rx 470 Bottleneck?

[Homunculus]

I'm planning to run the Sapphire Nitro+ rx 470 4gb with my i3-4170. Is that too much of a bottleneck? 

[3 Lions]

I would go for the RX 460,GTX 1050 or GTX 1050Ti instead as they would perfectly match your type of system. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

6 minutes ago, Homunculus said:

I'm planning to run the Sapphire Nitro+ rx 470 4gb with my i3-4170. Is that too much of a bottleneck? 

it won't bottleneck.

[Homunculus]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

I would go for the RX 460,GTX 1050 or GTX 1050Ti instead as they would perfectly match your type of system. 

That's what I planned at first, but I also plan to upgrade to an overclockable i5 3 months from now. So, is gaming on i3 + 470 a severe bottleneck like 50%: 98%?

[Freezanator]

1 minute ago, Homunculus said:

That's what I planned at first, but I also plan to upgrade to an overclockable i5 3 months from now. So, is gaming on i3 + 470 a severe bottleneck like 50%: 98%?

No, the i3-4170 wouldn't bottleneck the RX 470 in most cases. However, in CPU-intensive games such as Cities: Skylines, Ashes or the Singularity and games with lots of AIs, you'll see a slight impact in performance compared to that of a more powerful CPU. Another concern is multiplayer games especially when the game servers are packed. 

[3 Lions]

7 minutes ago, Homunculus said:

That's what I planned at first, but I also plan to upgrade to an overclockable i5 3 months from now. So, is gaming on i3 + 470 a severe bottleneck like 50%: 98%?

The bottleneck will be noticeable in games that require lots of CPU load (can't tell you exactly how much) but you always expect that with a CPU that is considered low-end and a GPU that is considered mid-range, when you upgrade to the i5 you won't notice any bottlenecks.

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

The bottleneck will be noticeable (can't tell you exactly how much) but you always expect that with a CPU that is considered low-end and a GPU that is considered mid-range, when you upgrade to the i5 you won't notice any bottlenecks.

My i3 rarely bottlenecks my 290. Only in CPU bound games such as Citites or some cases in GTA

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Only in CPU bound games such as Citites or some cases in GTA

Yeah sorry I forgot to mention that, I'll edit now.  

[Homunculus]

Thanks guys its decided now. I'll go with i3 + 470 and upgrade it sooner. I also don't play AAA multiplayers games (but I play CSGO and DOTA2 which is ok)and other cpu intensive titles (except gta v) but I'll upgrade soon to an i5.

[manikyath]

if you encounter a game where you have a cpu bottleneck (which, the more cpu heavy ones may have issues) just turn up the eyecandy.

 

the thing is, if you get a GPU that's weak enough to never get a cpu bottleneck, you'll always have bad performance, a GPU that's bottlenecked by your CPU wont perform worse than a GPU that isnt, a CPU bottleneck in this tier of system is just a reason to turn up the eyecandy without shame