Will my computer bottleneck the gtx 1080? Will it even Handle it ?

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Hi
I want to upgrade my gtx 960 to the new gtx 1080 but I don't know if my system will have problems with it...
Here's my specs:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4gb

8gb ram

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit

Motherboard: gigabyte h81m-d2v

BTW I'm using a 1920x1080 monitor

Will I have to change some of my hardware? And what will I have to change?
 
Solution
My cpu is a generation behind yours and about 10% slower clock-for-clock. I do have a middling overclock which puts me a bit ahead of you. I'm hitting the same frame rates in games at 1440p that I'm seeing from benches at review sites with much higher end CPUs. I'm very confident in saying you'll not notice the few frames you might lose on a 1070 at 1080p.

Save what you'd spend on the cpu for a whole new cpu/mobo/ram in another year or two.


I know their video channels, they are very good.

The fact that they are content creators who get sponsors doesn't mean they are more knowledgeable.
 


No of course not. But does that make someone smarter, having a certain piece of technology?

Not following your logic.
 
50 % faster than the 1080 f.e as the specs are leaking i'm pretty sure it has 16 gigs of vram as the line has been going the titan black 6 gigs vram the titan z dual gpus 12 gigs of vram , the titan x 12 single gpu 12 as well and now the titan p 16 gigs vram
 
Sshortguy, you baffle me. This thread should have been solved a little while ago, and I'm sure OP doesn't like hearing people argue.

Get the 1080, OP, that's all there is to it, while you may see frame-rates that are less than something like the 4790k or 6700k, it won't bottleneck. This is so simple it's not even funny, just get this thread done and over with.