Will Intel i7-3770K bottleneck a GTX 1070 Ti using 1440p/1080p Monitor and/or Steam Link on a 2160p TV?

[RendCycle]

Hi there! I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card to a GTX 1070 Ti and alongside that, get a Monitor with 1440p resolution. My question is, would that be enough to avoid any bottlenecks for the new GPU? My current Desktop PC setup is as follows:

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.5 GHz (Overclocked to 4.3 GHz)
CPU Air Cooler: Cryorig H7
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Memory RAM: 16GB G.Skill Sniper 1600 MHz CL9
Main Hard Drive: Samsung EVO 850 500GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GHz OC Edition
PSU: Seasonic M12II-750 Bronze 750W
Monitor: LG LED IPS Monitor 1920 x 1080 Resolution 60Hz

I would prefer still using my existing monitor if that would sufficiently work with the GTX 1070 Ti. If not, I can upgrade that to a new one having higher resolution of at least 1440p.

Another option I am considering is to just acquire a lower graphics card like the GTX 1070 or maybe an AMD Vega 56 or 64 so I might still be able to use my monitor. But hopefully the GPU model should not go lower than that.

Will appreciate any recommendation. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Another thing I'm considering which I forgot to mention is that I plan to play through Steam Link from time-to-time and use an LG B6P OLED UHD TV (3840 x 2160 resolution). The streaming game will pass through Ethernet cable. That means the graphics card I am looking for should hopefully at least provide a decent FPS in that as well.

 

[dudeman509]

Depends on the game. 1440p will shift more of the "bottleneck" or demand from the CPU to GPU as holding you back in FPS.

For most games, no - the 3770k can easily provide 60 FPS in 1080p games. Especially with the overclock on it. Games that use engines like the most recent Battlefield, however, do push 4-core CPUs quite hard.

At 1080p, you'd be fine with a 1060 6 GB or a 1070. 1070 will be a little more future-proof. Heck, my 970's still holding its own, but games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider make it cry in full detail.

 

[RendCycle]

Depends on the game. 1440p will shift more of the "bottleneck" or demand from the CPU to GPU as holding you back in FPS.

For most games, no - the 3770k can easily provide 60 FPS in 1080p games. Especially with the overclock on it. Games that use engines like the most recent Battlefield, however, do push 4-core CPUs quite hard.

At 1080p, you'd be fine with a 1060 6 GB or a 1070. 1070 will be a little more future-proof. Heck, my 970's still holding its own, but games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider make it cry in full detail.

Thanks for answering!

By the way, the games I play is kinda mixed and initially most are 2D Indies. But right now I'm getting into some 3D games like: The Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, Fallout 4, Doom, Subnautica, and Mortal Kombat XL.

Another thing I'm considering which I forgot to mention is that I plan to play through Steam Link from time-to-time and use an LG B6P OLED UHD TV (3840 x 2160 resolution). The streaming game will pass through Ethernet cable. That means the graphics card I am looking for should hopefully at least provide a decent FPS in that as well.

 

[RendCycle]

I've made some more research about my Steam Link hardware and as it is, it can only support up to 1920 x 1080 resolution. That means it would probably upscale (if PC is using Full HD) or downscale (if PC is using higher res. like 2K, 4K, or higher) the resolution when it passes the stream to the TV. That means I am stuck with gaming on a Full HD as the max. resolution for the LG TV.

Thus, I'm just planning to get the card that is ideal for an Ultrawide or Full HD resolution and bypass the pricey 1440p for now. Down the road, my next upgrade will be my aging 23" 60Hz FHD monitor and I'm considering turning it into a 27" 144Hz Ultrawide / FHD. If I am lucky, targeting to have a card that will hopefully help me reach an FPS ranging from 70 to 100+ for most games. Looking at the AMD Radeon RX 590 so I can go the FreeSync route but will have to do some more research if it is suitable for my next monitor.