does this bottleneck my 1070ti ?

[glenn1984]

hello all,

 

im wondering if my gpu on my downstairs pc is having a bottleneck due to older hardware

 

the pc is running :

 

Cpu : I7 4790K

GPU : MSI GTX1070Ti

MotherBoard : Asus B85-PRO GAMER

Memory : 16GB DDR3 HyperX

Storage : HDD 6x1TB / 1x256GB SSD / 

PSU : Corsair RM650x

Screen ACER 32" Superwide

 

if yes what should i upgrade to get the most out of my pc ?

[Skiiwee29]

You should be just fine with that. I would recommend looking at getting a Z97 board though if you can find one for a decent price since your B85 board does not support overclocking so you are losing some potential performance gains from not being able to overclock. 

[WereCat]

Not really.

I play with overclocked 4770k and 1080ti at 165Hz and while the old Haswell i7 is starting to show its age, it's still capable to give me well over 100FPS in any game.

[Peskanova]

At 1080p you will notice high cpu usage while gaming, (i had a 4790k + 1070(not ti) ), I play 1440p 165hz and with high fps count you will run almost cpu like 80-90% just gaming, If you want to game more than 60fps you will need a 8600k or higher. Thats what I've done, switched from my 4790k to a 8600k, Now I barely see 100% cpu usage while gaming+youtube(or twitch)+background progrmas (ts,discord etc).

If you are playing and you hit 100% cpu usage try to raise your graphic settings to push less fps, But on games that pushes fps  like csgo you will have high cpu loads. Try to limit fps.

To get the most of your pc I first would buy a 1440p 144hz(165) gsync(love it) monitor, and then save for a cpu+mobo+ram but at 1440p its harder to bottleneck your cpu than 1080p . 

First (if you are gaming oriented) Monitor(400-450$) > PSU(100$) > Mobo + RAM + CPU(120+130$+300$)

[Turtle Rig]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Not really.

I play with overclocked 4770k and 1080ti at 165Hz and while the old Haswell i7 is starting to show its age, it's still capable to give me well over 100FPS in any game.

Nice one Cat.  Yes so long as the CPU is overclocked like yours.  If not there will be some bottlenecking going on with the video card pissed at the CPU not driving it faster and what not.

[Mick Naughty]

Several issues on 1080p but if you are above that, should be ok.