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I just built a new i5 skylake system about a week and a half ago. Although I was unable to afford a new at the time, so I just reused my Gigabyte 7950 temporarily. My budget for a new card is around $450usd give or take and I'll have the money by Friday. I've been going back & forth between the 1070GTX, 1060GTX, and RX480 from various manufacturers. My current monitor is only 1080p/60hz but I may upgrade to a new one possibly 1440p in the future.

My system specs are
i5-6500 3.2ghz
Gigabyte H170 Gaming 3 motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4-2133
Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5"
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Power supply
Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case

Mainly I built this PC to run BF1 at high or better settings at 60fps avg. Although I'm sure I'll buy other newer titles as well during the winter sales. My question is the 1070GTX worth the extra money or is it mainly overkill for me? Also I have no idea what card manufacturers are recommended anymore since I haven't upgraded in awhile. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
 
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Well it does vary by game, but an i5 6500 is not going to bottleneck a 1070 much more than say an i7 6700k will in most games. There is always a bottleneck, depending on your resolution and framerate that bottleneck may be more on the cpu side or might be more on the gpu side but it will always be there. I would not worry about a i5 6500 bottlenecking a 1070 in any significant way, its certainly not going to at 1080p 60hz.
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I'll have over $450 but I'd like to save the rest for the winter game sales this year. Right now I'm keeping my current monitor but within a year or two I'll likely upgrade it. Currently I'm leaning towards the 1070GTX as its more future proof then either the 1060 or RX480. Although I'm unsure if my i5-6500 will be able to keep up with the 1070. Some say it will bottleneck and others say its fine. Most likely it varies depending on the game your playing I assume.
 
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Well it does vary by game, but an i5 6500 is not going to bottleneck a 1070 much more than say an i7 6700k will in most games. There is always a bottleneck, depending on your resolution and framerate that bottleneck may be more on the cpu side or might be more on the gpu side but it will always be there. I would not worry about a i5 6500 bottlenecking a 1070 in any significant way, its certainly not going to at 1080p 60hz.
 
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