the game, your display and your graphics settings.
do you have a specific example?

I started playing chivalery recently and my friend with lower equipment gets stable 60fps on all high, While I get fps drops on all high with my screen resolution 1960x1080

 

[LilDog1291]

depends on the game, your display and your graphics settings.
do you have a specific example?

I started playing chivalery recently and my friend with lower equipment gets stable 60fps on all high, While I get fps drops on all high with my screen resolution 1960x1080

The resolution should be 1920x1080 unless that is what you really see but that would be strange. Do you have the latest Nvidia drivers installed?

 

[prins499]

depends on the game, your display and your graphics settings.
do you have a specific example?

I started playing chivalery recently and my friend with lower equipment gets stable 60fps on all high, While I get fps drops on all high with my screen resolution 1960x1080

The resolution should be 1920x1080 unless that is what you really see but that would be strange. Do you have the latest Nvidia drivers installed?

I'm using the NVDIA geaforce experience to update my drivers and it's fully updated.

 

[GodEater]

I run that exact setup at home, dont have any issues with games. I also play at 1080p 144z, Somethings funky with your config..

 

[prins499]

I run that exact setup at home, dont have any issues with games. I also play at 1080p 144z, Somethings funky with your config..

Í've been thinking the same, just trying to figure out what's causing the issue.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

Yes, any GPU below GTX 1070 will bottleneck i5-6600K on 1080p.

 

[prins499]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

Yes, any GPU below GTX 1070 will bottleneck i5-6600K on 1080p.

Thank you for your help.

 

[prins499]

To everyone that replied thank you for your help aswell! 🙂

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

Yes, any GPU below GTX 1070 will bottleneck i5-6600K on 1080p.

Thank you for your help.

you are welcome.
I hope you understand that in every system there will be a component that will be limiting (bottleneck) performance of the application.
for some applications it may be CPU, for others it may be GPU or RAM or storage.

 

[Isokolon]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

Yes, any GPU below GTX 1070 will bottleneck i5-6600K on 1080p.

simply not true. @1080p a 1060 will do fine
there are games that use more, there are games that use less.
in GTA V a 1060 will be "bottlenecked" by the CPU when running some mods.

but as for general terms, a 1060 does not "bottleneck" an i5-6600k and will keep up with it @1080p except for some very specific scenarios

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Hello, I was wondering since I get low fps for games that should be running just fine with this setup if my gtx 960 is bottlenecking my I5-6600k 3.50ghz?

Yes, any GPU below GTX 1070 will bottleneck i5-6600K on 1080p.

simply not true. @1080p a 1060 will do fine
there are games that use more, there are games that use less.
in GTA V a 1060 will be "bottlenecked" by the CPU when running some mods.

but as for general terms, a 1060 does not "bottleneck" an i5-6600k and will keep up with it @1080p except for some very specific scenarios

It seems like you missed the point of the post. the question can be translated to "what GPU will ensure close to 100% load on i5-6600K".
Any I'm aware about few games that on 1080p (maxed settings) will hit the CPU limit with i5. And that will require at least GTX 1070. in those games you can see close to 100% CPU utilization and 70-80% GPU utilization. That's what people usually mean by those "bottlenecking" posts. Well they usually refer to opposite - CPU bottlenecking GPU.
That's kinda oversimplified and technically wrong as system components do not bottleneck each other. They (any component) can be an application performance bottleneck. And within the same system, different component can be a "bottleneck" for different applications (even within games category ).