cheapest gpu so my I7 4790 doesnt bootleneck?

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a Rx480 / GTX1060 will be fine.
even a rx470 would be a big step up
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wtf


it depends on your screen rather than your cpu
and of course the game you're playing

usually a 1060/Rx480 doesn't bottleneck on high settings / 1080p
for higher resolutions a stronger card is required.

but define what "bottleneck" means to you. If a card can display 80fps while the cpu can calculate 100fps it would be a bottleneck, but you know, gaming on a 60Hz screen, it's really not.
 
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i have 1080p monitor 60hz. my pc was prebuilt with i7 4790 and r7 240. i think you understand what that means. really beast cpu with really bad graphics card. Also i don thave much money to buy a 1080
 
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a Rx480 / GTX1060 will be fine.
even a rx470 would be a big step up
 
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I agree with this.

An 8GB RX480 or a 6GB GTX 1060 would run perfectly fine for you. This would allow high/ultra settings on 1080p at 60Hz
 
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'' my pc was prebuilt '' like its a dell or hp ??? be clear on exactly what you got , with a lot of them you may not be able to do much over what you got now you better make darn sure what card are allowed /supported or will work under there proprietary motherboards and bios

this is pretty common with a lot of them

good luck

u pretty much asked this here

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3252022/gpu-4790.html

seems several times

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/all.html?author=Dimitris_1
 
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RX480/GTX1060 is the cheapest I'd go, although I would not want anything less than a 1070 with an i7.

EDIT: Why did you ask several times?
 
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and why is that?
the additional threads of the i7 are used by only a handful of games.
most of the time the i7 performs just the same as an i5 making it irrelevant if you pair it with a 1070 or a 1060 since you don't get any extra performance from it.

compared to a R7 240 even a Rx470 is more than 6 times as powerful.
the R7 240 is barely faster than the iGPU

of course a 1060/Rx480 would be the perfect match for that CPU if you can afford it
 
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''the i7 performs just the same as an i5 making it irrelevant if you pair it with a 1070 or a 1060 since you don't get any extra performance from it.''

lol.. good one I guess that's why my first i5 showed me that's all its going to be my first [and last] like you I thought that the hyperthreading would not a issue but sadly it is too many time I think back and thought I should of got the xeon / i7 now as they say hind sight is 20/20


i5-4690 [non k] to eliminate any cpu overclocking and 1070 [number of gpu's = 1]

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1803/1090/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i5-4690 Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

i7-4790 [non k] to eliminate any cpu overclocking and 1070 [number of gpu's = 1]

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1090/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

that's 2000 points right there ??

from the 4790's scores you have to go down to result 354 to get the same score as the i54690's top score ??

now change the cards and use number of gpu's = 1 say to that 1060 and see how far you then fall [and that's the better 6gb card ]

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1096/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060-6GB

rx 470 down a bit more single card

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1101/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=AMD Radeon RX 470

and little gain going with a 480

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1101/15518?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=AMD Radeon RX 480

and a slight gain with the 1080 over the 1070 [I found that interesting figured it would be more ]

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1085/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


so that 1070 looks to be a sweet spot

may catch a 980 ti on a great sale or close out

http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1807/1033/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4790 Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
 
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do you honestly compare synthetic benchmarks?
wow. 2000 benchmark points.

gaming performance tells a different story in games that don't really support HT:

Haswell-Refresh_Core_i7-4790_i5-4690_Benchmark_Anno_2070-pcgh.png

Haswell-Refresh_Core_i7-4790_i5-4690_Benchmark_F1_2013-pcgh.png


before you say that's only bcs of the iGPU, here are benchmarks with a ASUS HD7970
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and here with 2x MSI 770
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suddenly 2000 points don't seem so impressive anymore.

of course in games that can use the 4790's HT that's a different story
Battlefield 4 is one of those. there the 4790 is faster, a good bit faster.
Haswell-Refresh_Core_i7-4790_i5-4690_Benchmark_Battlefield_4-pcgh.png


so yes, when the game can use more than 4 threads, the i7 is of course a bit faster.
but as stated, most games still don't use even 4 threads fully. and in those games the difference is basically non existent since they got the same single-core performance.
 
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bottom line is buy the best card you can afford even if it m,ay seem ''overkill'' today you may find it turns out just right tomorrow and then your glad you did not looking at getting another card cause the 'get by'' card now falls short in some way .

all you can do is the best you can whit in your means . but if you sell yourself short may cost your twice as much

good luck
 
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