Will a i7 4770K bottleneck a GTX 1070 when on a 144Hz 1080p screen?

[EpicNewman]

I was wondering if my 4770K would bottleneck my new incoming 1070. I'm running a 144hz 1080p monitor as my main and want the most out of it.

[SpeederT12]

5 minutes ago, EpicNewman said:

I was wondering if my 4770K would bottleneck my new incoming 1070. I'm running a 144hz 1080p monitor as my main and want the most out of it.

99% sure that it will not. Hell, I have a 6600k and it is a-ok

[blu4]

It won't bottleneck... It's a $300+ CPU. I've got an i5 6500 with a 1070 and I get 99% GPU usage, I even tried with an i5 2400 and I got 90% GPU usage. Don't worry about the bottlencks, that happens on very rare occasions.

[SpeederT12]

Just now, blu4 said:

It won't bottleneck... It's a $300+ CPU. I've got an i5 6500 with a 1070 and I get 99% GPU usage, I even tried with an i5 2400 and I got 90% GPU usage. Don't worry about the bottlencks, that happens on very rare occasions.

^that

[EpicNewman]

okay cool, I've just heard tons lately about bottlenecking the newer GPUs with slightly older CPUs lately when it comes to higher refresh monitors,I really dont want to have to spend another $1K because of a new CPU (and MB, RAM, cooler)

[blu4]

Just now, EpicNewman said:

okay cool, I've just heard tons lately about bottlenecking the newer GPUs with slightly older CPUs lately when it comes to higher refresh monitors,I really dont want to have to spend another $1K because of a new CPU (and MB, RAM, cooler)

It's not about the refresh rate of the monitor. It's about the FPS that the GPU spits out. Slightly older, you mean a 5 year old i3? Sandy Bridge i5's won't bottleneck that badly and they are very old. There is absolutely NO WAY that your CPU will bottleneck any single GPU set-up for another 4-5 years. If you overclock it, you extend that period.

[Simon771]

No it won't.

It's perfect pair.

 

But if you are playing some CPU intensive games, you can always overclock a bit

[EpicNewman]

Just now, blu4 said:

It's not about the refresh rate of the monitor. It's about the FPS that the GPU spits out. Slightly older, you mean a 5 year old i3? Sandy Bridge i5's won't bottleneck that badly and they are very old. There is absolutely NO WAY that your CPU will bottleneck any single GPU set-up for another 4-5 years. If you overclock it, you extend that period.

I may toss in another 1070 at one point but that will be probably in like 6 months, unless I decide to not bother. I guess I'm glad when I bought my current PC I went for top end parts, at the time the 780ti was the new baby, and I needed the new hotness. and I figured why not buy that 400 CPU I wont probably overclock even though I got it cooled with water.

[blu4]

Just now, EpicNewman said:

I may toss in another 1070 at one point but that will be probably in like 6 months, unless I decide to not bother. I guess I'm glad when I bought my current PC I went for top end parts, at the time the 780ti was the new baby, and I needed the new hotness. and I figured why not buy that 400 CPU I wont probably overclock even though I got it cooled with water.

Your CPU won't  bottleneck that either, won't be a problem even if you put 2x 1080s.

[EpicNewman]

3 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

No it won't.

It's perfect pair.

 

But if you are playing some CPU intensive games, you can always overclock a bit

Yeah I should make my H60 work some, though it's been running abnormally warm lately.

[Hayabusa1989]

I have read somewhere (will add source when not at work) that 1070 SLI may bottleneck most CPU's but i doubt it tbh

[EpicNewman]

1 minute ago, blu4 said:

Your CPU won't  bottleneck that either, won't be a problem even if you put 2x 1080s.

good to know, I hear too much gloom and doom from some tech people lately, it's refreshing to hear good stuff lol

[Hayabusa1989]

may help

[Thony]

It shouldnt. 

[Simon771]

59 minutes ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

I have read somewhere (will add source when not at work) that 1070 SLI may bottleneck most CPU's but i doubt it tbh

And that's why we have 10 core CPU avaliable

 

[rn8686]

1 hour ago, EpicNewman said:

I was wondering if my 4770K would bottleneck my new incoming 1070. I'm running a 144hz 1080p monitor as my main and want the most out of it.

Your CPU will be just fine to run any GPU. Definitely dont see where it could be bottlenecked as most of the Haswell i5's are still fine to use. 

[TheSuspect]

lolno. 4770k is a pretty good chip.

[Crusader93]

5 hours ago, blu4 said:

It won't bottleneck... It's a $300+ CPU. I've got an i5 6500 with a 1070 and I get 99% GPU usage, I even tried with an i5 2400 and I got 90% GPU usage. Don't worry about the bottlencks, that happens on very rare occasions.

And by this statement you just proved that you do not know entirely what you are talking about

Saying a i5 2400 would give 90% gpu usage at lowest, and you have not mentioned any games either.

In Witcher 3, a i7 2600K would struggle to maintain 99% gpu usage in all areas.

 

Yes you would get some bottlenecks, but it will not be unplayable by any means. Bottlenecking means that one component cant give all the juice it has, because another component is holding it back. Even the i7 6700K can bottleneck a gtx 1080 in some specific areas in the most demanding CPU games out there, so you will have some areas where the gtx 1070 will be held back by the 4770K.

 

This depends heavily on what games you play, and you can buy a gtx 1070 without being afraid of anything. But saying that you will get 0 bottlenecking in any game, that is some pure bullshit right there.

[arch_linuxos]

3 minutes ago, Crusader93 said:

And by this statement you just proved that you do not know entirely what you are talking about

Saying a i5 2400 would give 90% gpu usage at lowest, and you have not mentioned any games either.

In Witcher 3, a i7 2600K would struggle to maintain 99% gpu usage in all areas.

 

Yes you would get some bottlenecks, but it will not be unplayable by any means. Bottlenecking means that one component cant give all the juice it has, because another component is holding it back. Even the i7 6700K can bottleneck a gtx 1080 in some specific areas in the most demanding CPU games out there, so you will have some areas where the gtx 1070 will be held back by the 4770K.

 

This depends heavily on what games you play, and you can buy a gtx 1070 without being afraid of anything. But saying that you will get 0 bottlenecking in any game, that is some pure bullshit right there.

Of course there's a possibility - nothing is 100% of the time. But the chances are unbelievably (well, they're believable tbh) low that it'll bottleneck. He's fine lol.

[Crusader93]

Just now, arch_linuxos said:

Of course there's a possibility - nothing is 100% of the time. But the chances are unbelievably (well, they're believable tbh) low that it'll bottleneck. He's fine lol.

My point was just that there will be some bottlenecking. I wanted to eliminate the "no you will not get any bottlenecking" lie.

[arch_linuxos]

Just now, Crusader93 said:

My point was just that there will be some bottlenecking. I wanted to eliminate the "no you will not get any bottlenecking" lie.

The chances of any game bottlenecking a 1070 on a 6700k are very, very low though. Pretty much all games don't even use more than four cores. There's a point where nitpicking the possibilities is pointless - the simple answer is no, there will not be bottlenecking. What game uses eight cores of a 4GHz i7 100% without also using 100% of the GPU (using less than 100% would be the bottlenecking)? The game developers would've had to really, really screw up the PC optimization. There's just not really anything that anyone plays which is that CPU bound.

 

I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying the chances of it being an issue are so low that there's not a point worrying about it.

[Maihym]

5 hours ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

I have read somewhere (will add source when not at work) that 1070 SLI may bottleneck most CPU's but i doubt it tbh

I thought 1070s couldn't do sli

[Crusader93]

13 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

The chances of any game bottlenecking a 1070 on a 6700k are very, very low though. Pretty much all games don't even use more than four cores. There's a point where nitpicking the possibilities is pointless - the simple answer is no, there will not be bottlenecking. What game uses eight cores of a 4GHz i7 100% without also using 100% of the GPU (using less than 100% would be the bottlenecking)? The game developers would've had to really, really screw up the PC optimization. There's just not really anything that anyone plays which is that CPU bound.

 

I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying the chances of it being an issue are so low that there's not a point worrying about it.

There are games that utilizes more than four cores, so that is not entirely true. A 4770K will bottleneck a 1070 in some games, not by alot, but at some degree. That is the truth, with or without fancy words.

 

7 minutes ago, Maihym said:

I thought 1070s couldn't do sli

1060 cant SLI. 1070 and 1080 can SLI.

[Maihym]

1 minute ago, Crusader93 said:

There are games that utilizes more than four cores, so that is not entirely true. A 4770K will bottleneck a 1070 in some games, not by alot, but at some degree. That is the truth, with or without fancy words.

 

1060 cant SLI. 1070 and 1080 can SLI.

Oh ok awesome. I thought they couldn't so I was contemplating on getting a 1080 to allow me to sli in the future. But 1070s in sli would be perfect.

[typographie]

If you're shooting for 144 FPS you may see CPU limits being reached occasionally. But if you've already got an i7-4770K, you can't really do much about it. It has more to do with the games than your hardware being "mismatched." Not all games are well-optimized to run at such high framerates.