Will Core i7-920 bottleneck GTX 1080

[Armand_Karlsen]

My current setup (Core i7-920, Asus P6T w. triple-channel 1333MHz RAM, GTX 760) seems to run fun at 1080p, but will I bottleneck the GPU if I upgade to GTX 1080 and run at 1440p or 4k?

[Adreyu]

the i7 920 is a beast for its time but at this performance junction I think you will find the bottleneck will be significant.

[thekeemo]

My friends HIGHLY overclocked 920 bottlenecks a 980ti so yes

[PCgamer324]

I have a similar setup (LGA 1366).  My dual X5675 CPUs @4.5ghz have no problem running even the most extreme hardware (980tis, Quadros, Firepros etc...).  If you can get past 4ghz you won't see much of a bottleneck (esp. at 1440p or 4k)  A newer, higher-IPC chip would be better for games, but in my use-case I need the most performance available in a <= 12 core package, which at the moment can only be had with a dual six-core OC setup.

[viperatedrko]

I wouldn't recommend using a 2016 GPU with a 2008 CPU. The 8 year difference makes me think it would bottleneck, but take someone else's word for it who knows about both the i7-920