Will my system be bottlenecked?

[Zameer]

I have an intel core i5 4430 Processor. I am planning on getting a GTX 970 graphics card. Will this card be bottlenecked by my CPU or am I safe in this case?

[IP man]

You are very safe!

[NeatSquidYT]

That CPU will have a hard time bottlenecking any GPU

[dandrix]

Wont bottleneck today, but since its locked i5 it might in near future unless DX12 will make need for a good CPU irrelevent.

[Grubite]

It'll run just fine the 970 is a mid Range card. Hell, probably a 980 wouldn't bottleneck or at least a 980 wouldn't bottleneck much,..

[Texhnlyze]

The word "bottleneck" doesn't exist on Intel's dictionary.

[Zameer]

Appreciate the help guys. Somebody at tomshardware forums said that i might experience bottlenecks so I posted my question here just to get a second opinion.

[NeatSquidYT]

Appreciate the help guys. Somebody at tomshardware forums said that i might experience bottlenecks so I posted my question here just to get a second opinion.

Don't use Tom's Hardware. I used to use it, but the people here are more intelligent than over there.

[SteveGrabowski]

The i5-4430 is a great CPU and you should be golden if you're targeting 60 FPS. If you're targeting 120 FPS with SLI then you'd be better off with an i7-4790k or i7-5820k.

[Zameer]

The i5-4430 is a great CPU and you should be golden if you're targeting 60 FPS. If you're targeting 120 FPS with SLI then you'd be better off with an i7-4790k or i7-5820k.Im 

Im only targetting 60FPS as I have a 60HZ 1080p monitor.

By the way will a GTX 970 with this CPU be able to play all currently available games at ultra settings at 1080p?

[Anarchyz11]

Im only targetting 60FPS as I have a 60HZ 1080p monitor.

By the way will a GTX 970 with this CPU be able to play all currently available games at ultra settings at 1080p?

As someone with an i5-4590 and a GTX 970, yes. 

...Except AC:Unity.  But even then I get a solid 60fps/1080p on Ultra with AA turned down.

[SteveGrabowski]

Im only targetting 60FPS as I have a 60HZ 1080p monitor.

By the way will a GTX 970 with this CPU be able to play all currently available games at ultra settings at 1080p?

 

You might occasionally have to bump a setting down a little from Ultra, but for the most part you should be playing games at 1080p Ultra with close to a locked 60 FPS with that setup. I have a GTX 970 + Xeon E3-1231v3 (pretty much an i7-4771 minus 100MHz and with no integrated graphics) and it's great for playing new games at 60 FPS. Crysis 3 I'll get lots of sections in the 50s and some 40s on Very High system spec, and Far Cry 4 Ultra I'll sometimes have drops into the 50s (especially late night turning to morning), so I play it on the Very High preset instead. But stuff like BF4 and Dying Light run great maxed out (except draw distance on Dying Light, but that's a CPU limitation I think).

[NeatSquidYT]

If you're targeting 120 FPS with SLI then you'd be better off with an i7-4790k or i7-5820k.

No, not the 5820k. Not hating on it, but the 4790k has much better single core performance, which games most likely seek

[SteveGrabowski]

No, not the 5820k. Not hating on it, but the 4790k has much better single core performance, which games most likely seek

 

At stock true, but who pays for X99 and doesn't overclock it?

[NeatSquidYT]

At stock true, but who pays for X99 and doesn't overclock it?

Non-tech enthusiasts.