Is your CPU fast enough for a GTX 1080 or 1070?
177With CPUs becoming a bottleneck for the top tier GTX 900 graphics cards, how will your CPU stack up? The Witcher III and Crysis 3 are being run with these specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz
GPU: Asus Strix 4GB GTX 970
Memory: 16GB Mushkin 2400Mhz DDR3
In the video you will see that CPU becomes a major issue for the GTX 970. How fast will a CPU need to be to keep up with a GPU that's twice as fast? Will DirectX 12 or Vulkan help? And how does AMD's upcoming Polaris GPUs stack up? Watch and find out.
References:
GTX 1070/1080 Links:
Techspot:
http://www.techspot.com/news/64736-nvidia-announces-geforce-gtx-1080.html
http://www.techspot.com/news/64737-nvidia-announces-geforce-gtx-1070.html
http://www.techspot.com/news/64758-nvidia-founders-edition-graphics-cards-reference-designs.html
Polaris Techspot:
http://www.techspot.com/news/64757-amd-polaris-graphics-cards-rumored-launch-late-may.html
CPU Limitation Links:
Digital Foundry Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwwaVGUFtk
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