Would my CPU bottleneck at 4k?

[beany_bot]

Hi all. I'm starting to save up for a 1080Ti or Vega. (I know neither actually exsist yet but planning ahead so I have enough money).

My absolute goal is to go from 1080p gaming to 4K gaming.

I want to do this by this time next year.

Question is, even though we don't know the specs of these hypothetical cards yet. we can guesstimate as to their speeds.

Will my CPU bottleneck my "theoretical" rig at this time? I know that pushing 4K games is hard work on the GPU, but does it put much more strain on the CPU?

I was kind of holding off upgrading my mobo/CPU/RAM until late 2017/early 2018 if possible.

 

[beany_bot]

Nope, your CPU will be fine for 4k as its down to the GPU like you said.

One a side note, gaming at 4K isnt all that. I have an 4k monitor @ 60hz and I play my games on 2K at home because gaming at 144hz on a 2k monitor feels much better than gaming on 4k @ 60hz.

Yeah i'm really struggling to decide between 1440p, 1440 UltraWide and 4K

The thing is, I've never seen more than 60fps so "don't know what i'm missing".
I'm not a competitive twitch based battlefield type gamer. And I can't seem to tell the difference between say 50fps and 60fps. They both look silk to me. Only when it drops below 50 do I notice. I spend a lot of time in games like rust and gta v just gawping at the stunning views. That's why i felt that 4K was for me. But I don't know. And it's not just gaming, I would love to watch some of the youtube content thats in 4K.Asuming the 1080Ti (or whatever) can game at 4K. then I guess it's a case of why not?

 

[beany_bot]

The only game that apears to max my CPU is FSX. But it will always max a CPU as it hardly touches the GPU. It's all about single core speed. All textures and things are loaded through the CPU. all the GPU does is AA (and only if you force it to through Nvidia Inspector or Catalyst Control Centre). Alas, I digress.