Would my CPU bottleneck a GTX 1080?

[Brodotron]

Hey everyone, I've got a i5 3570k at stock speeds right now sadly... I was looking to buy a new gtx 1080 to replace my dual GTX 760s.

Im wondering if I should upgrade to a i7 6700k or if My 3570k can hold out another gen or two.

Thanks!

 

[Robert Cook]

I would just overclock it. if you need a new motherboard to do that, then get a 6600K or 6700K

 

[Brodotron]

Yeah, I've got a gigabyte UD4H motherboard which apparently is great for overclocking. My cpu is cooled by an H60 but every single time I try overclock it becomes unstable. Even with 4.2ghz everything goes crazy.

 

[CapyWarrior]

That will bottleneck. I'm not sure how much but for most purposes between those two pieces of hardware the CPU will be the one holding you back most if not all of the time. The real question is whether the cpu will hold you back enough to notice. If you plan to play super intensive games or do and rendering type stuff it's time for a new CPU. If not then keep it. What i'm saying is the gap between your hardware isn't important as long as it does what you need if you have a level 9 gpu and a level 5 cpu and do level 2 stuff you won't notice the bottleneck. If you want to wait a while and then leapfrog your graphics card with your cpu that is a perfectly legitimate upgrade strategy.

 

[CapyWarrior]

Yeah, I've got a gigabyte UD4H motherboard which apparently is great for overclocking. My cpu is cooled by an H60 but every single time I try overclock it becomes unstable. Even with 4.2ghz everything goes crazy.

It sounds like you got screwed in the silicon lottery

 

[Brodotron]

This computer is for gaming purposes only. At the moment I have a 1080p monitor so Im thinking Im gonna destroy anything with a gtx 1080.
But Im planning on grabbing a new 1440p monitor to spice things up.

 

[smorizio]

the ivery bridge cpu are still good cpu for gaming. haswell and skylake are not muc hfaster then the older chips. you should see games run smother with one gpu. also less wattage on your rig wiht one gpu. on replacing the cpu dont get the kurby lake or the next skylake cpu that dropping in 12 months. wait for the new cpu and mb in three years. those chips should have a speed bup that worth going up to.

 

[CapyWarrior]

This computer is for gaming purposes only. At the moment I have a 1080p monitor so Im thinking Im gonna destroy anything with a gtx 1080.
But Im planning on grabbing a new 1440p monitor to spice things up.

Some games are more gpu intensive and come are more cpu intensive. These two things are exclusive. You cannot "carry" your cpu with an awesome graphics card. So if you play a game you don't have the cpu for you won't have good performance even with the best graphics card in the world. I would defiantly buy a new cpu before a new monitor. Especially since Everything after 1080 2ms is very hard to notice a benefit from.

 

[CapyWarrior]

the ivery bridge cpu are still good cpu for gaming. haswell and skylake are not muc hfaster then the older chips. you should see games run smother with one gpu. also less wattage on your rig wiht one gpu. on replacing the cpu dont get the kurby lake or the next skylake cpu that dropping in 12 months. wait for the new cpu and mb in three years. those chips should have a speed bup that worth going up to.

I would say the speed jump from ivy bridge to haswell was significant. Broadwell and Skylake weren't such big jumps but there will be a noticeable improvement in moving up even just one generation.

 

[PatrioticPickle]

This probably will bottleneck slightly as the 1080 is such a beast. The 3570k and the 4690k aren't even all that different and a 4690k is still being sold brand new today as it is still current a OC'ed 3570k performs the same as a 4690k . You will alright I would think. You would get better performance with a newer i5 processor though, but not much, maybe 10%
You may have to change the voltage a bit to overclock your chip to that. Have you checked out some overclocking guides?

If you get a 1080 and notice bottleneck, wait for Kaby Lake to drop later this year and pick up a new i5.

 

[Brodotron]

Yeah, Changing the voltage was the problem. I would change it in the bios, then go back and find out it wasn't changed... I also really really suck at overclocking.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hey everyone, I've got a i5 3570k at stock speeds right now sadly... I was looking to buy a new gtx 1080 to replace my dual GTX 760s.

Im wondering if I should upgrade to a i7 6700k or if My 3570k can hold out another gen or two.

Thanks!

No, you will not see a bottleneck, forget about it. only way that CPu were teh limit is if you were gaming at 1080p 144Hz. If your monitor is going to be 1440p, forget about it, the GPU will give up first.
And with the upcoming optimizations coming wiht DX12, I wouldn't be thinking about any update if i were you.
Actually, you'll have to upgrade when the number of cores becomes insifficient, but by that time we'll probably have 4c/8t cpu in teh i5 price range and 8c/16t ones in the i7 price range.