Will gtx 1080 become cpu bottlenecked?

[Revine20]

Will the i5 6600 non k verison bottleneck a gtx1080?

May be a stupid question but it is more powerful than a titan x

 

[kasol kay]

Probably the case, I frequently reach High CPU usage percentages on some games with a R9 280X and an i5 4690K, not enough threads I assume.

 

[Ecky]

All CPUs bottleneck all video cards, to some degree and at some times. If your 6600K can provide you the framerates you want in the games you play, moving from a 970 to a 1080 (for example) will let you run those games at higher graphical settings without framerate loss.

 

[flymolo]

According to this benchmark CPU can limit the framerate of GTX 1080 up to ~400%. LOL.
Im quite suprised.
Although i5-6600 is not listed, there is significant difference between: i7-6700K and i5-4690K.
Can anyone comment this ?

http://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html

 

[Saestear]

Heh...define bottlenecking 😀. If bottlenecking means you won't be getting 200 fps on a 1080p 60Hz screen, than that's not bottlenecking, that's just waste 😀 If you are going to be playing in something like 4K or surround, than bottlenecking might be an issue, but I wouldn't worry about that too much otherwise. But of course, the CPU is slower than the GPU, but as stated in previous posts, all gpus wil be bottlencked 😉

 

[flymolo]

Heh...define bottlenecking 😀. If bottlenecking means you won't be getting 200 fps on a 1080p 60Hz screen, than that's not bottlenecking, that's just waste 😀 If you are going to be playing in something like 4K or surround, than bottlenecking might be an issue, but I wouldn't worry about that too much otherwise. But of course, the CPU is slower than the GPU, but as stated in previous posts, all gpus wil be bottlencked 😉

Thanks for reply.
This might be important if someone uses 144Hz/G-sync Monitor.
Is resolution also a factor? or GPU just starts to starve at some framerate?

 

[Ecky]

Thanks for reply.
This might be important if someone uses 144Hz/G-sync Monitor.
Is resolution also a factor? or GPU just starts to starve at some framerate?

The GPU just starts to starve at a certain framerate. Once it's starved, you can increase graphical settings (such as resolution) for no negative impact on framerate, until you reach the GPU's limits.