Will my i7 870 bottleneck a HD 7970

JamesHarvie1 · Jun 14, 2016

i've been thinking about upgrading to a HD 7970 but i'm just wondering if my cpu will hold it back

clutchc · Jun 14, 2016

If it does, it will be minimal. I'm going by the fact that I have a Phenom II X4 965 @ 4GHz that keeps up fine with a R9-280.
The i7-870 is in the same class as the Phenom II X4 980 (3.8GHz): http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html
The HD 7970 is in the same tier as the R9-280: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

JamesHarvie1 · Jun 14, 2016

thanks man

Epicness937 · Jun 14, 2016

JamesHarvie1 :

for a 2nd opinion your more than fine only in a cpu hevey task are you going to get a light bottleneck