i7 6700k + RTX 3080 = Bottleneck?

[INS_Omniac]

Hi,

 

I currently have an i7 6700k paired with a GTX 1070. I was wondering if I upgrade the GPU to an RTX 3080, will the pair bottleneck?

[The Sloth]

yes, but bottleneck will vary on what your doing. 

 

[Shimejii]

 

10 minutes ago, dynamo0 said:

Hi,

 

I currently have an i7 6700k paired with a GTX 1070. I was wondering if I upgrade the GPU to an RTX 3080, will the pair bottleneck?

They will not Bottleneck. The CPU Is fine for gaming. You can get more performance with a 10600k/10700k/10900k.

7 minutes ago, The Sloth said:

yes, but bottleneck will vary on what your doing. 

 

I should slap you across the damn face for using bottleneck as a word  

[LIGISTX]

11 minutes ago, dynamo0 said:

Hi,

 

I currently have an i7 6700k paired with a GTX 1070. I was wondering if I upgrade the GPU to an RTX 3080, will the pair bottleneck?

Yes it will, but it will more depend on resolution... higher res will bottleneck less. But yes, it will. To what extend we are not fully sure yet.

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Yes it will, but it will more depend on resolution... higher res will bottleneck less. But yes, it will. To what extend we are not fully sure yet.

 

At 1080P it will, how bad we don't know...

 

I think 1440P and 4K will be fine however.

[Haro]

17 minutes ago, dynamo0 said:

will the pair bottleneck?

At higher resolutions it shouldn't be bad. 

But wait for ampere to actually launch and check it's performance and how the 6700k holds up with a 3080. 

[LIGISTX]

Just now, Ankerson said:

 

At 1080P it will, how bad we don't know...

 

I think 1440P and 4K will be fine however.

I mean, it'll bottleneck at any resolution. Just really depends what res OP is running. If its 1080p, such an over powered solution regardless. If its 1440p, a 3070 makes a lot more sense (will still bottleneck, but makes more sense). If its 4k, and CPU has no OC, itll likely bottle neck a bit, but likely not enough to warrant not getting it.

[Ankerson]

4 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

I mean, it'll bottleneck at any resolution. Just really depends what res OP is running. If its 1080p, such an over powered solution regardless. If its 1440p, a 3070 makes a lot more sense (will still bottleneck, but makes more sense). If its 4k, and CPU has no OC, itll likely bottle neck a bit, but likely not enough to warrant not getting it.

 

All depends on how much and if it's actually relevant or not at 1440P and 4K.

 

I game at 1440P personally and have a 2080Ti now and don't PLAN on upgrading as of now... Unless the 3080Ti comes out and is a really big difference at 1440P then maybe.... It would have to be pretty large however.... I play with RTX on and settings cranked up and the 2080Ti handles all the games I play easily.

[LIGISTX]

1 minute ago, Ankerson said:

 

All depends on how much and if it's actually relevant or not at 1440P and 4K.

 

I game at 1440P personally and have a 2080Ti now and don't PLAN on upgrading as of now... Unless the 3080Ti comes out and is a really big difference at 1440P then maybe.... It would have to be pretty large however....

I would guess itll be 50%+ higher FPS, but at 1440...... your likely well past 150 FPS anyways in most games, so is 200 really going to make a huge difference lol.

 

But on a 6700k..... the 8 threads is starting to be a hindrance. Its still fine, but with the massive performance of a 3080, trying to push frames at anything under 3440x1440 I expect it would be a bottleneck; how much of one is left to be seen. If OP has a 4.6+ GHz OC, its likely not a huge deal.

[Pc6777]

I have a 2060 and 6700k and play at 1440p, and its a balanced combo with no bottlenecks cpu and gpu are a perfect match in tier/performance level for 1440p high/ultra settings . at 4k you will still most likely bottleneck because the 3080 is supposed to be 2x 2080 ti but not too badly. at 1440p and 1080p, you might as well just keep your 1070. the 1070 isnt far behind the 2060 and the 2060 and 6700k are a perfect combo. Build a new system or wait or get it and save for the other parts.