GTX 1080 with I5 3570K

[klagera]

Hello, I plan on getting a gtx 1080 though my budget won leave any room for a cpu upgrade, my current cpu is i5 3570k, I will be using it on 1080p resolution, should I be worrying about a bottleneck ?

My other components:
Asus p8z77-v
Xfx pro 850w
8gb ram

 

[Captain-Price_ZA]

Hello mate.

The 1080 is overkill for 1080p and is meant for 4k gaming. The 1080 will be bottlenecked my the 3570k and you would be better off with a gtx 1070 which the 3570k will still be a bottleneck but less. Point is the gtx 1080 is overkill at 1080p. Also just overclock the 3570k a little and youllt be fine with a gtx 1070.

 

[lodders]

I would have thought the 3570k would be fine with a GTX1080.
I have a 3570k, and it is almost as fast as my 4690k, which apparently is only a few % behind a skylake i5.
Only serious upgrade on a 3570k is an i7.... but very few games need more than 4 threads.


But I agree with Captain Price, if you have a 1080, you should get yourself a really, really nice monitor at the same time. 1440p minimum.

 

[navuho]

I also have 3570k OC@ 4.2 ghz with current gtx 970 with Asus p8z77-v550 psu "seasonic platnium" and 16gb ram. I'm on 1440p monitor and 970 is struggle at this resolution, I'm also considering gtx 1070 or 1080 and i wonder if the CPU will bottleneck in games at 1440p