Will my i7 920 "bottleneck" a r9 290x GPU??

[qls]

currently no overclock on my i7 920.
was looking into buying a amd r9 290x

 

[Calvin3200]

No, it will not bottleneck your GPU. Would you get a couple more FPS with a 4790K, yes. Bottleneck, no.

 

[krells]

You will have no issues. For gpu intensive games my i7 930@3.8ghz has kept up with my 295x2 and 970 sli. Dropping to stock 2.8ghz clocks I drop 5-10fps.

 

[qls]

wow thanks guys. ill be researching and experimenting with overclocking tonight. seems that people reach 4.0 clock speeds on the 920 regularly.. and i have a closed loop watercooler also.
i have owned it for a little over a year purchased used. learning the ins and outs.

 

[bystander]

At stock clocks, the i7 920 does bottleneck a number of games that tend to be more CPU bound. If you get your clocks up to 3.5Ghz or higher, you'll be bottlenecked a lot less often. But no CPU is ever immune to bottlenecks as long as games like Arma and DayZ exist.

 

[Calvin3200]

Wrong.

Bottlenecking is when the CPU limits the GPU, and not allowing it to be fully utilized.

Once again, No, it will not bottleneck the GPU. Would you get a couple more FPS with a 4790K, yes. Bottleneck, no.

 

[bystander]

Wrong.

Bottlenecking is when the CPU limits the GPU, and not allowing it to be fully utilized.

Once again, No, it will not bottleneck the GPU. Would you get a couple more FPS with a 4790K, yes. Bottleneck, no.

Yes, that is the correct definition, and it does happen with an i7 920 at stock clocks quite often. Losing 5-10 FPS due to having stock clocks is the definition of limiting the GPU. Using MSI afterburner and watching the GPU usage is a better way to see. With my 680's, I am rarely over 90% usage on my GPU's in many games I play. At stock clocks, I see it drop to below 50% usage a lot.

I have an i7 920, if you haven't noticed, and I run into situations all the time where default clocks cost me 20+ FPS. If you always play at max settings, and high resolutions, it happens less often, but if you play at settings that give you 70+ FPS, you see it hold you back a lot if you are using default clocks.

It doesn't happen in all games, but it does happen in many.