Will an i5 4670 non-k bottleneck a titan x?

[Villentretenmirth]

and if it will, what cpu should i use?

Your thoughts are very much appreciated

 

[Ecky]

"It depends".

You can set up situations where either will bottleneck the other - e.g. 4K gaming with high levels of AA, you can bring the Titan X down below 30fps in most titles, which is far less than the i5 is capable of, causing the GPU to be the bottleneck. Alternatively, you could run 1080P @ 120hz and the Titan will almost certainly not hit the framerates it could have with a faster CPU.

If spending $1000+ on a video card, I wouldn't recommend a sub-$200 CPU, but the i5 is no slouch. I think an i7 4790K or (better) an i7 6700K would be a better match for that GPU.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What software and, resolution, and refresh rate do you expect to use?

 

[sizzling]

Agree with above, intended use is needed. Also why not a 980Ti?

 

[CTurbo]

That i5 will not bottleneck a Titan X in gaming.

 

[Ecky]

That i5 will not bottleneck a Titan X in gaming.

Except when it does:

Most of the time, an i5 4670 will not bottleneck a Titan X. Sometimes it will.

It's hard to justify not spending an extra $100 to get 50% higher framerates in some cases, when the GPU alone is around $1000.

 

[CTurbo]

Haha there will ALWAYS be exceptions when dealing with PC parts. Officially, every PC in the world has a bottleneck somewhere.

 

[Ecky]

Sure, but if spending $1,000 on a video card, why not spend an extra $100 on a CPU? Doesn't make any sense.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

When the OP tells us their plans we can answer more certainly.

I agree that the locked i5/Titan X is a somewhat unbalanced combination. Maybe they won the Titan X in a raffle.

 

[Villentretenmirth]

What software and, resolution, and refresh rate do you expect to use?

Honestly, i just want to run the witcher 3 ar a stable 60 fps on ultra at 1080p

 

[Villentretenmirth]

Sure, but if spending $1,000 on a video card, why not spend an extra $100 on a CPU? Doesn't make any sense.

I actually posted this question to find out if I absolutely must upgrade my CPU. If the titan won't bottleneck my i5, then i stand to save some money. If it will, then i guess i'm gonna have to upgrade.

 

[Villentretenmirth]

When the OP tells us their plans we can answer more certainly.

I agree that the locked i5/Titan X is a somewhat unbalanced combination. Maybe they won the Titan X in a raffle.

Don't have one yet, just planning to buy one. I want the upgrade so I can run the witcher 3 at a stable 60fps.

 

[Ecky]

GameGPU's benchmarks show that the Witcher 3 is really light on CPUs:

 

[DonkeyOatie]

OK. You do not need a Titan X for that. A much cheaper GTX 980ti is still overkill and a good overclocked GTX 980 will do the job. I might point out that every card drops below 60FPS at times during play, on any CPU.

You would need SLI 980s to avoid that.

Read this : http://wccftech.com/witcher-3-gtx-970980titan-r9-290290x-benchmark-framerate-tests/