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No, the CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck on that GPU. Also, from what I can gather, the 660ti is the better of the 2 cards. 

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So i got me a great deal of 20 canadian rubles for an asus 660 ti, and $80 canadian maple coins for my i7 870, 8gb ram, that I bought this cheap bc the owner couldn't start it, and after trying for a few hours i was able to make it display at least the bios!

Either way, now i have an: 

i7 870 

8GB RAM 

256 SSD system (1500 HDD) 

Nvidia asus gtx 660 ti 

And my question is: 

Is the CPU a bottleneck for my gpu? 

Also, I got a gtx 745, is it going to work better? 

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No, the CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck on that GPU. Also, from what I can gather, the 660ti is the better of the 2 cards. 

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On 5/9/2021 at 2:44 AM, Skiiwee29 said:

No, the CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck on that GPU. Also, from what I can gather, the 660ti is the better of the 2 cards. 

Update: I've been considering on buying a 4gb GPU, as many games that I play (run well on my 660 ti) could play better on 4gb (duh), but I don't know when my cpu is going to start bottlenecking my gpu, I've been thinking on something like a 970, 1050 ti(cheaper) or a rx 580, as I know that buying something high end has no point if I keep this cpu, and I just look for an xbox one/ps4 performance but with the facilities of having a computer. Thanks for the answer, beforehand!

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Barely any bottleneck.

Asus ROG G531GT : i7-9750H - GTX 1650M +700mem - MSI RX6600 Armor 8G M.2 eGPU - Samsung 16+8GB PC4-2666 - Samsung 860 EVO 500G 2.5" - 1920x1080@145Hz (172Hz) IPS panel

Family PC : i5-4570 (-125mV) - cheap dual-pipe cooler - Gigabyte Z87M-HD3 Rev1.1 - Kingston HyperX Fury 4x4GB PC3-1600 - Corsair VX450W - an old Thermaltake ATX case

Test bench 1 : G3260 - i5-4690K - 6-pipe cooler - Asus Z97-AR - Panram Blue Lightsaber 2x4GB PC3-2800 - Micron CT500P1SSD8 NVMe - Intel SSD320 40G SSD

iMac 21.5" (late 2011) : i5-2400S, HD 6750M 512MB - Samsung 4x4GB PC3-1333 - WT200 512G SSD (High Sierra) - 1920x1080@60 LCD

 

Test bench 2: G3260 - H81M-C - Kingston 2x4GB PC3-1600 - Winten WT200 512G

Acer Z5610 "Theatre" : C2 Quad Q9550 - G45 Express - 2x2GB PC3-1333 (Samsung) - 1920x1080@60Hz Touch LCD - great internal speakers

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