Bottleneck?

[FiskenWilliam]

I have a AMD A10 7700k and 16gb of ram. Currently using the GTX 950 FTW and was thinking of upgrading to a GTX 1070. Will my CPU bottleneck the GPU?

[GDRRiley]

yes

[PRTI]

Yes,ALLOT

[EPPHO]

Yeah

[GangstaRas]

it more than likely would but buy it all the same if you find a good deal on it. you wouldn't be wasting your money as long as you know you're going to have to change out the CPU and mobo for a better system eventually to go along with the 1070

[Zyndo]

In many newer games, yes. in many older games, not really. It can also depend on your resolution, graphics settings, monitor refresh rate, etc. If you're considering getting a 1070, there isn't any real reason not to. its not going to make your performance any worse than it is now, even if you have a SEVERE bottleneck (which you won't) its just that in some games you may leave some fps performance on the table. It might be worth getting a 1060 and a CPU upgrade, rather than just a 1070. Bottlenecking your GPU isn't the end of the world. People are way too paranoid about this sort of thing. A Bottlenecked 1070 is still going to out perform a 950 in almost every situation by a pretty wide margin.

[Cracklingice]

I vote get the 1070 anyway even though it will definitely be bottle necked.  The bottleneck severity gets less the higher resolution you go so if you're gaming 1440 or higher it won't be as substantial as if you're at 1080 or lower.  Then when Zen (and possibly Kaby Lake-X) hits availability you can jump into a better platform and already have a strong GPU.  Even if that better platform is a 4th gen core i7 because a new intel enthusiast platform and a cheap powerful AMD option should really bring down the cost get into older generation Intel hardware.

[King_Tuna]

Yes it will bottleneck a lot. I'd recommend a getting GTX 1060. Or wait for Volta stuff cuz GTX 950 is still A powerful GPU.

[i_build_nanosuits]

massively