Will my PC bottleneck? GTX 1070 & 1080

[Danspire]

Hey!

I am super hyped for the release of NVIDIA's latest GPU's the 1070 and 1080. I'm thinking of upgrading however, Im not sure if my current setup would affect the performance and potentially prevent the full power of these GPU's. My current system specs are as follows:

Intel Core i5-6500 3.2gHz (Not OC)
Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb RAM (2 x 8gb)
MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Just to clarify : Should I purchase the 1070 or 1080, and would my setup be limiting the GPU's performance anywhere?

Notes: I'm running a 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor. I'd like to play most games at around a solid 120fps.

 

[Mathsnerds]

I doubt it would bottleneck it, although keep in mind (i know from personal experience) that a better GPU isnt always the answer. Do some extra research to see which games use more GPU power vs CPU power. If most of the games you want require high CPU power rather than GPU power just upgrade and keep your current GPU. I would say buy the 1080 as it has higher benefits for an extra MSRP of about $150 USD. GTX 1080 has GDDR5X meaning the VRAM is better, all be it slightly faster than standard GDDR5 VRAM. Keep in mind the 1070 is still about 2-4x faster than the TITAN X (based off NVIDIAs live stream). This means that you could go for the 1070 also if you dont really need the VRAM advantage. The main thing that VRAM helps with is textures and higher res ones at that. Remember that the 1070 still has 8GB of GDDR5 vram so you should be set for this generations games.

Also, you should consider waiting till the 10 series comes out and grab a 980 or 980 ti for cheaper as the price SHOULD go down. Knowing NVIDIA it wont by much but remember that before you snag a 1080 or 1070.

 

[beni_rohit]

Hey
First and foremost
None of this hardware will be of any advantage to you
You'd be surprised to know what the bottleneck in your system is
Not the CPU ot the GPU
It's the monitor!!

You're running a 60hz monitor
Which can only display 60 frames
You want to run games at 120 fps
Whereas the system you have abd the GPU you're planning to get are going to be overkill for 1080p
There's no point in spending on the GPU when all you have is a 60hz monitor

The first thing you need to upgrade is your monitor

 

[Mathsnerds]

Hey
First and foremost
None of this hardware will be of any advantage to you
You'd be surprised to know what the bottleneck in your system is
Not the CPU ot the GPU
It's the monitor!!

You're running a 60hz monitor
Which can only display 60 frames
You want to run games at 120 fps
Whereas the system you have abd the GPU you're planning to get are going to be overkill for 1080p
There's no point in spending on the GPU when all you have is a 60hz monitor

The first thing you need to upgrade is your monitor

He knows that, but he would be more comfortable running games on 120fps for the extra headroom just to feel safe.

 

[beni_rohit]

Hey
First and foremost
None of this hardware will be of any advantage to you
You'd be surprised to know what the bottleneck in your system is
Not the CPU ot the GPU
It's the monitor!!

You're running a 60hz monitor
Which can only display 60 frames
You want to run games at 120 fps
Whereas the system you have abd the GPU you're planning to get are going to be overkill for 1080p
There's no point in spending on the GPU when all you have is a 60hz monitor

The first thing you need to upgrade is your monitor

He knows that, but he would be more comfortable running games on 120fps for the extra headroom just to feel safe.

And how is that 60fps headroom relevant when his monitor cannot display the frames
buying 1070/80 is overkill even for a 144Hz 1080p monitor let alone a 60Hz monitor

 

[gamertaboo]

To play most games at 1080p 120fps, even though you have a 60Hz monitor and nothing over 60fps matters, you would do well to upgrade to at least the GTX 1070. The 1080 is great and all but the 1070 is pretty close for a few hundred less. The i5 6500 is really more of an entry level i5, which would be better paired with entry level GPU's like a GTX 1060 or RX 480. It could very well bottleneck a 1070 or 1080 in some games.

As a side note, in MOST games, which I would categorize as most triple A games, you need more GPU power than CPU, not sure why anyone would think otherwise. Most games rely on graphic's power. MMO's and onlines games require more CPU than GPU sometimes, but even some of the online games like MMOFPS games, CoD, Battlefront, Star Wars battlefront, etc, require both a good CPU and GPU.

 

[gtxplayer]

There are people with older i5 4000 series with no issues with GTX1070.

 

[jordi_16]

There are people with older i5 4000 series with no issues with GTX1070.

I am experiencing some bottleneck in hard CPU-demanding games, for example Battlefield 4, bear in mind that I am using an i5 4440, that means that or I don't know how to configure it all to have no issues or that that concrete CPU is not powerful enough for the video card.
Cheers