How to bottleneck the cpu

[Pci5boy]

Hi

 what is the best gpu I could get before the i5 10400f becomes the bottleneck.

cheers

[tkitch]

it depends on what you're running.  

 

Also depends on resolution and a lot of other factors.  

[--SID--]

Depends on the resolution of the monitor, the game and the game settings. Maxed out at 4K with a 3090 there's no cpu bottlekneck, low at 1080p with a 3090 there's a huge cpu bottlekneck.

[Dedayog]

Budget?  

 

Did you up it from the 400 you had before?

[Pci5boy]

At this point money does not matter

 

[Rameares]

Get the best you can afford, the GPU will become redundant at a faster rate than the CPU. A RTX 3090 will probably be below the minimum system requirements for a game well before the i5-10400 is.

[Sarra]

I have a 3900XT and a 6800XT, and the 3900XT bottlenecks my 6800XT quite frequently. That's typically because more games only use a few threads, or only one thread, but still, it kinda sucks. Running in 12 core 12 thread mode helps, but not very much (maybe 3-5% difference).

 

I'd say get a 6800 or 6800XT. On Intel, it's infinitely more easy to retain a good GPU from build to build, instead of a CPU. If you're going to max out one, I'd max out the GPU, and get a middle of the road i5 or Ryzen 5 CPU, instead of the other way around.

 

Personally, if I only used my rig for gaming, I'd have a 5600X, but I need moar threads for editing video, so meh. I'm probably going to get a 5950X sooner or later, depending on how my budgeting goes.

[YoungBlade]

11 hours ago, Pci5boy said:

At this point money does not matter

 

But what does matter is what games you play, what settings you use, and what framerate you're targeting.

 

If you want to play Control at 4K while getting 120fps, then you need an RTX 3080 or better using DLSS, and the 10400F will do just fine. Heck, your CPU could be an old Core i5 from a decade ago without having a problem.

 

If you want to play CSGO at 500fps 1080p competitive settings, you can't with that CPU, no matter what graphics card you are using.