would this be a bottleneck

[george the lemon]

would 2 r9 270x gpus in crossfire be a bottle neck for an i7 4970k 

[GDRRiley]

no

[Sir Asvald]

would 2 r9 270x gpus in crossfire be a bottle neck for an i7 4970k 

Nope

[EliasNM]

No.

[Enderman]

no

Nope

No.

 

of course they are

with a 4790k, it is the GPU which determines gaming performance

 

any GPU can be considered a "bottleneck" for the 4790k because the 4790k is not bottlenecking the GPUs

 

 

EDIT- maybe you guys read the question wrong and though he was asking if the 4790k would bottleneck the GPUs?

[minibois]

would 2 r9 270x gpus in crossfire be a bottle neck for an i7 4970k 

The i7 wont bottleneck the GPU, but Crossfire 270X is not really amazing.

I would rather sell your current 270X (assuming you have 1 now) and get something like an R9 290x or R9 390

[manikyath]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449217-how-to-determine-if-a-cpu-bottlenecks-the-gpu/#entry6023166

 

i'm tired of everyone saying straight up yes/no

[ArcticDolphin]

Nope. A 4790K will be just fine.

[Enderman]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449217-how-to-determine-if-a-cpu-bottlenecks-the-gpu/#entry6023166

 

i'm tired of everyone saying straight up yes/no

everyone read the question wrong, thinking OP is asking if the CPU bottlenecks the GPUs

 

but in fact OP is asking if the GPUs are bottlenecking his CPU, in which case the answer is clearly yes since you can always put better GPUs and get better gaming performance

 

but in the case of CPU bottlenecking GPU, youre absolutely right, both factors affect the overall performance, not just one limiting factor

this can be tested by putting a crappy GPU with a crappy GPU vs a 980ti with the crappy CPU

even though people would think the crappy CPU is a bottleneck, the 980ti system would still perform considerably better than the other crappy GPU system

so performance is actually a combination of CPU+GPU, not one bottlenecking the other

[i_build_nanosuits]

would 2 r9 270x gpus in crossfire be a bottle neck for an i7 4970k 

lets just say that your CPU is capable of feeding a lot more GPU horsepower than that.

[Nena Trinity]

The bottle is in reverse...