Do i need a faster CPU to play modern games at a good resolution?

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My PC has a 2.66Ghz i7 processor. It is a Nehelam (i920 socket) and so upgrading the CPU would also mean upgrading the motherboard and also the RAM.

My graphics card is very old (GTX 9800+). I'm going to upgrade to a GTX1070.

Will this set-up allow me to play modern games at a high resolution or will my CPU be a bottleneck?

FYI this CPU is meant to overclock to 4Ghz but I'm unable to keep it stable when overclocked so please just assume i can't make it go faster for the purpose of this question.

Thanks in advance,
Dub
 
adam98150 said:
Doubt you'll see a big improvement. You need a decent vid card to push higher resolutions.
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so based on the above setup I can just upgrade to a GTX1070 and the CPU won't really be a bottleneck for gaming? If that is the case I'm really happy :)
 
The games I'm likely to play are Guild Wars 2, maybe World of Warcraft, and then Overwatch and Battlefield 1.. as examples.
 
I've got

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK)

My CPU hovers at 40-50c and running prime95 at 4ghz it never went over 75c (i think) before it crashed.

Do you need to know any other components to help?
 
Thanks for the X5650 recommendation. Will check it out.

Re upping RAM, I can't find that same memory any more. I'd have to get something for the remaining the RAM slots. Would that be a problem? Any recommendation to go with my current RAM if it is ok to mix and match? (Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) )
 
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