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RTX2070/80 super with 4770K CPU?

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I have a i7 4770K cpu and looking to get a graphics card RTX2070-80 Super.


Will I have any issues with my CPU? Bottle neck?? Do I have to buy new mobo/cpu
 
I have a i7 4770K cpu and looking to get a graphics card RTX2070-80 Super.


Will I have any issues with my CPU? Bottle neck?? Do I have to buy new mobo/cpu
I think it would last for a little bit yet so if you wanted to buy gpu now and then upgrade cpu/mobo in a few months that would be ok.
 
I intend to play COD MW at 1440p, hence the reason I purchased a new 27” FreeSync/G-sync compatible monitor.
 
I've just gone from a I7 4770K and a 2070Super...Although most games seemed fine...some games I was finding very jittery, the worst being RDR2 I was getting massive frame drops going from 55-45 fps and made it unplayable for me.
I've just upgraded my CPU and all problems have gone away and everything is as smooth as butter. Running a 4K monitor, I wont pretend to be an expert here...maybe a lower resolution it would be fine I don't know, but I can say there was bottle neck.
 
It will be fine overall imo. Yes, in some games it's gonna drag a bit especially pushing FPS over Graphics but it will do 60 fine. I wouldn't not upgrade to a new GPU just because you can't also get a new CPU platform. It's still a solid 4c/8t CPU, it's not a 4c/4t slouch.
 
There's no such thing as a universal bottleneck, bar getting into really silly combinations like pairing a modern card with a Core 2 Duo or something. Even just spinning the camera around in many games you can go from a CPU bottleneck to a GPU one and back again. It's entirely dependent on what's being rendered at any given moment. In most games you'll be absolutely fine. You'll see a bottleneck in certain situations in the really CPU-heavy titles (the past couple of Assassin's Creed games for instance), but even then it'll still be a much better experience than using the same CPU with a less powerful card, especially at 1440p with adaptive sync. It's not like we're talking about a Sandy Bridge i3 or something either. The 4770K is still pretty capable, especially with an overclock.
 
You'll see a bottleneck in certain situations in the really CPU-heavy titles (the past couple of Assassin's Creed games for instance), but even then it'll still be a much better experience than using the same CPU with a less powerful card, especially at 1440p with adaptive sync. It's not like we're talking about a Sandy Bridge i3 or something either. The 4770K is still pretty capable, especially with an overclock.

This. I'm running something similar at 1440p and the adaptive sync really does help. So when you do hit 50-60 frames, the adaptive sync smooths that out. Also agree with @Poneros here.
 
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