Doom 2016 on Nvidia GTX 950/Core i3 2120/8GB RAM (PC)

[@Gameophilesofficial]

hehe, this video is 4:20.... and you definitely blazed it

[@octaviovillalpando9046]

Very Nice video, I have the same i3 2120 and i want to buy a GTX 950 or a GTX 1050ti to start gaming but my question is , Do have any problems with the PCI Express 2.0 from the Intel i3? because this GTX 950 is PCI Express 3.0

[@OldsXCool]

PCI express versions are all reverse compatible. You can use a 3.0 card on a 2.0 slot. I haven't seen a single bottleneck with this card due to the PCI-E version. Definitely spend the extra money to get the 1050ti because while your CPU will bottleneck many modern games to some extent, games like Doom that are very GPU intensive can be run on almost all max settings. I'm now running at a resolution of 1440x900 which is a little higher than the resolution I was at in this video and the game is not a perfectly stable 60 fps like it used to be. If I had a 1080p monitor I would have to take down some of the settings or run the game at lower than the monitor's native resolution which always sucks. Doom does feature a resolution scale ability which looks a little better than actually knocking down the resolution, but not by much. It still looks soft to even blurry. If I had the extra headroom of a 1050ti I would be running this game perfectly stable 60 when my CPU is not bottlenecking. I'd say if you can save up more money, getting a 1060 would be ideal.

[@lactobacillusprime]

Very Very playable sir!

[@OldsXCool]

Yep it sure is. My Sandy Bridge i3 is the little dual core processor that could. It continually amazes me how much it can still push. It turned out to be a pretty good match with the GTX 950 after all.

[@lactobacillusprime]

OldsXCool i3 and i5 can still be very viable gaming CPUs - especially when they have a good clock speed.

[@thanhcongle1053]

I do not know English but will try question. "How do you decrease bottleneck in setting game ?" Increasing the resolution ? Hope to receive an answer from you. Thank you

[@OldsXCool]

The best way to decrease a bottleneck is to lower the settings that are related to the bottleneck. If you have a CPU bottleneck, you need to look at draw distances and anything extra that needs to be drawn. The CPU draws the scene and the GPU colors the scene in. In Doom 4 when the shadows are set to ultra or nightmare, there are a ton more draw calls to the CPU to draw those extra shadows in which is why it bottlenecks my processor. There's really no other way to lessen a CPU bottleneck in Doom 4 other than the shadows since there are no settings for things like grass, rocks, trees, boxes, or other small objects that you can turn down or off. Every other setting really affects the GPU. VT page size bottlenecks my GPU on Ultra because my GTX 950 only has 2GB of VRAM. At high settings my VRAM is completely maxed out so it's no wonder why the ultra setting tanks my frame rate. Increasing the game's resolution can help with CPU bottlenecks only if you're willing to play under 60 frames per second. Increasing the resolution only makes your GPU a bottleneck as well which lowers the overall frame rate which in turn takes stress off of the CPU because it doesn't have to draw frames as often. Small CPU bottlenecks are not a big deal because you'll just lose 5 to 10 frames. Big CPU bottlenecks render a game unplayable with throttling and freezing. If you just have small CPU bottlenecks every once in a while it's not worth increasing the resolution to make the game run below 60 frames constantly. I still have CPU bottlenecks when there is a ton going on in the game, but only during those times and they're not too bad. Now if you have freezing and throttling going on and can't reach above 40 frames per second then yeah, you can try raising the resolution because you're never going to hit 60 frames and the game will be unplayable. A more effective and consistent way to take care of serious CPU bottlenecks is capping the frame rate. That way you can make sure that the frame rate is steady and you won't be creating two possible bottlenecks by stressing the GPU out along with the CPU.

[@Mezurashii5]

Hey man, since you seem to be quite the hardware enthusiast, could you give me some advice on choosing an affordable laptop? It's not supposed to be powerful or fancy, just reliable more than anything. It seems almost impossible to get one with graphics older than 900m series but not with an integrated intel graphics chip :\ I'd like to fit into the margins of $200-380

[@OldsXCool]

If you want something lesser than a 900M, the best way to go is integrated graphics because good integrated graphics sits in the middle of bad integrated graphics and discrete GPUs like the 900M. Your chances on getting a hold of a new laptop with an outdated discrete GPU are slim to none because there are ALWAYS people looking for cheap laptops and the older models are cleared out quickly once the new ones hit the store shelves. The good news is that integrated graphics continues to get more powerful with each new CPU generation and fills this gap for people like yourself if you get a good CPU. At this price point, price has almost nothing to do with what you're getting, but knowing what you're getting is more important. Let's take a look. I have found 2 Dell computers at the same price point (the Intel model is on sale right now), and the difference in performance is quite staggering. Let's look at the Intel first. www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/pd?oc=fncwc105sb&model_id=inspiron-15-3558-laptop This computer has a Core i3 5005U CPU which sports Intel's HD 5500 graphics built right into the CPU. Now look at this. www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3188&gid2=2575&compare=geforce-910m-2gb-vs-intel-hd-graphics-5500-mobile Look at how the HD 5500 graphics stack up against the lowest level 900M series discrete GPU. Not too bad. You'd expect the 910M to be better than the HD 5500, but I bet you certainly did not expect the HD 5500 to be that good. So now let's take a look at the AMD laptop. It has an A6-6310 CPU which sports the R4 6310 graphics built in. www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3555-laptop/pd?oc=dncwc201s&model_id=inspiron-15-3555-laptop Now look at the R4 6310 vs. HD 5000 graphics. www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2575&gid2=2359&compare=intel-hd-graphics-5500-mobile-vs-radeon-r4-6310 Ouch. For the same price you not only get much better graphics with the Intel but let's look at the actual CPU performance. www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=2305&pid2=2148&compare=core-i3-5005u-2-0ghz-vs-apu-a6-6310-quad-core Whoa! The Core i3 ((((DESTROYS)))) the A6! All at the same price point! CPU performance is extremely underrated these days. Alot of people think that powerful graphics processing is all you need for pretty visuals and smooth frame rates. That is NOT the case. The GPU can only work as hard as the CPU can give it the information to process. If the CPU is too busy with other things, it cannot hand over the information over to the GPU fast enough to keep a smooth frame rate. PLUS you really don't want a weak CPU for non-gaming tasks. A faster CPU boots much quicker and multitasks much smoother and faster. This Dell laptop is $350 and is still inside your price range. As far as reliability goes, that's really an unknown. You can't really get anymore than a "good bet" with any computer, even a desktop. All I can say is that I've had good luck with my Dell desktop which is over 5 years old now and is on 24/7. Take care of the computer, keep the HDD clean and hope for the best. I hope this helps you.

[@Mezurashii5]

Oh, I didn't think integrated graphics were even usable for any gaming at all, so I guess I'll have to look further into that. Thanks for the heads-up.

[@OldsXCool]

Mezurashii5 No problem. Check out this guy's channel. He has the same specs as the laptop I showed and shows several games running on it. kzbin.info/door/ux0PAgnPMUOqm7KHP7KPTQvideos

[@coscuarmy7730]

bottleneck?¿