Possible GPU Upgrade

[Wed15septoid2]

So, I am thinking that my old 2012 GTX 660Ti could use an upgrade. I am considering the GTX 1080 when its released as it would be a considerable upgrade. I am moderately concerned that I could be sitting on a potential CPU bottleneck. My current system has a Core i5 3570k. This may also not be an issue because it competes very closely to the Core i5 6600k onm CPUBoss. (LINK) http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K

 

[ItsTurbo]

What about a 970? So you don't have to upgrade your motherboard, cpu, and ram.

[Lawliet93]

Overclock your CPU, get some fast DDR3 memory and wait for POLARIS 10 and then make your decision.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, CodenameScorpion said:

What about a 970? So you don't have to upgrade your motherboard, cpu, and ram.

Why would he have to upgrade them for the 1080?

 

6 minutes ago, Wed15septoid2 said:

So, I am thinking that my old 2012 GTX 660Ti could use an upgrade. I am considering the GTX 1080 when its released as it would be a considerable upgrade. I am moderately concerned that I could be sitting on a potential CPU bottleneck. My current system has a Core i5 3570k. This may also not be an issue because it competes very closely to the Core i5 6600k onm CPUBoss. (LINK) http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K

 

Just go used market man. Polaris and Pascal on the horizon, and 290s and 970s be cheap findings on there.

[ChrisCross]

Just now, Wed15septoid2 said:

 

sites like cpu boss are trash!

but your cpu is alright. just wait for 1070 benchmarks and then decide what you do. maybe get a discounted 390 after the release would be a good deal.

[martward]

8 minutes ago, Wed15septoid2 said:

So, I am thinking that my old 2012 GTX 660Ti could use an upgrade. I am considering the GTX 1080 when its released as it would be a considerable upgrade. I am moderately concerned that I could be sitting on a potential CPU bottleneck. My current system has a Core i5 3570k. This may also not be an issue because it competes very closely to the Core i5 6600k onm CPUBoss. (LINK) http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K

 

I wouldn't trust CPUBoss if I were you, I mean look at it:  thhe 3570K outperforms a 6700K using all cores? Still the 6700K has a better overall score, even though it only beats the 3570K with the integrated graphics? " More than 469.8x better geekbench 3 AES single core score " than a 6600K?

 

Having said that, I doubt the CPU will be much of a bottleneck since it's still a very good processor (though with my expertise that is only slightly more trustworthy than CPUBoss).

I would wait for the actual in-game benchmarks though, you might want to consider saving some money by going with the 1070 (or polaris?).

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, martward said:

I wouldn't trust CPUBoss if I were you, I mean look at it:  thhe 3570K outperforms a 6700K using all cores? Still the 6700K has a better overall score, even though it only beats the 3570K with the integrated graphics? " More than 469.8x better geekbench 3 AES single core score " than a 6600K?

 

Having said that, I doubt the CPU will be much of a bottleneck since it's still a very good processor (though with my expertise that is only slightly more trustworthy than CPUBoss).

I would wait for the actual in-game benchmarks though, you might want to consider saving some money by going with the 1070 (or polaris?).

Nah. CPUBoss, GPUBoss, and the rest are completely garbage. Your´s is much better.

[Wed15septoid2]

1 hour ago, Lawliet93 said:

Overclock your CPU, get some fast DDR3 memory and wait for POLARIS 10 and then make your decision.

NO!!!! I DON'T WANT MY PC TO MELT!!!!

[Lawliet93]

Overclocking on a safe level won´t make your pc melt and... POLARIS 10 is going to use a TDP of 110-150W so no melting there either.