G4560 gtx1080 3440x1440

[Crumpet46]

I know most people will feel this is a stupid match but as 1080 vs 1440UW doesnt affect cpu much I feel like this could be a good match

I ONLY game, and ive been using witcher3 as my benchmark. I think maxing settings will keep the 1080 working hard enough the g4560 wont be a bottleneck.

Am I way off? If not this seems a great budgety build for gpu heavy games

 

[M04D18]

Well i think you will ok , expect a little bottleneck but as i see g4560 can handle 4k with 1070 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha2Dbu_EBT0

 

[guanyu210379]

It is not as simple as that.
Not all games are written in the same way.
Some games are more GPU dependent, some are more CPU dependent.
Having G4560 and GTX1080, expect to have slight bottleneck on GPU dependent games and huge bottleneck on CPU dependent games.
Witcher 3 is among those GPU dependent games. As long as you are aiming for 3440x1440 60Hz, G4560 should have only little bottleneck. (little is relative)
I would replace only the G4560 with a better CPU, at least an i5, if possible an i7.
Having a balanced system is the goal, GTX1080 paired with a G4560 is not good.

 

[Crumpet46]

The question comes from my original build being a 7700k OC with a 1080 ti setup for £1900, and realising how little the cpu is used in games that I play apart from WoW which is all CPU. So this g4560 1080 (none ti) is £1000. £900 saving, 60fps instead of 80fps on modern games and WoW looks graphically poo whatever the settings lol

 

[guanyu210379]

The question comes from my original build being a 7700k OC with a 1080 ti setup for £1900, and realising how little the cpu is used in games that I play apart from WoW which is all CPU. So this g4560 1080 (none ti) is £1000. £900 saving, 60fps instead of 80fps on modern games and WoW looks graphically poo whatever the settings lol

That is the thing, it depends on the game you play. Having a balanced i5+1070 is the better pick than G4xxx+1080.
BTW, you are wasting i7 7700k+1080Ti, if you play only WoW ^o^

 

[TJ Hooker]

The question comes from my original build being a 7700k OC with a 1080 ti setup for £1900, and realising how little the cpu is used in games that I play apart from WoW which is all CPU. So this g4560 1080 (none ti) is £1000. £900 saving, 60fps instead of 80fps on modern games and WoW looks graphically poo whatever the settings lol

How did you manage to spend £900 more for a 7700K build?

You could have built an i7 build for little more than £200 extra compared to a G4560. Overclocking tends to offer subpar performance per dollar (for modern Intel platforms anyway).

Edit: Ah, missed the part where your £1900 build had a Ti vs regular 1080.

 

[Crumpet46]

WoW isnt the only gane..it was just an example of a cpu game. The 7700k will be at 100% on core 1 in WoW

Extra *£900: +270 cpu, +60 dark rock3, +£50 mobo, +£200 gpu, +£60 RAM 16gb instead of 8gb, +£40 in a decent case.
*My maths is out as its closer to £700 but still