Top card for 3570k

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Hi! I'm looking for the top card to pair with my old companion 3570k (air cooled right now therefore I don't know if I can reach the same frequency as when it was liquidcooled, but I plan to delid this time).

I'm staying with Nvidia and 1440p, to mitigate the old processor.

I already tried it with a 1080ti but there was a heavy bottleneck, the performance wasn't bad though.

I don't know if a 1070 or 1070ti will be fine or if I need a 1060 to avoid bottleneck.

Any experience to share?

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much do you want to spend? Id get the best card you can afford.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

6 minutes ago, bling said:

Hi! I'm looking for the top card to pair with my old companion 3570k (air cooled right now therefore I don't know if I can reach the same frequency as when it was liquidcooled, but I plan to delid this time).

I'm staying with Nvidia and 1440p, to mitigate the old processor.

I already tried it with a 1080ti but there was a heavy bottleneck, the performance wasn't bad though.

I don't know if a 1070 or 1070ti will be fine or if I need a 1060 to avoid bottleneck.

Any experience to share?

Hardware Canucks showed that the i7-2600K can still be played with 1080 ti with a performance that is close to a 8700K but without Multi Core Enhancement

so you should overclock the 3570K, but i guess if that still doesn't work then a 1070 is what i would pair it to

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much do you want to spend? Id get the best card you can afford.

The budget is not a problem, I'm also hoping the pricing will lower a bit (a lot) now that rtx are out.

I'm looking for the best card that won't be bottlenecked by the cpu.

The purpose is to have the lowest drop in performance against my primary system running a 8700k paired to a 1080ti

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, bling said:

The budget is not a problem, I'm also hoping the pricing will lower a bit (a lot) now that rtx are out.

I'm looking for the best card that won't be bottlenecked by the cpu.

The purpose is to have the lowest drop in performance against my primary system running a 8700k paired to a 1080ti

It really depends on the game aswell.

 

Having a faster gpu will always help you here. If you got the money get a 1070ti or 1080.

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10 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Hardware Canucks showed that the i7-2600K can still be played with 1080 ti with a performance that is close to a 8700K but without Multi Core Enhancement

so you should overclock the 3570K, but i guess if that still doesn't work then a 1070 is what i would pair it to

I tried the 1080ti with the Witcher 3, GTA v and rise of the tomb raider and I noticed a lot of bottleneck. That's why I ended up upgrading to a 8700k. Now I have the 3570k sitting around and I need a second pc elsewhere, but I don't want to waste money on a bottlenecked card. I'll search for the video you mentioned, maybe there's also a comparison with other cards.

 

@Electronics Wizardy games are primarily the Witcher 3, GTA v, fortnite and i guess the new tomb raider will be added to the list pretty soon

[Ordinarily_Greater]

4 minutes ago, bling said:

I tried the 1080ti with the Witcher 3, GTA v and rise of the tomb raider and I noticed a lot of bottleneck. That's why I ended up to upgrade to a 8700k. Now I have the 3570k sitting around and I need a second pc elsewhere, but I don't want to waste money on a bottlenecked card. I'll search for the video you mentioned, maybe there's also a comparison with other cards

what about used cards instead? maybe a 980 ti?

or this?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tv38TW/evga-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-sc-gaming-acx-30-video-card-08g-p4-6173-kr

[Princess Luna]

Second hand GTX 980 Ti cards are going for dirty cheap nowadays and personally I feel it's the best cost effective solution for you.

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6 hours ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

what about used cards instead? maybe a 980 ti?

or this?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tv38TW/evga-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-sc-gaming-acx-30-video-card-08g-p4-6173-kr

 

5 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Second hand GTX 980 Ti cards are going for dirty cheap nowadays and personally I feel it's the best cost effective solution for you.

I'm not ignoring used card, I'm just looking for the best performing card. I'm just not so keen to used cars nowadays because of mining and difficulties to find block for liquidcooling.

Anyway both of you suggest a 980ti, so basically that or the equivalent 1070 should be my choices. I'll look for a good deal on those then.

Thanks!!

[MalfurionStormrage]

I have an i7-2600 paired with a 1060, and the only game so far that where my CPU bottlenecked is BFV on 64-player multiplayer maps. 

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9 hours ago, MalfurionStormrage said:

I have an i7-2600 paired with a 1060, and the only game so far that where my CPU bottlenecked is BFV on 64-player multiplayer maps. 

Based on your experience do you think to have margin for a 1070 or the power jump would be too high for the cpu?

[agello24]

try a 980ti if you can find one.