I5 bottleneck

[Thelillypad123]

I was just told by someone on another thread that I had talking about something else that an i5 4690k will bottleneck a gtx 1070. 

 

Makes me wonder, does this mean that it wouldn't be worth while for me to buy a gtx 1070 if it is paired with an i5 4690k for 1080p gaming?

 

my whole reasoning is that I want a beast of a graphics card for the release of battlefield 1.

[Thelillypad123]

Btw, I currently have a gtx 780

[Guest]

It won't.

[Imakuni]

Just now, Thelillypad123 said:

I was just told by someone on another thread that I had talking about something else that an i5 4690k will bottleneck a gtx 1070. 

 

Makes me wonder, does this mean that it wouldn't be worth while for me to buy a gtx 1070 if it is paired with an i5 4690k for 1080p gaming?

 

my whole reasoning is that I want a beast of a graphics card for the release of battlefield 1.

The 1070 is bottlenecked at 1080p? Then put DSR at 4x and render the game at 7.6k and cause a massive gpu bottleneck. There, problem solved, the i5 isn't the bottleneck anymore.

 

You can never have too much graphics horsepower. Just get the 1070 and call it a day. Forget about this "bottleneck BS", your CPU is fine.

[Aytex]

7 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

 

It depends on the game, in CPU intensive game like GTA V i5 will bottleneck 

[agent_x007]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

It depends on the game, in CPU intensive game like GTA V i5 will bottleneck 

Like @Imakuni said :
Use 4k DSR in GTA V, and CPU will get bored really fast.

Key thing in CPU/GPU is for CPU to be good enough for minimum FPS in any scenario.

[Dresta]

12 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

It won't.

Yes it will,in 1080p CPU intensive games it will bottleneck

[Thelillypad123]

6 minutes ago, agent_x007 said:

Like @Imakuni said :
Use 4k DSR in GTA V, and CPU will get bored really fast.

Key thing in CPU/GPU is for CPU to be good enough for minimum FPS in any scenario.

So I think what you are trying to say is that while it will limit my max fps in some games, I should still get great fps average and not extreme dips because it still is a great cpu, just not an i7?

[Guest]

Just now, Dresta said:

Yes it will,in 1080p CPU intensive games it will bottleneck

Of coarse it will bottleneck. My 750ti bottlenecks in Cities Skylines with my amd cpu. I'm saying that he will get over 60fps in new games.

[Dresta]

Just now, spidsepttk said:

Of coarse it will bottleneck. My 750ti bottlenecks in Cities Skylines with my amd cpu. I'm saying that he will get over 60fps in new games.

Then why did you say

 

18 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

It won't.

When it will?

[Guest]

Just now, Dresta said:

Then why did you say

 

When it will?

It is impossible to create a system that bottlenecks nowhere. By "it won't bottleneck" i mean that you will get over 60fps is new games.

[agent_x007]

7 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

So I think what you are trying to say is that while it will limit my max fps in some games, I should still get great fps average and not extreme dips because it still is a great cpu, just not an i7?

Exacly.

You don't have to worry about CPU bottleneck until 30+ FPS is maintained in CPU intensive moments.
Also : Keep in mind that GPU's are having +20/30% performance gains per generation, while CPU's are stuck to few % per generation.

[Imakuni]

7 minutes ago, agent_x007 said:

Exacly.

You don't have to worry about CPU bottleneck until 30+ FPS is maintained in CPU intensive moments.
Also : Keep in mind that GPU's are having +20/30% performance gains per generation, while CPU's are stuck to few % per generation.

To be fair, though, games aren't using CPUs to the fullest.

[Thelillypad123]

2 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

To be fair, though, games aren't using CPUs to the fullest.

Yeah, I feel like some games are really poorly optimized for cpu's. Witcher 3 being one of them. I just hope my i5 4690k will be enough to handle bf1 above 60 fps haha.

[Nena Trinity]

Depends on the game, you are doomed in Arma and Rust!

35 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

Yeah, I feel like some games are really poorly optimized for cpu's. Witcher 3 being one of them. I just hope my i5 4690k will be enough to handle bf1 above 60 fps haha.

Witcher 3 runs great on more threads so actually no...  

[Vortez]

Yes stock i5-4690k definitely will bottleneck in some CPU demanding games but if you overclock it, it will be no issue more.

 

 

[xGGAx]

Lots of ppl in these forums dont even know that "bottleneck" means. Some even claim than anything lower than an i7 skylake will "bottleneck" your 980, 1070 or whatever. NOT TRUE.
Yor cpu is barely 2 years old and most games are (still) not optimized for multicore cpus. You are fine for battefield 1 and anything than comes out in the next two years or so (playing at 1080p or even 1440p).

 

[vagabond139]

Bottlenecking all depends on the game and graphical settings. There is no yes or no answer to this without knowing the game and graphical settings.

[SteveGrabowski0]

An overclocked i7-6700k will bottleneck a GTX 1070 at 1080p. So what, you'll still be over 100 fps most of the time. Your i5-4690k is a great match for a 1070. You'd get more fps with a 4790k or 6700k in many games but you'll still get awesome framerates with a 4690k.

[SteveGrabowski0]

3 hours ago, Thelillypad123 said:

Yeah, I feel like some games are really poorly optimized for cpu's. Witcher 3 being one of them. I just hope my i5 4690k will be enough to handle bf1 above 60 fps haha.

Witcher 3 runs great on an i5, but I love that it scales so well to i7s too so you actually get your money's worth on your cpu in that game.

[Dresta]

6 hours ago, xGGAx said:

Lots of ppl in these forums dont even know that "bottleneck" means. Some even claim than anything lower than an i7 skylake will "bottleneck" your 980, 1070 or whatever. NOT TRUE.
Yor cpu is barely 2 years old and most games are (still) not optimized for multicore cpus. You are fine for battefield 1 and anything than comes out in the next two years or so (playing at 1080p or even 1440p).

 

An i5 4690k will bottleneck the GTX 1070,like @vagabond139 THERE IS NO ANSWER,depends on the game and graphical settings