GPU upgrade ?

[anis.mohmaed]

Dell XPS 8900
I7-6700 3.4 GHz
6th gen.
16 GB Ram
1 TB HD
Stock 460 watt psu.

Planning on upgrading my graphics card. Looking for advice for one that will match up to my system. Leaning towards a gtx 1060 ti 6gb. Also might be looking to upgrade PSU. But with the 1060 I think it would work with the stock psu. As long as it can run these 3 games pretty well I'm ok with it. BF1, BF V, Lego Marvel heros 2. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[kerberos_20]

psu may be hittin limits with that gpu, otherwise bf will run fine on that gpu, just your cpu will be slowing it down a bit, lego will run on anything

 

[anis.mohmaed]

What do you mean by slowing it down a bit? Any suggestions for psu? Thanks.

 

[kerberos_20]

bf use 5 cpu cores without hyperthreading
if i set affinity to 5 real core i get 120fps, if i set it to 4 real cores + 1 smt core (aka hyperthreading) fps drops to 90

your cpu has 4 cores...sooo thats what im sayin

as for psu, that depends on if you overclock, without overclicking u should be fine, otherwise look for 550w+

 

[mgallo848]

bf use 5 cpu cores without hyperthreading
if i set affinity to 5 real core i get 120fps, if i set it to 4 real cores + 1 smt core (aka hyperthreading) fps drops to 90

your cpu has 4 cores...sooo thats what im sayin

as for psu, that depends on if you overclock, without overclicking u should be fine, otherwise look for 550w+

That's not correct at all. I have an i7 3770k in a backup PC. BF1 can and will use the hyperthreaded cores. The I7 6700 is still a great CPU for gaming and will be for several more years to come.

 

[kerberos_20]

ye it will use them, but with lower fps
i can make u a video with how much fps difference there is

 

[anis.mohmaed]

If I can game with 60fps on medium to high settings. I'm happy with that. But as far as gtx 1060 ti 6gb I should be good right?

 

[william p]

Those came with a 120W GTX960 as an option. That PSU will run a GTX1060 GPU no problem. No underclocking required.
Dell doesn't sell PSUs by the Watt. They use a continuos rating not a peak "advertised" power rating.

 

[mgallo848]

You can't compare disabling smt cores to hyperthreading. In principal it operates the same but the results are different, especially in gaming where single-threaded IPC is just as important (this is where Intel leads over AMD)

 

[anis.mohmaed]

Good to know William. Thanks

 

[kerberos_20]

You can't compare disabling smt cores to hyperthreading. In principal it operates the same but the results are different, especially in gaming where single-threaded IPC is just as important (this is where Intel leads over AMD)

that cant be true right? could apply on fx series

see mine at 4.1ghz
http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/10576750
as u can see solo core score 121pts, quad score 479pts
i7 6700k scores pretty much same on 1/4core:
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Intel-Core-i7-6700K/Rating/3502

i sued 6700k for comparison just for that frequency

 

[william p]

Here are Dell XPS8900 scores at Userbench.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-XPS-8900/20016

 

[kerberos_20]

Here are Dell XPS8900 scores at Userbench.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-XPS-8900/20016

well that 6700 runs worse than 6700k

 

[kerberos_20]

and i just noticed that ive posted ryzen clocked to 3600..and it still beats 6700k @ 4.1ghz xD

 

[mgallo848]

and i just noticed that ive posted ryzen clocked to 3600..and it still beats 6700k @ 4.1ghz xD

Umm, no

It ties or loses in every single gaming benchmark. In some games it even loses to the i5 6600k.

I like the Ryzen chips and I'm glad AMD has made a comeback but when it comes to gaming Intel is still king. It takes AMD 6 cores with the Ryzen that Intel does with 4.

Mute the horrible music and watch all 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftWPVce6u3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrQWUrWyww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTt-S9DaO6g

 

[kerberos_20]

am talking about mine
btw 2 videos are on 1600 (non x)