1060 or 1070?

[Azriel]

I plan on upgrading my EVGA 960 SSC 2GB to either a 1060 or a 1070. I have a i5 4690k and a 650W PSU. If I were to OC my CPU to ~4.0GHz, would the 1070 be bottlenecked? Would I need a new PSU? I know this is also a tad off topic,but I am getting a 144hz monitor for the new GPU. Just need help on picking the right card. Thanks much in advance and sorry if I rambled.

[KeFy]

1 minute ago, Azriel said:

 

[KeFy]

Just now, Azriel said:

I plan on upgrading my EVGA 960 SSC 2GB to either a 1060 or a 1070. I have a i5 4690k and a 650W PSU. If I were to OC my CPU to ~4.0GHz, would the 1070 be bottlenecked? Would I need a new PSU? I know this is also a tad off topic,but I am getting a 144hz monitor for the new GPU. Just need help on picking the right card. Thanks much in advance and sorry if I rambled.

the 1070 whould be bottlenecked a bit. not mutch tho and only in some games 

 

your psu is fine

 

if i were you i whould go with the 1070 if your budget allows it 

[Azriel]

1 hour ago, KeFy said:

the 1070 whould be bottlenecked a bit. not mutch tho and only in some games 

 

your psu is fine

 

if i were you i whould go with the 1070 if your budget allows it 

Thanks much for the reply. I plan on selling my 960 for some extra cash to help pay for everything. 

[EntryLevelScrub]

the 1070 wont be bottlenecked though, i have a 6600K and i tried running a friends 1070 in it no bottlenecks at all att stock, and those are very similar in performance

[MEC-777]

No it won't bottleneck and go with the 1070. PSU is good as long as it's a decent quality unit. 

[Azriel]

44 minutes ago, EntryLevelScrub said:

the 1070 wont be bottlenecked though, i have a 6600K and i tried running a friends 1070 in it no bottlenecks at all att stock, and those are very similar in performance

Thank you for the reply!

[Azriel]

36 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

No it won't bottleneck and go with the 1070. PSU is good as long as it's a decent quality unit. 

I have a 80+ Gold Supernova from EVGA, so fingers crossed it's still kicking. Thank you for your input/help.

[Azriel]

1 hour ago, dieegoperi said:

The bottleneck is only because of the CPU, the CPU won't "bottleneck" the GPU, I mean: maybe you get lower fps in some games, but that's because the CPU is "calculating" the game AI, in open world games, the CPU has to "calculate" the movements (an animal is running in front of you, the AI has to create the animal, its specifications, the wind, the water movement, etc), the graphic only creates the textures, the colors, etc of the result.

the CPU "tells" the GPU Put a deer like THIS (a list of instructions about how the deer is) here and the GPU does it.

So don't worry (except if you play a LOT of games like that, then maybe you should go for an i7!)

This is one of the best explanations I have read. Thank you for the detailed reply!