How much will a 8700k bottleneck a RTX 3080?

[opethdisciple]

Asking on behalf of a friend.

He has a 8700k and plays at 1440p.

How much if any would a 8700k bottleneck a RTX 3080?

Really I'm referring to next gen titles such as Watch Dogs Legion or CyberPunk for example.

I know we can't answer this fully until tomorrow at the earliest but if you had to take a guess what would you say?

 

[opethdisciple]

Depends on how those games behave and what there CPU use is like.

In general can get an idea of how they perform by whacking down the visual settings and resolution to make the CPU the primary boundary and see what sort of FPS it pumps out. Of course impossible with those games mentioned but suspect he will be fine.

I will be using the same CPU OC'd in my HTPC and also going 3080 or 3090 and expect my limit will still be the GPU in those games with eye candy cranked up with maby some scenes CPU bound. Just crank give it an OC and it sits right up there with latest out (not surprising seeing as Intel just bolting on more cores) Games around 6 min mark.

Thanks

 

[opethdisciple]

I haven't seen any mention of refresh rate, which is surely the most important factor?

144hz.

But I think for now he is going to stick on the 8700k. Most benchmarks have it performing superbly for an older CPU.