How much will i5 7600k Bottleneck rx 5700 xt?

[chewbachman]

How much will it bottleneck? I know there will be some degree of bottlenecking involved.

I can not upgrade both CPU and GPU simultaneously. If there is still some life in the i5 I may not upgrade the CPU for another year or so. I considered moving to 1440p but I think I am more attracted to higher refresh rate 1080p gaming in the 144 hz area.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well its not really good enough for high refresh rates, as higher refresh rates demands a strong cpu.

For 60/75 hz you'd be fine, as long as the game or app runs smooth enough on your current cpu. But some games or apps can definitely take advantage of better cpu.

For 1080p/60, a 5700 would be fine, along with your CPU.

For 120hz or higher, it would be best to have something like 7700K + 5700 XT

If you can afford the XT, get that and see how it does, given your cpu. The gpu itself will do very well, the cpu lacking will mostly come down to the game at hand. But i5 in general is simply not what to use for high refresh rates.

7600K + 5700 XT would actually do better at 1440p/60 then it would at 1080p/144

If motherboard and cooling allows, you could OC your cpu.

[chewbachman]

Well... It looks like I might be moving to 1440p/60 then. i have the asus prime z270-a motherboard. With the seventh gen intel processors and how gaming has evolved over the last couple years my upgrade path is pretty limited.

[L37]

Looking at passmark results for 7600k... i've tried 5700xt with i7-3770k. Yes, this i7 is older, but with its extra threads it seems to be ~similar to your i5. Probably even a bit faster since i ran it overclocked at 4.5ghz.
Yes, it caused issues in a bunch of games. Incapable of even maintaining stable 60FPS with card sitting at ~80% load. In 2160p.
Will work in some games, will not be great in others, definitely will not work for 144HZ monitor. Might be worth looking into cpu upgrade...

[AbedsBrother]

Four cores / threads, even heavily overclocked, is near-minimum spec these days. Newer games frequently run better with more cores / threads. How much better? Depends on the game. What games do you like to play?

I was facing a similar choice earlier this year and chose to upgrade the cpu (to a Ryzen 7 2700), leaving my gpu (an RX 470) to soldier on for a while yet. Even though I have to turn settings down in newer games (like The Division 2), they run very smooth. The gpu is a bottleneck on the system, but not a bad one. No regrets, the cpu upgrade was the right choice for me.

[Nabster]

Not much at all

[_I_]

144fps will need a much stronger cpu over 60fps

if the 7600k is oc'd to 4.5+ghz it should be ok with most games at 60-144fps
if not lower aa/af settings or res to see if its gpu bottlenecked