i5 4690k bottleneck question

[CROcodile20]

I`m looking forward to sell my GPU (GTX 970) and get the new Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming SOC card.
Just to be sure, will my i5 4690k (currently clocked @ 4,2 GHz) bottleneck IN ANY WAY the GTX 980 Ti G1 graphics card ?

I will mostly play GTA V, and thats the reason I`m asking this question. Sometimes I can see very high CPU usage during gameplay. Probably because my GPU (970) is having a hard time coping with maxed out settings in 1080p...

 

[clutchc]

I can't think of any reason it will bottleneck even the GTX 980 Ti. It's a top tier processor. What do you consider high CPU usage? I haven't noticed that with my i5-4690k and my R9-290X.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

The CPU will barely cope with the GTX 980 Ti in GTA V and will probably max out. Upgrading to an i7-4790k will help out a lot, but is not required. Try it out first and if you see bottlenecking, then turn down some settings, especially AA. In general, your overclocked i5 will not be a problem.

 

[Vici0us]

There's no reason to replace your CPU. By todays standards i5 4690K / 4670k / 3570K are best CPUs for gaming.

And no i5 4690K will NOT bottleneck a GTX 980 Ti.

Don't forget even on air with a cheap cooler like CM Hyper 212 EVO, you can squeeze around 4.3GHz out of it easily.

I compared my 4770K with 4670K and swapped out different GPUs like GTX 970, R9 290, R9 290X, GTX 780, GTX 980 and there was pretty much no difference.

i5 is for gaming, i7 is for gaming and everything else. I got an i7 because I do lots of video editing/rendering.

Even now i5 4690K beats the living crap out of AMD FX-8350.

 

[maddogfargo]

A high end i5, i7, FX 8 core will not bottleneck any single high end GPU in a modern, multithreaded game.

If you are going to crossfire or SLI, you need an i7 or FX 8 core, both with a quality motherboard to support the extra PCIe lanes and fast RAM. The i5 doesn't scale quite as well, but it's not far behind.

In a nutshell, no bottleneck with a single GPU, and only a slight bottleneck with multipls GPUs...but not enough to warrant a CPU upgrade.

 

[CROcodile20]

And when DX 12 comes out, together with dx12 coded games in 2016, I would not need anything stronger than a i5 4690k, right ?

 

[Swagrid]

The CPU will barely cope with the GTX 980 Ti in GTA V and will probably max out. Upgrading to an i7-4790k will help out a lot, but is not required. Try it out first and if you see bottlenecking, then turn down some settings, especially AA. In general, your overclocked i5 will not be a problem.

I am sorry but it appears your knowledge about CPU's within gaming is either limited or has been misunderstood. It will not bottleneck it at all, getting an i7 would literally not make much of a noticeable difference.

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

The CPU will barely cope with the GTX 980 Ti in GTA V and will probably max out. Upgrading to an i7-4790k will help out a lot, but is not required. Try it out first and if you see bottlenecking, then turn down some settings, especially AA. In general, your overclocked i5 will not be a problem.

I am sorry but it appears your knowledge about CPU's within gaming is either limited or has been misunderstood. It will not bottleneck it at all, getting an i7 would literally not make much of a noticeable difference.

My 980 non ti is bottlenecking in GTA 5 and BF4, he's right, my CPU usage is almost maxed while my GPU sits quite a bit under 100%.

 

[Swagrid]

The CPU will barely cope with the GTX 980 Ti in GTA V and will probably max out. Upgrading to an i7-4790k will help out a lot, but is not required. Try it out first and if you see bottlenecking, then turn down some settings, especially AA. In general, your overclocked i5 will not be a problem.

I am sorry but it appears your knowledge about CPU's within gaming is either limited or has been misunderstood. It will not bottleneck it at all, getting an i7 would literally not make much of a noticeable difference.

My 980 non ti is bottlenecking in GTA 5 and BF4, he's right, my CPU usage is almost maxed while my GPU sits quite a bit under 100%.

An i5 4690k can support SLI very well as well, even the i7 doesn't offer much greater/noticeable user experience. 980 is a very good card and later CPU's will be able to give its full potential maybe within a year or two.