Will my i5-4690k bottleneck the GTX 1070?

[Grogar123]

I plan on playing only at 1080p since my monitors resolution can only go that high. Will my cpu bottleneck?

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

If you are running at 60Hz, no. If you are running at 144Hz, it may bottleneck a bit in CPU heavy games like Battlefield 4 and GTA 5, but it will only cause dips to 90 ish fps, nothing major.

 

[PatrioticPickle]

There will be no bottlenecking of the GPU with that i5. A 4690k can handle pretty much any GPU with no bottlenecking due to its solid 4 cores. An i3 would bottleneck it though due to its 2 cores.

 

[Cxrter]

I have just a normal 4690 not the 4690k will that still be ok with a gtx 1070?

 

[ZippyPeanut]

I have just a normal 4690 not the 4690k will that still be ok with a gtx 1070?

No.

I mean yes--the non-k 4690 will be OK with the 1070. The 4690 will not bottleneck the 1070. In fact, old top-line Sandy Bridges will not bottleneck the 1070.

 

[Cxrter]

are you sure because im thinking of getting this and i dont want this to bottleneck...

And thanks for the help 😀

 

[PatrioticPickle]

are you sure because im thinking of getting this and i dont want this to bottleneck...

And thanks for the help 😀

Yes, the 4690 is exactly the same as the 4690k its just the K can be overclocked. An i5 can handle any GPU

 

[Mercian]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

 

[PatrioticPickle]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

I doubt that, how so?

What frame rate and what settings are you on?

 

[Mercian]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

I doubt that, how so?

What frame rate and what settings are you on?

Ultra settings at 1080p with framerate limited to 59 fps. In the heavily urbanized areas it drops to low 40s fps and nothing I do with the gpu's settings resolves this, therefore I guess it is a cpu problem.

 

[Cxrter]

are you sure because im thinking of getting this and i dont want this to bottleneck...

And thanks for the help 😀

Yes, the 4690 is exactly the same as the 4690k its just the K can be overclocked. An i5 can handle any GPU

Ok thanks for the help

 

[starscream27]

1070 would be an overkill for 1080p in my opinion

 

[SeraphxWings]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

I doubt that, how so?

What frame rate and what settings are you on?

Ultra settings at 1080p with framerate limited to 59 fps. In the heavily urbanized areas it drops to low 40s fps and nothing I do with the gpu's settings resolves this, therefore I guess it is a cpu problem.

The frame drops in urban areas is actually a shadow optimization problem Google it and you can manually alter the config. Once I did I get 55fps min in city with everything ultra on 4690k w/ gtx 970 ssc

 

[PatrioticPickle]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

I doubt that, how so?

What frame rate and what settings are you on?

Ultra settings at 1080p with framerate limited to 59 fps. In the heavily urbanized areas it drops to low 40s fps and nothing I do with the gpu's settings resolves this, therefore I guess it is a cpu problem.

The frame drops in urban areas is actually a shadow optimization problem Google it and you can manually alter the config. Once I did I get 55fps min in city with everything ultra on 4690k w/ gtx 970 ssc

yep, fallout 4 is actually a pretty poorly optimised game.

 

[nikoli707]

no, you can handle sli 1080s no problem.

 

[Mercian]

My lesser 4460 bottlenecks my GTX 970 in Fallout 4.

I doubt that, how so?

What frame rate and what settings are you on?

Ultra settings at 1080p with framerate limited to 59 fps. In the heavily urbanized areas it drops to low 40s fps and nothing I do with the gpu's settings resolves this, therefore I guess it is a cpu problem.

The frame drops in urban areas is actually a shadow optimization problem Google it and you can manually alter the config. Once I did I get 55fps min in city with everything ultra on 4690k w/ gtx 970 ssc

Thanks, that worked perfectly. Turned shadows from 4096 to 512 and I can't tell the difference in quality but get a good boost to fps.