Will a GTX 970 bottleneck my system? please advise.

dfox79

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Hello, I need some help here, My GTX770 died on me couple of days ago and I want to replace it with a GTX970 and please am not open for any suggestions regarding the card model like get the GTX1050 or why not the GTX1060?! since they are all in my opinion is not that powerful than a GTX970 and at the same price point (in my country) I would prefer getting a GTX970 over these cards and since am on a budget no GTX980, GTX1070 or 1080 for me, so to the point, will that card bottleneck my system or not?!!

CPU Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45
RAM 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
SSD: ADATA XPG SX900 128GB for OS
Hard Drive: WD2003FZEX 2TB for storage
Monitor Asus VS248H-P 24inch, I run my games on 1080p @60Hz
PSU XFX Core Edition PRO 550W

the card that I want to buy,
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW
 

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sorry, I just updated my thread with all the required info :)
 

Zerk2012

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The GTX 1060 6GB card is a bit stronger than the 970 the GTX 1060 3GB card is very close to it.
Don't be concerned about bottlenecks it's not like your buying the top of the line video card and have a core 2 or something.
Every PC ever made has a bottleneck it's only the slowest part of the PC doing the task at hand and can change to a different part when doing a different task.