bottlenecking reckoning
So, you finally saved up your pennies to go to your local Micro Center to buy a brand new GTX 1080 Ti, you remove it from its static-free prison after opening the most holy of cardboard, and you gently place your pride and joy in the 16x slot, start up your favorite game and…find no performance increase whatsoever.
Now, most people wouldn't think twice about buying a new GPU to enhance their gaming experience, because the GPU handles graphics, and games are mostly graphic based, right?
First, slow your roll, you came here to ask me real questions. Second, good question, and the answer is yes, but there's a catch.
Now yes, video games are mostly graphic based and do require a powerful GPU to run the pretty pictures smoothly, but there also needs to be a good CPU and a proper amount of RAM for everything to run smooth as melted butter.
Let's talk about the situation that everyone hates to encounter after an expensive upgrade: Bottlenecking.
Bottlenecking is a general term for when the performance of your computer is reduced because the other components can't keep up. Probably due to some conspiracy for computer manufacturers to take as much of your money as possible and occupy landfills so the real estate industry can hike up the cost of land. But I digress.
Sure, it's not as extreme, but you would see little to no performance increase by just upgrading one part of your computer.
Enough with comparisons and conspiracy, your computer's hardware needs to work together, and if one component is faster than the others, the faster component won't be able to work as hard as possible.
This effect also works in the inverse, if you build an amazing computer with all your savings and cheap out on the GPU, just because GPU's are are more universal than the rest of the computer. The GPU cannot speed up based on physical limitations and the remaining hardware must slow down to accommodate for the max load allowed for the GPU.
Now, sure, every setup is going to have some tiny amount of bottlenecking, because let's be real, nothing's perfect. But you want to make sure everything in your computer is as on par with each other's performance as possible for the best experience with your new computer or upgrade.
Now, most people wouldn't think twice about buying a new GPU to enhance their gaming experience, because the GPU handles graphics, and games are mostly graphic based, right?
First, slow your roll, you came here to ask me real questions. Second, good question, and the answer is yes, but there's a catch.
Now yes, video games are mostly graphic based and do require a powerful GPU to run the pretty pictures smoothly, but there also needs to be a good CPU and a proper amount of RAM for everything to run smooth as melted butter.
Let's talk about the situation that everyone hates to encounter after an expensive upgrade: Bottlenecking.
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| F&F Danger To Manifold Source: giphy.com |
Basically what I’m saying is putting a massive GPU in a 5 year old setup is like putting two tanks of Nitrous Oxide in your '93 Supra without worrying about your manifold. One minute you're on top of the world, next thing you know your floor panel is flying off your car for no reason whatsoever.
Sure, it's not as extreme, but you would see little to no performance increase by just upgrading one part of your computer.
Enough with comparisons and conspiracy, your computer's hardware needs to work together, and if one component is faster than the others, the faster component won't be able to work as hard as possible.
This effect also works in the inverse, if you build an amazing computer with all your savings and cheap out on the GPU, just because GPU's are are more universal than the rest of the computer. The GPU cannot speed up based on physical limitations and the remaining hardware must slow down to accommodate for the max load allowed for the GPU.
Now, sure, every setup is going to have some tiny amount of bottlenecking, because let's be real, nothing's perfect. But you want to make sure everything in your computer is as on par with each other's performance as possible for the best experience with your new computer or upgrade.
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