Will an i5 4460 and ASUS GTX 1060 6 GB Bottleneck

[MarielRino]

I'm buying ASUS GTX 1060 OC 6GB edition this christmas and I want to play PUBG at 1080P resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate and high to ultra settings. I'm just concerned with my CPU atleast.

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Yes by around 10 to 15%

 

[MarielRino]

Yes by around 10 to 15%

How would this affect the fps of the game?

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Yes by around 10 to 15%

How would this affect the fps of the game?

When you are bottlenecking a GPU what happens is your CPU can only utilize a certain percentage of what the GPU is able to process not everything there. so you are running what is basically 85 to 90% of a Gtx 1060. This will result in lower possible framerates at given settings than if you were not bottlnecking the system but it will not cause any change to your current frames. you will not see frames drop by 10% rather you are able to get only 90% of the theoretical maximum. So getting anew more powerful CPU will improve frames.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Regardless of the PC system you have, you cannot achieve 144fps on PUBG on max settings at 1080p. PUBG is a very good game but it is very poorly optimized. I run 1080ti in sli and I still have frame drops. The good new is the game is very popular and the optimization should improve moving forward.

With that being said, I would buy the GPU first, before I worried about the CPU. For gaming you want to spend you money on the GPU. After you get the GPU see how it plays, if you want more performance, then consider getting a new CPU. I would not upgrade the CPU before the GPU as the CPU is not as important as the GPU in gaming.

 

[MarielRino]

Yes by around 10 to 15%

How would this affect the fps of the game?

When you are bottlenecking a GPU what happens is your CPU can only utilize a certain percentage of what the GPU is able to process not everything there. so you are running what is basically 85 to 90% of a Gtx 1060. This will result in lower possible framerates at given settings than if you were not bottlnecking the system but it will not cause any change to your current frames. you will not see frames drop by 10% rather you are able to get only 90% of the theoretical maximum. So getting anew more powerful CPU will improve frames.

Thank you!