Will I5 4670K or I7 4770K limit the GPU performance of GTX 1080

[MaGTstang]

Hello all,

 

My current system has an I5 4670K overclocked to 4.4Ghz.

 

I currently game on 1080P @ 144hz. Seeing as how GPU pricing is significantly lowering, I was thinking of upgrading from my R9 290 to a GTX 1080 for relatively cheap.

 

Would my I5 4670K be able to keep up with the GTX 1080 in the games shown below? Similarly, will an I7 4770k be able to keep up if the I5 is insufficient? (I would definitely not prefer to upgrade my whole platform as I can upgrade to the I7 4770K for like $100.. versus shelling out $700+ CAD for the an 8700K, mobo and ram.)

 

TC - Rainbow Six Siege

Diablo 3

Destiny 2

Battlefield 1

 

Thanks in advance

[Firewrath9]

no. but i would get a 1070 ti

[DigestingEnergy]

I don't think the i5 will be able to keep up, but the i7 will definitely do a much better job and shouldn't be a major bottleneck.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, MaGTstang said:

 

Your CPU is still pretty fine for gaming, an i7 for $100 isn't bad

 

your GPU is still fine for 1080p gaming unless there's something wrong with it.

Wait for next gen GPUs in a month or 2 if you're going to upgrade it.

[MaGTstang]

1 minute ago, Firewrath9 said:

no. but i would get a 1070 ti

Surprisingly, the GTX 1080 is on sale and is $50 cheaper than the 1070 TI!!

[MaGTstang]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Your CPU is still pretty fine for gaming, an i7 for $100 isn't bad

 

your GPU is still fine for 1080p gaming unless there's something wrong with it.

Wait for next gen GPUs in a month or 2 if you're going to upgrade it.

There's nothing wrong per say with my GPU, but i am not getting a constant 144 fps on the games that i play.

 

I get between 100-120 fps in Siege and would love to hit the 144 constant mark.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, MaGTstang said:

There's nothing wrong per say with my GPU, but i am not getting a constant 144 fps on the games that i play.

 

I get between 100-120 fps in Siege and would love to hit the 144 constant mark.

What are your graphical settings? Is everything set to low/medium?

 

Your CPU should be able to do close to 200fps in that title going by this chart

Either way wait to see what the next gen GPUs are

 

[Geotropism]

2 minutes ago, MaGTstang said:

There's nothing wrong per say with my GPU, but i am not getting a constant 144 fps on the games that i play.

 

I get between 100-120 fps in Siege and would love to hit the 144 constant mark.

I had an i5 4590 + GTX 1080 early last year before upgrading to an i5-8600k. The performance jump was noticeable.

[Speed Weed]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

I have a 4790k and a 1080, and in destiny 2 the CPU has no issues.  I'm able to pull 144hz-400 depending on where I am in the game at 1080p, at 4k and upscaled higher on another display with everything maxed out I get around 45-60 in hive/when fighting a lot of adds in highly detailed areas.

I think i7 4790k might bottleneck SLI GTX 1080. I am not sure about this though. 

[MaGTstang]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What are your graphical settings? Is everything set to low/medium?

 

Your CPU should be able to do close to 200fps in that title going by this chart

Either way wait to see what the next gen GPUs are

 

I do not have the GTX 1080 right now - I was thinking of buying it as it is on sale.

 

I currently get 100-120 on High, antialiasing off with my R9 290

[MaGTstang]

6 minutes ago, Geotropism said:

I had an i5 4590 + GTX 1080 early last year before upgrading to an i5-8600k. The performance jump was noticeable.

Thanks for the anecdotal evidence!!  

[MaGTstang]

Seems like the general consensus is that an upgrade to the I7 4770K would reliably keep up with the GTX 1080 like performance GPUs (that is if i wait for the next generation GPUs and go with like an GTX 1170 for example whenever that comes around...)

[jeffmeyer5295]

4 minutes ago, MaGTstang said:

Thanks for the anecdotal evidence!!  

Lol

[Fasauceome]

I have made a lot of Haswell systems, and they're gonna be good for another few years. While you technically will see higher framerates if you upgrade your CPU and GPU, that's not to say you shouldn't put a high end graphics card with a Haswell chip. As long as it's one of the high frequency ones, as yours clearly is, you'll get you money's worth. My PC has been Haswell since the beginning, and I've made 4 other gaming systems with Haswell CPUs, and they scale well with modern games and hardware.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, MaGTstang said:

Seems like the general consensus is that an upgrade to the I7 4770K would reliably keep up with the GTX 1080 like performance GPUs (that is if i wait for the next generation GPUs and go with like an GTX 1170 for example whenever that comes around...)

I honestly do recommend an i7 simply because multitasking gets the better of a more ingrained user over time. Budget systems and mid range systems are more the i5 region, so getting those extra threads really does help out, and a 1080 really does make a high end system.  As long as you overclock to the same frequency or better, your single threaded performance won't suffer, hence gaming performance. 

[MaGTstang]

4 minutes ago, jeffmeyer5295 said:

Lol

I didn't mean it in a negative way haha. Although charts and graphs are nice, I value personal experiences too!

 

 

[Firewrath9]

How about a 4790k?

[ApolloX75]

I switched from a 4670K to a 4790K. Here's some benchmarks for you:

 

4790K + 1080

4670K + 1080

 

Performance wise the increase was noticeable, a much smoother experience overall, but in general I would say a 4670K overclocked to at least 4.3GHz won't really be much of a bottleneck with something like a 1080. Haswell is still an excellent architecture and has a lot of life left.