Will intel i7 980x bottleneck GTX 1080 ?

[saif magdob]

My PC Specs:

CPU: i7 - 980X
RAM: 16Gb
MoBo: Asus Rampage III Extreme
GPU: Asus GTX680
PSU: 1200 Watt

Is my 980x still good enough for 1440p gaming

 

[Makentox]

its all depends on type of games u play.
MMO/Multiplayer FPS have higher cpu usage. Games such as Witcher 3, Rise TR, Fallout 4 (often singleplayer games) are more GPU demanding.
Not 100% precise, but its what ive seen from my own gaming experience.

 

[Eximo]

I would say yes, single thread performance is a little low compared to recent CPUs, but the multi thread performance is still there. Really depends on the game.

Even though there will probably be a little bottlenecking you are still adding a lot of GPU performance to the system by upgrading. You should be able to max out the eye candy on pretty much anything at QHD.

 

[itsVance]

I have a 660 with a 980x and running Star Citizen, the 980x hits 85% - 90% on all cores when the 660 caps out. I would say a 1080 is probably exactly what you need to run with a 980x depending on the software you are running. Different programs are optimized for different hardware differently.