CPU bottlenecking GPU

[Myron Lou]

I didnt change my cpu for a long time, my cpu is i5 4460

changing to a new cpu need a new motherboard, its expensive for a decent cpu with motherboard

Does my i5 4460 cpu will bottleneck any recent cards right now? Like the GTX 1070 or 1080 or RX vegas

[wonderforest]

It will vary depending on the game, but the short answer is yes slightly.

[Xetano]

IIn my previous system i had i5 6500 and R9 390.  Then I decided to upgrade to a GTX 1070 and in some cases yes the i5 6500 bottle-necked the GTX 1070 to the point that I'm getting less than 60 fps and GPU utilization is under 50% looking at you GTA 5

[Bananasplit_00]

8 minutes ago, LLXIR said:

Again, depends on the game, if you want to play Cities: Skylines, then yes, it will heavily bottleneck, but for CS:GO for example, only a little.

It will bottleneck, in any case, if you have the money, buy an R5 1600X, it is known for its good price/performance value. MB shouldn't be that expensive, there are AM4 MBs for as little as €80-90 here in Belgium, and the 1600X is ~ €240 so that should give you an idea.

The 1600 is a shit choice, it's more of a side grade than an upgrade(yes it is a small upgrade as well) which will end up costing more than just getting an I7 4790, I7 4770 or either of those chips in their K SKUs and they will be quite a bit better than the 1600

[Bananasplit_00]

1 hour ago, LLXIR said:

 

I agree, it's far off from like a 8700K or something similar, but since @Myron Lou is on tight budget I believe, buying an old 4790K is a good option, but then you've got to live with the fact that some newer standards were not supported on an older platform, those are the perks of living with older hardware, and don't know if Myron is ready to do that. But then again, if you can afford a 1070 or 1080, I presume you can buy a decent CPU...

what you loose out on for going with 4th gen I7 over Ryzen:

Ryzen + and Ryzen 2

DDR4

that new USB frontpanel connector that like, 4 cases use

two or four cores/four or 8 threads

RGB headers

better NVME support

 

thats about it, and honestly thats nothing major. NVME is a complete waste for most people, and so are those extra slower cores. DDR4 is extremely expensive and RGB headers are IMO nothing major. it will end up cheaper to get the I7 anyway and net better performance in games so i cant see much of an argument for going with Ryzen, but if the Ryzen +/2 rumors of 5GHz 12 cores for $400 turn out to be true i will eat my words but i honestly cant say they seem too credible