I5-2300 Bottleneck? gtx980

[maxpichev]

i5-2300 bottleneck gtx 980? i think about update my pc. the card can work on 95-100%?

 

[Brandon-]

i5-2300 bottleneck gtx 980? i think about update my pc. the card can work on 95-100%?

No sir, you're fine. Happy gaming

 

[maxpichev]

its mean, all good?

 

[Brandon-]

its mean, all good?

No bottleneck there, happy gaming

 

[NerdIT]

Hey max,

Your CPU only supports 16 PCIe lanes, so, if you ran the GTX 980 on the x16 slot, and added any other PCIe add-in card (sound, RAID, USB, storage etc), it will force card into a slower speed.

Also, if you decided to buy a second GTX and run them in SLI, they would each run at x8 (x8x8) -as opposed to x16x16 on newer mobos/CPUs

This can be a bottleneck..BUT -as long as you are just running that card and nothing else in any of the other PCIe slots- the card will function at 100% performance -assuming its not a dud card!

Hope this helps!

 

[maxpichev]

Thanks for help! so i can use 1 card in 1 PCIe slot and all be good)

 

[RobCrezz]

The 2300 runs at quite a slow clock speed, despite being the good sandybridge tech. Yes it can be a bottleneck in some cases.

 

[NerdIT]

Thanks for help! so i can use 1 card in 1 PCIe slot and all be good)

The 2300 runs at quite a slow clock speed, despite being the good sandybridge tech. Yes it can be a bottleneck in some cases.

Yes! With one card in the full size/full x16 speed slot, (usually 99% of time the first slot)..all is well!

Happy gaming!

 

[RobCrezz]

It's not the 16 lanes that's the issue. The i7 4790k has only 16 lanes (and all i5s and most other i7s except the top end platforms)

8 lanes at pci-e 2.0 is plenty

 

[maxpichev]

My CPU has a 16 lanes.. so its not 8.
i mean Max of PCI Express lane its 16.
PCI 2.0.

 

[RobCrezz]

My CPU has a 16 lanes.. so its not 8.
i mean Max of PCI Express lane its 16.
PCI 2.0.

Yes we know.

 

[maxpichev]

so, what about you talk here?

" It's not the 16 lanes that's the issue. The i7 4790k has only 16 lanes (and all i5s and most other i7s except the top end platforms)

8 lanes at pci-e 2.0 is plenty "

 

[RobCrezz]

so, what about you talk here?

" It's not the 16 lanes that's the issue. The i7 4790k has only 16 lanes (and all i5s and most other i7s except the top end platforms)

8 lanes at pci-e 2.0 is plenty "

Was replying to NerdIT, where he implys 16 lanes isnt a lot , and 8 lanes can be a bottleneck.

 

[NerdIT]

It's not the 16 lanes that's the issue. The i7 4790k has only 16 lanes (and all i5s and most other i7s except the top end platforms)

8 lanes at pci-e 2.0 is plenty

Not the OP's issue/question.