Would my PC bottleneck a GTX1080/1080ti??

[BloodNile]

Hey, I want to upgrade my GPU to a 1080 or 1080 ti, but I'm wondering if my PC will bottleneck it.
My CPU: I7 4790 @3.60 GHz
RAM: 16gb DDR3 ( 1600 both ram sticks)

if it will bottleneck it, what will i have to change? thought about rebuilding a rig with DDR4 ram support but it is wayy out of my budget at the moment.

[BlackRayPlayer]

Yes, an intel Core 4th Gen i7-4790 would bottleneck a 1080 GPU; the i7-4790K bottlenecks a GTX 1070, just like my intel Core 4th Gen i5-4690K bottlenecked my GTX 1060 6GB.

If you were to upgrade, you can run a GTX 1080 Ti with a intel Core 8th Gen i5-8600K without bottlenecks. There also have been rumors that the intel Core 9th Generation is coming around the corner that can work with some of the same Z370 motherboards as intel Core 8th Gen, but 9th generation i7's will come with 8 Cores instead of 8th Gen Six Core processors.

intel Core 8th Gen i5-8600K Six Cores
intel Core 8th Gen i7-8700K Six Cores/12 Threads (Hyperthreading)

Rumored:

intel Core 9th Gen i5-9600K Six Cores
intel Core 9th Gen i7-9700K Eight Cores (No Hyperthreading)
intel Core 9th Gen i7-9800K Eight Core/Sixteen Threads (Hyperthreading)

[BloodNile]

thanks, i guess i will have to upgrade my whole pc then if i want to get a better cpu

[WAIFU]

Just mobo gpu ram and maybe psu

[wirs]

Originally posted by KILLTRUMP:

Just mobo gpu ram and maybe psu

That is a whole pc ...

[zNeq]

no point use 1050ti its enough

[BloodNile]

Originally posted by elhotic:

no point use 1050ti its enough

i wish a 1050ti would be enough for me, but i want to get the most out of my 1440p g-sync monitor. plus would love to run the games at ultra settings. i have a 1050 now and dont get me wrong, its good, but definately want to go the extra miles. was just wondering because I originally planned on rebuilding but recently had some hope to resalvage. would it bottleneck a 1060 though? because if it wont i can get one and give it to a family member when i rebuild.

[BlackRayPlayer]

Originally posted by onecrazyegyptian:

Originally posted by elhotic:

no point use 1050ti its enough

i wish a 1050ti would be enough for me, but i want to get the most out of my 1440p g-sync monitor. plus would love to run the games at ultra settings. i have a 1050 now and dont get me wrong, its good, but definately want to go the extra miles. was just wondering because I originally planned on rebuilding but recently had some hope to resalvage. would it bottleneck a 1060 though? because if it wont i can get one and give it to a family member when i rebuild.

A 1060 6GB would not be bottlenecked by a 4th Gen i7, but it is a 1080p card, not a suitable 1440p card. A suitable card for 1440p would be the GTX 1070/1070 Ti

[BloodNile]

yeah i wouldnt give my monitor away too just the rig. monitor stays with me with whatever i rebuild.

[🌸 Flower Power 🌸]

Varies game to game, some are more CPU-bound than others, but in a lot of games you will notice a difference between your i7 4790 and a better CPU to run a 1080/ti. Also, a 1060 wouldn't be that bad for 1440p, I used to run a 660ti @ 2560x1440 for a year or 2 and it was fine outside of the latest AAA games (which still ran pretty well), but a 1070 should be able to do everything you want, I run basically every game maxed out or close to it with a 1070 @ 1440p and it's worked great for me

[BlackRayPlayer]

If you were to get a GTX 1070 with a intel Core 4th Gen i7-4790, you will still get reasonable frame rates with the card, even at 1440p, but until you can move to another CPU, your not getting the cards full potiential. A game running at 63~72fps with the card might run at 89~98fps with a better CPU.

[p0p]

I have a i7-4790K@4.3GHz with a 1080. Runs just perfect, I don't know why, or how or in which game the 4790k should be a bottleneck?
Get a life if you disadvise of upgrading because of that...
Also the difference between i5-8600k and i7-4790k is ridiculous small.

[BlackRayPlayer]

Originally posted by p0p:

I have a i7-4790K@4.3GHz with a 1080. Runs just perfect,

It's not running perfectly, it's running decently, and you're not getting the fullest potential off the card. The question was would it bottleneck, and I have answered the question. It wasn't biased, and it wasn't an opinion.

An intel Core 8th Gen i5-8600K would be simlar or better than a i7-4790K. Then you have the intel Core 8th Gen i7-8700K; you could Pair that with a 1080 Ti.

[p0p]

Tell me only one game which is bottlenecked by a i7-4790k.
All games i play run about 10-30% cpu usage while they are on 100% gpu usage.

My 1080 was before in a system with also 32gb ram but with a i7-8700k. More or less the same framerate as on my system now...

So maybe it is a few fps lower in benchmarks, but that cpu will never ever bottleneck a 1080 so that you should not buy one...

[BlackRayPlayer]

Originally posted by p0p:

Tell me only one game which is bottlenecked by a i7-4790k.

Final Fantasy XV

[p0p]

LOL

https://www.google.at/amp/s/www.techspot.com/amp/article/1569-final-fantasy-15-cpu-benchmark/

Gtx1080ti
i7-8700K: 91FPS
i5-8400: 91FPS (Compareable to 4790K)
i3-8100: 85FP (20% less cpu performance then i5-8400)

As you can see, the i3 is such a tight bottleneck, the game becomes instantly unplayable and the maximum which should be installed with this machine should be a downclocked gtx1050...