i7 3770 & 1080ti

[vinylpusher]

Hello,

I currently have a i7 3770 and RX480 8gb.

I have a 4K display. If I was to buy a 1080ti would my CPU bottleneck or would I be able to game comfortably.

I will only be gaming at 60hz and at the moment can do so in 1440p with 1 or 2 settings turned down but mainly high.

I do want to upgrade the whole system but if I can get away with just sticking a 1080ti in the why not save the money for a little while ?

Thanks

 

[sizzling]

For 60 Hz/FPS you should be good, you might get slight drops under 60 fps in really cpu heavy games

 

[velocityg4]

4K does not increase CPU demand. The CPU just does all the calculations then tells the GPU what to render. The CPU calculations for one frame is approximately the same at 2K as 4K. While the GPU has much more work to perform to render a frame at 4K than it does at 2K.

On average. I would expect that whatever FPS you get at 1920x1080 with your i7-3770 and RX 480. You will get at 4k with your i7-3770 and a GTX 1080 Ti.

Look at the blue results for 1920x1080 on the Rx 480 and Green results for 4K on the GTX 1080 Ti.
http://www.pcgamer.com/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review/

Since you currently game at 1440p. You should see a FPS increase at 4K with the GTX 1080 Ti. There are some games you wont be able to hit 60 FPS with that CPU. Not many but there are a few. That isn't really a bottleneck for the GPU though. There are some games you'll simply never hit 60 FPS with that CPU. No matter which GPU, resolution or detail setting you use.

Since the price to performance ratio for a GTX 1080 Ti scales well with respect to other current models. If you can afford it. I'd buy it. You can always save up for a new CPU this year if your CPU doesn't meet expectations in all games. If you happen to need a new CPU to hit 60 FPS in the games you play. That fact wouldn't change.

 

[vinylpusher]

Great thanks guys. Yeah I get 60fps with most games I play at 1080p and 1440p.

Think I’ll get the GFX card and then Upgrade everything else when it gets to almost every game dropping frames continuously. I can cope with a drop here and there, after all I did build the machine 4 years ago.