Will the i7 3770k be sufficient to run the gtx 1070 without bottlenecking it?

[Ricky_21]

Is the intel i7 3770k be sufficient to run the gtx 1070 without bottle necking it? I had 16gb ram as well.

 

[AUnlikelyPotatoe]

Yes, no single card setup can be bottlenecked by a i7 3770k

 

[JackNaylorPE]

There have been no significant speed bumps with CPUs since Sandy bridge and anything from a 2500k to 6700k will have little impact on gaming. That being said, the advances in GPus have been rather impressive .... so much so that we now appear to be seeing SLI scaling as being limited by CPU Power.

At 4k, the impact of adding a 2nd card remains a worthy consideration.... but at 1080p and 1440p, adding that 2nd card has a lesser impact with the 10xx series, something we haven't seen before and it seems likely that CPU limitations may be at least partially to blame.

Something is still limiting SLI scaling....and something is limiting single card performance. As we can see below, a faster GFX card brings more to the table at higher resolutions where GFX is the primary limiter of performance

The 1080 is 22% faster than the 1070 at 4k
The 1080 is 21% faster than the 1070 at 1440p
The 1080 is 18% faster than the 1070 at 1080p

That's with a 6700k. With a lesser processor, I would expect that spread to be a bit larger but by no means a "holy crap" moment. I mean if you are getting 80+ fps in Witcher 3 or 130 fps in BF4 @ 1080p, are you really gong to be all that upset if it drops to 75 / 120 ? The CPU / GPU combination will still provide more than satisfactory performance at any resolution

 

[STbob]

There have been no significant speed bumps with CPUs since Sandy bridge and anything from a 2500k to 6700k will have little impact on gaming. That being said, the advances in GPus have been rather impressive .... so much so that we now appear to be seeing SLI scaling as being limited by CPU Power.

At 4k, the impact of adding a 2nd card remains a worthy consideration.... but at 1080p and 1440p, adding that 2nd card has a lesser impact with the 10xx series, something we haven't seen before and it seems likely that CPU limitations may be at least partially to blame.

Something is still limiting SLI scaling....and something is limiting single card performance. As we can see below, a faster GFX card brings more to the table at higher resolutions where GFX is the primary limiter of performance

The 1080 is 22% faster than the 1070 at 4k
The 1080 is 21% faster than the 1070 at 1440p
The 1080 is 18% faster than the 1070 at 1080p

That's with a 6700k. With a lesser processor, I would expect that spread to be a bit larger but by no means a "holy crap" moment. I mean if you are getting 80+ fps in Witcher 3 or 130 fps in BF4 @ 1080p, are you really gong to be all that upset if it drops to 75 / 120 ? The CPU / GPU combination will still provide more than satisfactory performance at any resolution

Finally someone with a sense of what is needed.

I see so many people getting a new MB/CPU/RAM to move from a Sandy or IVY to a skylake yet they have a gtx 950 video card. They would be 100 percent better off keeping the old intel quad and getting a gtx 1070. Same amout of money but the new video card will give you a 300 percent increase in gaming speed while a new cpu/mb/ram will maybe get you 10 percent.

Max out the video card before even thinking of going to a new cpu/ram/mb. Any intel quad is going to be fine.

 

[munchy22]

Is the intel i7 3770k be sufficient to run the gtx 1070 without bottle necking it? I had 16gb ram as well.

thers a video showing you here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLLkQZPTSxc

 

[Malachai80]

I have exactly this combination:
i7 3770k @4,3 GHz turbo OC
Crucial Ballistix 16 GB 1866MHz RAM
MSI MPOWER Z77
EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

I tracked the systems data wit MSI Afterburner while playing the open beta of Battlefield 1
Threads 1+2 around 90% usage
Threads 3+4 around 80% usage
Threadas 5-8 between 70% and 80% usage

I also overclocked the 1070 by 88 MHz core clock and 47 MHz memory clock, which was around 99-100% usage

See my crapy phone-with-flash screenshot I sent a friend (because of reaching 2000 Mhz with the 1070). Don't mind Battlelog, I played on the second screen with around 80-90 fps.

So without overclocking the CPU it's usage would increase to probably 100% and bottlenecking the card but I don't think, that it would be noticeable.

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4478/th2iysit_jpg.htm

 

[RAJOD]

I have exactly this combination:
i7 3770k @4,3 GHz turbo OC
Crucial Ballistix 16 GB 1866MHz RAM
MSI MPOWER Z77
EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

I tracked the systems data wit MSI Afterburner while playing the open beta of Battlefield 1
Threads 1+2 around 90% usage
Threads 3+4 around 80% usage
Threadas 5-8 between 70% and 80% usage

I also overclocked the 1070 by 88 MHz core clock and 47 MHz memory clock, which was around 99-100% usage

See my crapy phone-with-flash screenshot I sent a friend (because of reaching 2000 Mhz with the 1070). Don't mind Battlelog, I played on the second screen with around 80-90 fps.

So without overclocking the CPU it's usage would increase to probably 100% and bottlenecking the card but I don't think, that it would be noticeable.

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4478/th2iysit_jpg.htm

You don't need to even overclock a 3770k and it will play all the games fine. Why did you not run Battlefield at stock clocks vs overclock for him? You have the gear he has. Why assume it would go to 100 percent when you could just test it. I doubt it would.

Short answer is: Keep the 3770k buy gtx1070 and don't over think this simple question. Just do it.

 

[krzyimprt]

I have exactly this combination:
i7 3770k @4,3 GHz turbo OC
Crucial Ballistix 16 GB 1866MHz RAM
MSI MPOWER Z77
EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

I tracked the systems data wit MSI Afterburner while playing the open beta of Battlefield 1
Threads 1+2 around 90% usage
Threads 3+4 around 80% usage
Threadas 5-8 between 70% and 80% usage

I also overclocked the 1070 by 88 MHz core clock and 47 MHz memory clock, which was around 99-100% usage

See my crapy phone-with-flash screenshot I sent a friend (because of reaching 2000 Mhz with the 1070). Don't mind Battlelog, I played on the second screen with around 80-90 fps.

So without overclocking the CPU it's usage would increase to probably 100% and bottlenecking the card but I don't think, that it would be noticeable.

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4478/th2iysit_jpg.htm

You don't need to even overclock a 3770k and it will play all the games fine. Why did you not run Battlefield at stock clocks vs overclock for him? You have the gear he has. Why assume it would go to 100 percent when you could just test it. I doubt it would.

Short answer is: Keep the 3770k buy gtx1070 and don't over think this simple question. Just do it.

I overclock using a voltage offset to still take advantage of intel speed stepping. In gaming it's pegged at 4.5GHz. So theoretically it should last longer as opposed to having a constant 1.3v+ going to the chip 24/7. 😛