How far can I go without extreme bottlenecking?

[Return_of_the_Dedsec]

Ok. So, I've got an Amd fx-6300 cpu. How far can I go? I was looking into this: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-08G-P4-5173-KR/dp/B01KVZBNY0/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1530660011&sr=1-4&keywords=gtx+1070

Is this too much to cause extreme bottleneck? I want a 1070, and upgrading my cpu is not an option right now.

thx

 

[jamz4]

probably a 1050ti, 1060 absolute max. i have a 6300 @ 4.6ghz and it bottlenecks a 670 in most games I play

 

[Return_of_the_Dedsec]

I have a 1050, so a 1050ti isn't much of an upgrade. Right?

 

[volkgren]

You can do it, it will have drops, but you can do it and get frame rates that a fairly high. You'd probably be just as well off with a GTX 1060 6GB though. Less wasted money on GPU power that won't get utilized 100%.

 

[Karadjgne]

Depends on what you play. Some games do really well with higher core count, BF4 was really nice for FX, but some games like Skyrim absolutely did not like the 66% IPC vrs Intel that was FX. So the gpu has a little less importance vrs what you play.

You can easily pair a gtx1080 with that FX, just for detail settings alone, you'd be popping ultra in anything, the issue lies with the cpu vrs game engine as to what your fps will actually be, regardless of settings.

Most cap a 6300 at a gtx1060 6Gb because the cpu really isn't strong enough to handle high fps in much, so 60Hz monitors is about its limits. But that includes upto 4k. At 1080p a gtx1060 6Gb is good for high-ultra in most all games but with that cpu, fps is going to be limited on IPC dependant games.

Fortunately, the 6300 is a 95w OC monster, and thats going to help a lot. Higher you get, better the fps.