Would I Bottleneck?

[Tank36]

Hi! My friend wants to get a new GPU. He was thinking GTX 960 or so. He doesn't want to bottleneck though. What would be the recommended GPU?

His specs:

MOBO: Idk exactly, but its good'
PSU: Brand new, 500w
CPU: AMD Athlon 860K
8gb Ram

Thanks!

 

[Robert Cook]

there could be very minor cases in some of the most CPU bound games, but that should work pretty well.

 

[Tank36]

there could be very minor cases in some of the most CPU bound games, but that should work pretty well.

Are there any better options?

 

[dudeman509]

there could be very minor cases in some of the most CPU bound games, but that should work pretty well.

Are there any better options?

R9 380.

A 970/390 would be underutilized in that system.

 

[Robert Cook]

well, CPU wise, there is not much you can do. you could overclock your CPU slightly. If you can get it to 4.2 GHz or more, then getting 970 could make sense. with that power supply and CPU overclocking, a 970 would be much wiser than a r9 390.
as dudman says, a 380 is a good option to look into as well.