B Bennet John Reputable Aug 10, 2014 218 0 4,680 0 Aug 12, 2014 #1 Will an i5 4440 bottleneck an R9 290x
0 Alex Kelly Honorable Oct 12, 2013 2,610 0 13,460 341 Aug 12, 2014 #5 Nope, it'll be just fine. Only in very CPU intensive games like CS:GO or Crysis 3 will it make any difference to buy a better CPU.
Nope, it'll be just fine. Only in very CPU intensive games like CS:GO or Crysis 3 will it make any difference to buy a better CPU.
0 K6-II Honorable Jul 29, 2014 417 1 10,965 75 Aug 12, 2014 #6 All recent games are using 4 cores so this chip would work fine paired with an R9 290x and at least 8gb of memory, no bottlenecks
All recent games are using 4 cores so this chip would work fine paired with an R9 290x and at least 8gb of memory, no bottlenecks
0 logainofhades Titan Moderator Apr 27, 2009 36,611 2,647 135,940 5,223 Aug 12, 2014 #7 K6-II : All recent games are using 4 cores so this chip would work fine paired with an R9 290x and at least 8gb of memory, no bottlenecks Crysis 3 and BF4 in 64 man campaign node would benefit from i7, but even then, I would buy a Xeon 1231v3 instead.
K6-II : All recent games are using 4 cores so this chip would work fine paired with an R9 290x and at least 8gb of memory, no bottlenecks Crysis 3 and BF4 in 64 man campaign node would benefit from i7, but even then, I would buy a Xeon 1231v3 instead.
0 B Bennet John Reputable Aug 10, 2014 218 0 4,680 0 Aug 12, 2014 #8 if i dont want bottleneck what cpu should i upgrade
0 Alex Kelly Honorable Oct 12, 2013 2,610 0 13,460 341 Aug 12, 2014 #9 It'll be just fine to be honest, but an overclocked i5 4690K will do even better.