Can i7 920 from 2008 handle GTX 1080 Ti? 49 Games Tested

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Published 2019-04-22
A good decade old gaming platform (x58 MOBO + heavy OC on slowest of them all desktop i7s out there) still packs a punch!

!!! Tests were conducted in Q3 2018 (i was just lazy compiling them into one piece for half a year) !!!

Complete (RAW) video footage:

★ Core i7 920 tests:    • Intel Core i7 920  
★ GTX 1080 Ti tests:    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  

► PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz Bloomfield C0
* My OC: @ 4.0 GHz ~ H2O bit.ly/2HyIVaJ
CPU COOLING: EK Supreme HF Nickel Plexi
GFX: AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
CUSTOM LOOP: EK-KIT H3O - Supreme HF 360
MOBO: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 F13
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9 (2x Crucial, 4x Corsair)
* My Clock: @ 1528 MHz CL9 ~ Triple channel (192-bit)
SDD: Samsung 850 120 GB (OS + Page)
HDD: 2x WD Caviar Black 1 TB in RAID0 (Games)
PSU: Corsair TX 750W
AUDIO: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1
CASE: / ; DIY bench table
OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
DISPLAY: BenQ GW2765HT 27'' WQHD 2560*1440

🎮 Complete list of PC games tested:
American Truck Simulator, Assassin's Creed: Origins, Assetto Corsa, Battlefield 1, Battlerite, Call of Duty: WWII/2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, The Crew, The Crew 2, Crossout, Cuisine Royale, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, DiRT 4, Dishonored 2, Tom Clancy's The Division, DOOM, Dota 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Evil Within 2, Far Cry 5, FIFA 18, FIFA 19, Final Fantasy XV/15, Fortnite, For Honor, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Grand Theft Auto V/5, Gravel, HITMAN, Hunt: Showdown, Mafia III/3, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Overwatch, Prey, Project CARS 2, Quake Champions, Quantum Break, Realm Royale, rFactor 2, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rocket League, Titanfall 2, TrackMania Turbo, War Thunder, Wolfenstein II/2: The New Colossus, World of Tanks, World of Warships.

○ RTSS (MSI Afterburner) - performance monitoring
○ Recorded with DSLR Camera - real-time performance
○ Edited in Cyberlink PowerDirector 15

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All Comments (21)
  • @SssagaBenches4U
    Another massive game test comp. of a decade old but gold platform in modern PC titles. Sorry for being half a year late. Turn on notifications to never miss an upload! 🔔
  • @advanceddarkness3
    Before Ryzen there was no real competition from AMD, so Intel didn't have to meaningfully "improve" their CPUs every generation (refreshes and clock bumps) this is why their 10+ year old I7s still run modern games at decent frame rates.
  • @juanme555
    I love this kind of videos , i just love it. Remember the 920 supports ddr3 tri-channel , which has more Bandwidth and less latency than DDR4 , if you OC DDR3 you can get to 2133Mhz or even slightly more.
  • @nurialco3303
    Wow you back :) welcome alive my friend :) and we are here too as always
  • @kimounano9338
    I overclock mine at 3.6 ghz i play all games of 2019 at 4k
  • @Lazo222
    thanks for the video, i loved it, very nice
  • @jjjw28x
    Wait, the Crew 2 works on an i7 920? Did they remove the thing blocking it from the beta as they didn't allow any intel i processors before 2011 from loading the game.
  • @tonywhetton9015
    Thanks for the excellent videos/games. I have an X58 motherboard, and a I7 [email protected] ghz. Ive still got two 480GT’s in sli from 6-7 years ago ! Since you have a 1080TI coupled with a i7 920, could I use one of the modern GFX cards, like the RTX-2070/RTX-2080? As its a very long time since I updated and wondering wether THE PCI-EXPRESS 16 on the X58 is comparable with these cards?
  • @DoctorGravity642
    I have the i7 920, D0, OC'ed to 3.6Ghz on V1.2 running prime95 stable with temps never exceeding 55C. (Zalman 9900 Full Copper Air Cooler). Would the GTX 1050 Ti be a good candidate for this system?
  • @c.dasilva575
    where did you get drivers for that mobo on windows 10?
  • @chrisbroomhall240
    Hey great video. I have this same setup : D, I7 920 @ 4ghz from 2008 (still going strong), gtx 1080ti. I can get the cpu to 4.2 ghz but it doesn't really make a noticeable difference. It works great so not much reason to upgrade until the cpu or motherboard dies.