Will it bottleneck?

[Findiculous]

Looking to update the graphics card (and probably the entire rig eventually) and been using the 780Ti for a good 4 years now.

 

We all hear the horror stories of "bottleneck" and some youtube videos have addressed this to show it doesnt impact across maybe a couple of generations.

 

However, this old rig is current on the i7 Extreme 4960x Six Core 12 Thread and 32GB DDR3 RAM on an x79 Motherboard. So would the newer NVIDIA's (1080Ti or RTX 2080/2080Ti) potentially cause a bottleneck do you reckon or has anybody tested this?

 

If its looking to bottleneck I may as well replace the whole rig in one go rather than buying bits an pieces.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Chances are, there will be no bottleneck or if there is one, it will be too small to matter.

 

Ultimately, an upgrade to the GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2080 Ti will be a very nice one over the GTX 780 Ti, so don't worry about it.

[RyuHimora]

The 4960x is still a fine CPU, especially if you're overclocking to 4.5 Ghz or more, essentially matching an 8700K but with more cache and PCIe lanes. Until we get an actual Tick upgrade from intel that doesn't use a very slightly modified microarchitecture, you're still only one generation behind on the core. A 1080 Ti will love your CPU, don't bother getting a 2000 series.