Question Will an RTX 2070 be bottlenecked by i5-6500?

[BURTMACKLINFBI]

I want to upgrade to a 2070 so I can play in 1440p but I'd hate to spend all that money on an expensive GPU and new monitor just to have to upgrade my processor as well. What are your thoughts?

 

[taeioum]

What is your current graphics card and what is your current resolution? 1440P is nice, but over 1080P is not actually worth buying a new graphics card for. Your CPU should be able to handle 1440P fine in my opinion, that partially depends on what memory you're using. Keep in mind that you'll have to replace your motherboard as well when upgrading your CPU.

 

[Barty1884]

Depends on the specific games in question.

In particularly CPU intensive titles, the quad-core nature of the 6500 will likely hold back the 2070 a little bit.
For the most part though, 1440p higher settings, you should have a pretty good experience.

 

[SgtScream]

If you want to play high refresh rate 1440p via triple A title games, they will be demanding on the processor. If you only expect to get a little over 60 fps and don't care out high refresh rate gaming then you'd be better off pairing a RTX 2060 to get the same performance output. What refresh rate is your 1440p monitor?

 

[BURTMACKLINFBI]

If you want to play high refresh rate 1440p via triple A title games, they will be demanding on the processor. If you only expect to get a little over 60 fps and don't care out high refresh rate gaming then you'd be better off pairing a RTX 2060 to get the same performance output. What refresh rate is your 1440p monitor?

It will be just 60hz

 

[SgtScream]

If I were in your shoes, i'd purchase a used 1080 on eBay. That system isn't really worth spending that much on an upgrade. Get something used to tide you over for when a full platform upgrade is necessary. I almost think it is already for modern triple A titles. The 1080 should give a solid 60 - 80 fps on high detail, with a little bit of FPS overhead for future titles.

 

[BURTMACKLINFBI]

Depends on the specific games in question.

In particularly CPU intensive titles, the quad-core nature of the 6500 will likely hold back the 2070 a little bit.
For the most part though, 1440p higher settings, you should have a pretty good experience.

Alright. Will most likely pick it up then start looking for a CPU upgrade most likely the i5-9600k.