Question Will a 1070ti Strix, bottleneck an i5 6400?

[Ziter]

Hi, just ordered my 1070ti strix. I have a ”pretty” old cpu to be compared with the gpu. I have seen mixed opinions about it and i want an answer from someone who owns this specs or atleast knows the answer.

Thanks!

 

[WildCard999]

It really comes down to the game and resolution but at 1080P it may hold it back a bit so I'd go 1440P for the monitor. If you only have a 1080P monitor then utilize DSR, what this does is run the game at a higher resolution then scale it back to your native resolution. Doing this will better utilize the GPU and should look better then some AA options.

DSR is activated in the Nvidia Control Panel, I think under 3D settings (its been awhile). Start at 2X DSR then you'll see the option for a higher resolution in the game.

 

[bignastyid]

For gaming it will depend on the game. In many newer games that quad core will limit what a 1070ti is capable of.

 

[Ziter]

Thanks for the quick replies, i will try out the DSR method asap. I usually do gaming at 1080p 144hz, since i started to play shadow of the tomb raider i wanted some solid graphics. I will upgrade my cpu to a i7 9700k when i can afford it.

 

[bignastyid]

Thanks for the quick replies, i will try out the DSR method asap. I usually do gaming at 1080p 144hz, since i started to play shadow of the tomb raider i wanted some solid graphics. I will upgrade my cpu to a i7 9700k when i can afford it.

Just in case you didn't already know the 9700k will also require a motherboard upgrade.

 

[fry178]

crank up some ingame settings first, before using dsr. a game at 4k with low res texture still looks crappy.

 

[WildCard999]

Thanks for the quick replies, i will try out the DSR method asap. I usually do gaming at 1080p 144hz, since i started to play shadow of the tomb raider i wanted some solid graphics. I will upgrade my cpu to a i7 9700k when i can afford it.

Price to performance you'd be better off with the Ryzen 3600/B450 motherboard.