1050Ti + i7 8700

[anastbogia1]

I have a gtx 1050Ti 4gb and I'm getting a new pc with an i7 7700. If I keep my old gpu will it be a balanced combo? Or will something be bottlenecked?

 

[jgustin7b]

Nothing is going to be “bottlenecked”, but the cpu is definitely more powerful than the gpu.

 

[DRagor]

Not really, but that depends a lot on your monitor's resolution. At 1080p or higher, your GPU will be slowing you down, but at lower resolution it could work quite fine.

 

[jgustin7b]

Well, I have a Pentium G4560 and a regular 1050 in my System. With uncapped FPS and high quality settings in Rocket League, I’m getting 150 FPS on average (although my monitor only hits 60 FPS tops and my resolution is 1440 x 900), but from my experience, the 1050 should handle some 1080p just fine. It’s turning into the budget build standard. But considering it is called the “entry to gaming” section of the 10 series, you may need to turn down the settings in some games.

 

[Dugimodo]

"Bottlenecking" only matters if it drops the framerate down to unplayable levels. The 1050Ti is good enough for gaming at 1080P at medium setting for the most part and will be the limiting factor for gaming when paired with that CPU.

You can always upgrade later on if you need more gaming performance or want more quality and at least you know the CPU will be good enough. In many games the visual difference between medium/high/ultra settings isn't as much as you might think and doesn't necessarily make the games better to play.

There's always a bottleneck, and it changes depending on what you are doing. I have a 6700K and a GTX980, when I'm gaming the CPU almost never gets fully utilised and in older games often stays under 50% but the games play smoothly so who cares. Then when I'm using handbrake it uses 100% of my CPU and the GPU sits largely idle.

 

[sizzling]

It's an entry level gpu with a high end (gaming) cpu. That cpu would happily run a 1080Ti at 1080p/1440p.

 

[maxalge]

I have a gtx 1050Ti 4gb and I'm getting a new pc with an i7 8700. If I keep my old gpu will it be a balanced combo? Or will something be bottlenecked?

not balanced no


the i7 8700 is a top tier cpu

the 1050 ti is entry level



a balanced gpu for the 8700 is a gtx 1080 ti

 

[geofelt]

One rule of thumb for a balanced gamer is to budget 2x the cost of the cpu for the graphics card.
On this case, you have it exactly backward.

It does make some sense if you anticipate future graphics upgrades.