will an i3 3220 bottleneck gtx 960?

Jax4ever

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I'm upgrading / replacing my 7770hd for 1080p gaming by gtx 960 for 195$, but my cpu is i3 3220, if it will heavily bottleneck gtx 960, then i should consider toupgrade my cpu to i5-3450 or i5- 3470 that will be spending $120 extra.
Or Rather i buy R9-270.which is 40% less powerful in comparision. I would be playing on 1080p: Dota2 mainly and other upcoming games like GTAV, Farcry4, Witcher3, Batman ArkhamCity, Tomb raider..etc.
Pls Suggest as my budget for upgrade is 200$ and my rig spec is
I3 3220 4x2GB corsiar vengeance 1600MHz 7770HD 1gb, b75m-D3h mobo with PSU 500w .
 

TiagoLima

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I had just 3days ago an i3 3220 with a 7870 and now I have a i7 3770 still with a7870 (waiting for a970 arrive) and even tho I play with triple screen gaming is now a totally different experience to play online the i3 just don't have the power