How badly will a GTX 970 bottleneck an A8 6600k

[ijoshvirk]

I have a A8 6600K with a GTX 750 OC 1GB GDDR5 at the moment and looking to upgrade to a GTX 970 for my birthday, I've read that there would be a bottleneck and was wondering just how bad will the bottleneck be? I play games like GTA V, H1Z1, BO3 and some other newer and older tittles. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. sorry if I posted something wrong, this is my first post on here.

Thanks, Josh.

 

[The_Staplergun]

I hate to be that guy, but have you referenced this page?

 

[Justiceinacan]

At stock speeds you're around an FX-4350's speed, which probably won't fare well in GTAV.

 

[ijoshvirk]

I hate to be that guy, but have you referenced this page?

What do you mean?

 

[ijoshvirk]

At stock speeds you're around an FX-4350's speed, which probably won't fare well in GTAV.

Surprisingly I am able to play GTA V at high setting 1080p 45 to 75 fps but will I be able to achieve better frames If I get the 970 or will the bottleneck be really bad?

 

[The_Staplergun]

First, what's the refresh rate of your display? If the FPS is higher than your display, use vsync. Any frames displayed over the top are simply a waste, and just putting more stress on the card. It's rendering frames that the monitor wont properly display, which show in the form of "Screen tear" or jittering.

For CPU to GPU bottlenecking, you need to reference the page I listed in the post I made. Hover your mouse over the word "This" in my sentence, it's a link. There's a very large spreadsheet that shows card vs CPU bottlenecking.

 

[ijoshvirk]

First, what's the refresh rate of your display? If the FPS is higher than your display, use vsync. Any frames displayed over the top are simply a waste, and just putting more stress on the card. It's rendering frames that the monitor wont properly display, which show in the form of "Screen tear" or jittering.

For CPU to GPU bottlenecking, you need to reference the page I listed in the post I made. Hover your mouse over the word "This" in my sentence, it's a link. There's a very large spreadsheet that shows card vs CPU bottlenecking.

Oh thanks for that, which CPU would you say is equivalent to mine on that list? Apparently the FX 4350 is the same.

 

[Justiceinacan]

Well, check your CPU usage in GTA V. I hear it's hard on the CPU and an intel i5 (which is considered by most as the handle-all CPU) can get as low as 20 but averages around 40. Maybe certain parts of the game are worse on your system than others. Either way I'd suggest a CPU upgrade if you are planning on moving into new games later as Intel and AMD are both coming out with new stuff.

I also forgot to mention, what price are you getting the 970 for? I'd get a GTX 1060 6gb or Radeon RX 480 4 or 8 GB card instead, price to value is much better than most 970's I see floating for $400