Upgrade to a GTX 1070?

[leodaniel]

Hi, 

 

I have an offer for an GTX 1070 for around 200 Bucks (Gainward GTX1070, 8GB GDDR5). I actually have a GTX 780 in my system. I think it would be kind of a big update.

My Question, does it make any sense to upgrade only the GPU or will the CPU become a bottleneck then? I don't game a lot, when I do, I mainly steam to my NVIDIA Shield in my living room over Gigabit ethernet and I play games like the witcher 3. My specs:

- i7 4930k @ 3.4 Ghz (actually running at the base clockspeed, but I overclocked it to 4Ghz easily)

- 32 Gb Ram

- Asus Rampage IV gene Mobo

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, leodaniel said:

Hi, 

 

I have an offer for an GTX 1070 for around 200 Bucks (Gainward GTX1070, 8GB GDDR5). I actually have a GTX 780 in my system. I think it would be kind of a big update.

My Question, does it make any sense to upgrade only the GPU or will the CPU become a bottleneck then? I don't game a lot, when I do, I mainly steam to my NVIDIA Shield in my living room over Gigabit ethernet and I play games like the witcher 3. My specs:

- i7 4930k @ 3.4 Ghz (actually running at the base clockspeed, but I overclocked it to 4Ghz easily)

- 32 Gb Ram

- Asus Rampage IV gene Mobo

No bottleneck issues, and that'd be a great deal on a GPU.

[leodaniel]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

No bottleneck issues, and that'd be a great deal on a GPU.

Thanks

[Jurrunio]

no bottleneck. My CPU is weaker than yours, and CPU bottleneck only comes out occassionally in demanding AAA games like Assassin's Creed Origins

[suchamoneypit]

That would be a great deal, I'd definitely get it.