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Omar_38

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This is a long one I'm sorry. Really confused on this one... I was about to buy a new gtx 1070 but the problem is I have a very outdated Intel i7 920 processor and mobo... I know.. I need a upgrade. I'm not a gamer but I am a musician who uses software that has a lot of graphics heavy applications which is why I want a great gpu. Unfortunately I'm not rich and far from it but I bought a 1080p 144 gsync monitor wanting to pair it up with a gtx 1070. Again I don't game but I use software thats very graphics heavy and I'm looking for that smooth fps we all love.. Gpu bottlenecking is my biggest problem right now.. How bad would a new gtx 1070 bottleneck with a i7 920? What would be the performance drop? Would it be worth it to spend 480 on a gpu that will bottleneck or would the smarter choice be to buy a new motherboard that supports an i7 6700k? It's either the gtx 1070 for $480 that will most likely bottleneck or a new Mobo that supports i7 6700k for less than $500. But then no graphics card... I don't know what to do. I don't have $900+ to spend all at once. I'm hoping I can get the 1070 and the bottleneck won't be so bad that it's Unsuable or not worth it. Any experience from you let me know. Your advise would be highly appreciated. Thank you.
 
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If you're currently without any graphics card at all, and you've got your heart set on the 1070 and you've already bought a monitor specifically for it, I'd go ahead and get it. Even if it does wind up bottlenecked somewhat, it will still work until you can get the money together for a new motherboard and processor.
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I had a Radeon r9 380 I never seen my cpu go to 100% or close to that when I would use graphics heavy software. it's almost like they had no relation to each other. But a gtx 1070 is a different type of gpu so I'm not sure.
 
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Hmm. Well, the i7-920 might bottleneck a 1070. This wouldn't render the card unusable, but it might or might not yield that great a performance improvement over the R9-380. You said you 'had' the 380, do you no longer have it?
 
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I had the r9 380 but last week I sold it on eBay to make enough to buy the gtx 1070. I have a aoc 1080p gsync monitor. I'm just not sure about the way it would perform. The r9 380 was nothing special as I wasn't able to take advantage of amds freesync. I'm not sure if gsync enabled will be much of a difference. I do plan on getting a new motherboard and processor but can't get it all at once right now.
 
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If you're currently without any graphics card at all, and you've got your heart set on the 1070 and you've already bought a monitor specifically for it, I'd go ahead and get it. Even if it does wind up bottlenecked somewhat, it will still work until you can get the money together for a new motherboard and processor.
 
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Omar_38

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Your right. I been saving up for the 1070 for a while now and just came across the gpu bottleneck thing which made me freak out but I guess it will still work until I'm able to buy the new motherboard and 6700k. Thanks your time I appreciate it.
 
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No problem. Good luck and enjoy the new card!
 
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