Will a I5 7600k bottleneck a gtx 1080 in 1080p?

[Bob Ross69]

Will a I5 7600k bottleneck a gtx 1080 in 1080p?

[Princess Luna]

You shouldn't pair a high end GPU like the GTX 1080 with such a mid to low end bad purchase processor such the i5 7600k, get  a Ryzen 1600 / 1700 or for the same price you'd pay on a z270+cooling just get a b250 and the i7 7700 then you can pair it with a GTX 1080.

 

If it is 144hz then all good but a GTX 1080 for 1080p60hz is a bit too much, consider a GTX 980ti second hand.

[PCGuy_5960]

Yes, upgrade to a 7700K or if you want to buy a 7600K get a Ryzen 5 1600 or an i7 7700 instead

[Nena Trinity]

Yes, 8 threads minimum.

[Nena Trinity]

4 minutes ago, Matthew-wehttam said:

You should be fine but you may prefer ryzen or an i7

Fine is not good enough for PCMR! :3

[Yahtadi]

Or goes to 1070. Wicked fast for 1080p

[Guest]

29 minutes ago, Bob Ross69 said:

Will a I5 7600k bottleneck a gtx 1080 in 1080p?

You don't need a GTX 1080 for 1080p just because the card has 1080 written on it

[Wonders3004]

i would not spend 500 on a gpu unless u are planning to go 4k or 1440p 120/144hz eventually. and honestly an i5 is just fine 8 threads will not make a difference when it comes to gpu performance. there arent many, if any games right now that use more than 4 cores. throw a little bit of an overclock on the i5 and it will be great. if u do plan on staying at 1080p for a while maybe grab a gtx 1060 or even a 1050ti. i just bought a laptop with an i7 and 1060 and it just destroys 1080p60hz. hope this helps

[Dackzy]

14 minutes ago, Wonders3004 said:

i would not spend 500 on a gpu unless u are planning to go 4k or 1440p 120/144hz eventually. and honestly an i5 is just fine 8 threads will not make a difference when it comes to gpu performance. there arent many, if any games right now that use more than 4 cores. throw a little bit of an overclock on the i5 and it will be great. if u do plan on staying at 1080p for a while maybe grab a gtx 1060 or even a 1050ti. i just bought a laptop with an i7 and 1060 and it just destroys 1080p60hz. hope this helps

that is just wrong in every single way. 

Unreal Engine 4, Frostbite 3, CryEngine 3, Civilization game engine and Nitrous Engine can all use 8 cores, just go look up basically any i5 vs i7 video and you will see higher 1% low FPS, higher average FPS and less fluctuation.

[Wonders3004]

16 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

that is just wrong in every single way. 

Unreal Engine 4, Frostbite 3, CryEngine 3, Civilization game engine and Nitrous Engine can all use 8 cores, just go look up basically any i5 vs i7 video and you will see higher 1% low FPS, higher average FPS and less fluctuation.

i apologize i admit i was wrong about the extra cores/threads and how many big engines use them. that being said his question was will an i5 7600k bottleneck a gtx 1080, and with that i say no like you said there is only a 1% difference which is a frame or 2 when it comes to a lot of mordern games,  with an overclock on the i5 it will be just fine running a 1080.

 

Photo from kitguru.net. and i believe this was with a titan which if the titan isnt being bottlenecked than a gtx1080 wont

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Wonders3004 said:

i apologize i admit i was wrong about the extra cores/threads and how many big engines use them. that being said his question was will an i5 7600k bottleneck a gtx 1080, and with that i say no like you said there is only a 1% difference which is a frame or 2 when it comes to a lot of mordern games,  with an overclock on the i5 it will be just fine running a 1080.

 

Photo from kitguru.net 

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This video pretty much shows you why an i7 would be a better buy, you can see that the frame timings are fluctuation more with the two i5's (stock and OC) than the i7's, while the average might not be worlds apart and sometimes the same, the timings on the i7 will be better and in some games you do see a difference of almost 10fps. That test is with the Maxwell Titan X, which is worse than a GTX 1080, so expect a bit worse with a GTX 1080. The difference between skylake and kaby for gaming is just the clockspeed.

In some games yes there will be a bottleneck, but not like 30fps, maybe more like 3-12fps, but overall the i7 would provide the better experience, simply because it is more stable with frame timings. 

[Wonders3004]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

This video pretty much shows you why an i7 would be a better buy, you can see that the frame timings are fluctuation more with the two i5's (stock and OC) than the i7's, while the average might not be worlds apart and sometimes the same, the timings on the i7 will be better and in some games you do see a difference of almost 10fps. That test is with the Maxwell Titan X, which is worse than a GTX 1080, so expect a bit worse with a GTX 1080. The difference between skylake and kaby for gaming is just the clockspeed.

In some games yes there will be a bottleneck, but not like 30fps, maybe more like 3-12fps, but overall the i7 would provide the better experience, simply because it is more stable with frame timings. 

ah ok didnt realize it was maxwell titan for some reason thought it was first gen titan pascall. but yeah i agree with u 100% have an i7 7700k and gtx 1080 myself and  love it.  and have also seen a lot of people running 1070s or 1080s paired with an i5 and they like it as well. OP it all comes down to how much you are willing to spend if u have the extra 100 bucks or whatever it is go for the i7. if not i5 will be fine for a while. 

[Bob Ross69]

On 7/30/2017 at 9:23 AM, deXxterlab97 said:

You don't need a GTX 1080 for 1080p just because the card has 1080 written on it

I know that I'm just asking if it will bottleneck when I'm playing a 1080p game