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Whats the best graphics card can i get without it being bottlenecked by current cpu?

windheaven

windheaven

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Read my signature info, basically i was wondering what gpu i could purchase and use without it getting bottlenecked by my i5 2500k 4.4ghz

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i want to play upcoming mmos like bless online, lost ark and maybe ashes of creation

im not ready to buy a new pc not until 2020
 
Stop worrying about GPU bottlenecking unless your CPU is a potato.

That i5 is perfectly good enough to run a GTX 1080Ti.

You should be more concerned about your resolution and desired refresh rates. If you want to play at 4k then your CPU is largely going to be irrelevant.

If you're playing CS:GO at 1080p and 100+FPS then you won't need much more than a GTX 1050Ti lol.

TL;DR buy whatever GPU you can afford.
 
There's no such thing as a universal CPU/GPU bottleneck. Not only does it vary from game to game, but from spot to spot within said games and even on which way you have the camera pointing at the time. I don't know anything about those specific games, but MMOs haven't typically required a top end card to play them.
 
Aaand scratch all I wrote below. Because I'm now logged in to post, I can see your sig.

And you have a 144hz monitor. I assumed you wouldn't have when listing mmos.
Yeah, a 2500K isnt going to hit that in those games.

At a pure guess, a 1070 might hit 144 (those games aren't out yet?), but would indeed get pulled back by the CPU. So anything 980/1060+ might get 'bottle necked'?

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windheaven said:
my i5 2500k 4.4ghz

mmos like bless online, lost ark and maybe ashes of creation
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In raids/busy areas you might need to turn down a few cpu specific settings to maintain 60fps.
However its not so bad, that its likely to be your main concern.
1080p is not really good enough to manage MMO interfaces imo. So you want a 1440p+ monitor. And then its all about the monitor resolution 'bottle necking' the graphics card. The CPU doesn't care about the res for the most part.

My 4.4ghz 3570K wont reliably maintain 60fps these days with everything maxed on the latest games. But it doesn't need much turning down off ultra to get it back up again.
The main problem it has is lack of threads if I'm trying to run stuff on a 2nd monitor, and you can forget trying to record stuff.
 
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