L lampo100 Honorable Dec 4, 2013 1 0 10,510 Dec 4, 2013 #1 So my question is if i7 920 will bottleneck r9 290?
logainofhades Titan Moderator Apr 27, 2009 38,363 3,793 143,290 Dec 4, 2013 #2 At stock, probably will bottleneck some. If you have a decent overclock, you will be OK. Upvote 0 Downvote
rvilkman Distinguished Jun 12, 2009 2,307 0 20,960 Dec 4, 2013 #3 Should be just fine, and if you think you are running into issues you can overclock the 920 slightly and that should help. Upvote 0 Downvote
Should be just fine, and if you think you are running into issues you can overclock the 920 slightly and that should help.