What is the best GPU for a I7-3770?

[Eric Kazer]

I have my motherboard maxed with a I7-3770 and 16 GB 1333 MHz Memory. I also have a GTX 1050 Ti GPU. What would be the most GPU I could benefit from. Would GTX 1070 or GTX 1660 work without bottleneck? 

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11 minutes ago, Eric Kazer said:

I have my motherboard maxed with a I7-3770 and 16 GB 1333 MHz Memory. I also have a GTX 1050 Ti GPU. What would be the most GPU I could benefit from. Would GTX 1070 or GTX 1660 work without bottleneck? 

the GTX 1660 should a good upgrade for your use case, I wouldn't go with a GTX 1070 for many reasons

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 hour ago, Eric Kazer said:

I have my motherboard maxed with a I7-3770 and 16 GB 1333 MHz Memory. I also have a GTX 1050 Ti GPU. What would be the most GPU I could benefit from. Would GTX 1070 or GTX 1660 work without bottleneck? 

It depends on the game/workload, but generally speaking beyond a 1060 (which most 1660s  and 1660 tis are cheaper than a 1060) you will not see much benefit. 

[Dreamer758]

I had a 3770 non k at 4.10 Ghz (via base clock) i can confirm heavy bottlenecking with an RTX 2070 which is a 1080 with ray tracing i had a gtx 1060 ROG strix with a high OC of 2111Mhz and no bottleneck at all I think you will be ok with an entry 1660ti if u have a mobo that can oc non k i7s.I would try to get the ram to a 1600mhz set to squese every possible inch from the CPU ebay has 16gb sets for 60 bucks or less

[Jay Deah]

i ran a GTX970 on mine and also a 1080ti

 

the 1080ti performed great, but i couldn't push it to its limit, probably around 80% utilization.

 

Yes i could have bought a cheaper GPU and got a similar experience, but then a few months later i upgraded the rest of the system so the 1080ti wasnt wasted.

[Eric Kazer]

I ended up going with a GTX 1660 non ti. $230, should be a  improvement.

 

I also installed 16 GB 1600 Mhz memory from Samsung, that made a difference.

 

The card is on it's way. Zotac ZT-T16600F-10L on Newegg 

https://www.newegg.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-1660-zt-t16600f-10l/p/N82E16814500465

 

219 seemed like a ok price.

 

I can't do GTA 5 with my 1050ti in 4k high setting. The 1660 might help that with more vram and higher base clock.

[Eric Kazer]

I got my GTX 1660. Installed it in my PC with the I7-3770 and it does well with GTA 5. I was able to maintain 60 FPS in 4k with normal setting in GTA 5 with High on reflective. The 1050ti that I had could not maintain 30 FPS in GTA 5, it had drops to 20 FPS in 4k. The 1660 made a ton of difference. Very well done card for 235 with tax and shipping. I think that GTX 1660 runs well with a I7-3770, 16 GB @ 1600MHz memory on my HP Pro 3500. It will replace my Sabertooth 990FX with a FX 8350, and 16GB Memory @ 1600 MHz. Has R290x in FX machine. The GTX 1660 makes the Ivybridge HP a somewhat powerful machine in 2019 for mainstream 4k gaming. Link for the card is in this thread. Budget was a concern too. Can't go wrong with it.  It walks all over the FX machine and the R290x. Card and I7-3770 were worth it. 1050 ti might even be better than my R290x. 1660 has way more power than both of the other GPUs.