Would my CPU bottleneck my GPU?

[Yoni__]

I'm planning on upgrading my R9 380X to a GTX 1080. Would my CPU (i5 7600K) bottleneck it?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

yes and no.
depends on your games and your monitor resolution and refresh rate.
for example on 1080p the CPU will be the weakest part, on 4K the GPU will be the weakest part.

 

[Rexper]

As mentioned above, there is no blanket answer. It all depends on resolution, graphical settings and games and bottlenecking doesn't even matter as long as you're receiving desired FPS.

 

[Yoni__]

yes and no.
depends on your games and your monitor resolution and refresh rate.
for example on 1080p the CPU will be the weakest part, on 4K the GPU will be the weakest part.

I play 1080p on a 24" 144Hz monitor, game settings are usually mid-high. I have a second 27" 60Hz monitor where I usually have discord/web browser etc open.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

there are a lot of games where i5 can't do much more than 100 FPS.
if you manage to get 144FPS now with lower settings, you will be able to play those games at max settings with GTX 1080.