Question i want to know if my i7 7700k is bottle necking my 2080

[xlamenation]

my i7 7700k runs from 4.2 ghz to 4.7 ghz and i wanted to know if it bottle necks my rtx 2080 and if i should upgrade to a i7 8700k

 

[rgd1101]

have you try it

 

[RobCrezz]

What resolution is your monitor?

Either way, your CPU is still basically top tier only beaten by the 8700k, 9700k and 9900k in gaming. So no, its really not worth upgrading if you are only gaming.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

There is little to no performance gain going from a 7700k to a 8700k gaming. Keep your 7700k.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_8700K/18.html

Even going to a 9900k, there is a 4% difference between the 7700k. The extra threads dont matter for gaming.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i9_9900K/19.html

 

[mdd1963]

As long as it is just gaming (with no streaming workloads), the 7700K is still quite adequate/good/relevant, and in fact,, still out frames almost all Ryzens in the vast majority of games....
(The TechPowerup link comparison above used a 1080Ti, a still fine GPU, but, naturally there might be a bigger disparity in CPU scaling with the very best GPU, i.e.., a 2080Ti...)

Here is another cross section of gaming results comapring different CPUs, but, using a 2080Ti...(shows still very good results with stock on OC'd 7700K), but shows up to 35-36% improvement in some games' (FarCry at 1080P) average frame rates comparing stock 7700K to stock 9900K, and the difference shrinks to 29% when both CPUs are overclocked

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rOVfeujof4&t=458s

 

[xlamenation]

thanks everyone you have all been a big help

 

[feelinfroggy777]

As long as it is just gaming (with no streaming workloads), the 7700K is still quite adequate/good/relevant, and in fact,, still out frames almost all Ryzens in the vast majority of games....
(The TechPowerup link comparison above used a 1080Ti, a still fine GPU, but, naturally there might be a bigger disparity in CPU scaling with the very best GPU, i.e.., a 2080Ti...)

Here is another cross section of gaming results comapring different CPUs, but, using a 2080Ti...(shows still very good results with stock on OC'd 7700K), but shows up to 35-36% improvement in some games' (FarCry at 1080P) average frame rates comparing stock 7700K to stock 9900K, and the difference shrinks to 29% when both CPUs are overclocked

Key word there, "some games". A bottleneck will depend on the application it is running. On one application, the CPU may be the bottleneck, on another application, it may be the GPU. This is why we look at "most games" instead of one game.