Minimum CPU for GTX 970 without bottleneck

[Inet]

What Intel processor should I buy to support the GTX 970, to play The Witcher 3 or BF4 at a minimum of 40 fraps and without OC the CPU?

 

[lcp1109]

i5 4400

 

[sizzling]

Agree, any of the latest i5's

 

[Inet]

Can it handle 1080Pi (1920x1080)?

 

[lcp1109]

y

 

[Inet]

Are you sure? I've seen vídeos of assassin's creed unity, where players use an I5 4590K and only get 50 fraps. And the Witcher is even more demanding!

 

[lcp1109]

probably not CPU's fault:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8738/benchmarked-assassins-creed-unity/2

he switcher 3? Cant say much about it, but the recommended intel CPU is the i7 3770, which have similar gaming performance of an i5 4690, so it will be hard for a i5 haswell to struggle at this game.

 

[Sturmgewehr_44]

The performance for Witcher 3 is unknown as of now.

It is CD Projekt Red, so it will be great and greatly optimised. I'm psyched.

"Bottlenecking". I swear, that is the most overused term when talking about CPUs. It appears everywhere. It's almost like Godwin's Law, except for CPUs.

Barely any fairly modern CPU will bottleneck a 970. PCIE 2.0 will not bottleneck it, i3 will not bottleneck it, even Pentium in some cases will not.

You could go with literally any Intel CPU.

I suggest a 4790k. Witcher 3 will probably have some support for Hyperthreading at the least. Besides, the thing's a tank: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-4790K-Processor-Cache-BX80646I74790K/dp/B00KPRWAX8

 

[Sturmgewehr_44]

Are you sure? I've seen vídeos of assassin's creed unity, where players use an I5 4590K and only get 50 fraps. And the Witcher is even more demanding!

Probably not. Unity was not optimised. It was literally a direct console copypasta.

Witcher 3 will likely kick ass and be optimised as all hell.