Ryzen and Gtx 1080 bottleneck

[olle.urbom]

Will a gtx 1080 bottleneck my Ryzen 1500x?

 

[Zerk2012]

No and yes.
If your running a 4K monitor then the video card will be the problem.

I love the bottleneck questions they should delete that word from all languages.

 

[guanyu210379]

Bottleneck? no.
Just one thought tho'. I would take 1600 rather than 1500x. YOu will get 50% more cores for only a tiny wee bit more money.

 

[geofelt]

There is no such thing as "bottlenecking"
If, by that, you mean that upgrading a cpu or graphics card can
somehow lower your performance or FPS.
A better term might be limiting factor.
That is where adding more cpu or gpu becomes increasingly
less effective.

What you are asking is if the GTX1080 and ryzen 1500x are a reasonable combo.

Without knowing what games you will run, I would guess that you are good.
you have 4 cores and 8 threads. Most games will use only 2-3 threads. Multiplayer will use more.

The 1500x can be overclocked, perhaps to the 3.8 level.
It seems that all ryzen can be overclocked to about the same level.
If you are running cpu limited games like sims, strategy and mmo, that should be adequate.
Supposedly newer, stronger ryzen processors are due out in April; that is why you see some current price drops.

FWIW:
I am not a fan of ryzen for gaming where the stronger Intel cores seem to do better.