Will my i5 4570 be a bottleneck to the GTX 1080?

[Mudig]

I'm thinking of getting a new graphics card. I currently have a GTX 970. However, if it means I have to change out all my other components then I'll reconsider.

 

[jtk2515]

The i5 4570 will bottleneck a 970 considering if you use physx in 1080p. But in normal operation going to 1440p with a 980ti or 1070 you should be fine. Really depends on the game and what you are going to offload to the cpu. That's a Open ended question.

 

[bishopi5]

CPU will hold up fine, its a great CPU for gaming, will power a 1080 nicely, just make sure you have a quality psu and your good to go

 

[photonboy]

jtk2525 was correct.

(though I didn't understand his PhysX point)

You can have a CPU bottleneck in some games, and not necessarily much of the game. It VARIES. What's important is you'll have a great experience, and even if you got 15% lower FPS than someone with a much more expensive CPU who cares?

So let's just say YES it can, but it's basically a non-issue.

There's no definite cut-off where it's pointless usually. A GTX1080 will be the bottleneck when paired with an i5-4570 almost all of the time, for most games. Exceptions include poorly coded games like F4, some MMO's due to lots of client calculations, Starcraft 2 due to the battle calculations etc.

(SC2 will usually be GPU bottlenecked then flip to a CPU bottleneck during heavy battles)

*So TWEAK the game settings for the best experience. That's always important unless you want VSYNC at 60FPS (60Hz monitor) and everything maxed never dips below 60FPS.

 

[jtk2515]

Setting like Hairworks where it really should be coded for the GPU to process is offloaded to the CPU unless you can get the Game to run with a dedicated GPU to Process the physx calculations. So you would need two GPU's.

 

[bishopi5]

its like 5% less powerful then a 4670k... it will be fine.