AMD FX 6300 and GTX 1060

ZeriFX

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I am either going to buy this card GTX 1060 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487267

OR

this GTX 1050 ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137054&cm_re=gtx_1050_ti-_-14-137-054-_-Product.

The thing that I am very worried about the GTX 1060 is the bottleneck with the AMD FX 6300 @ 3.9GHz. Im on a really tight budget so im just buying one gpu and thats it. If the bottleneck with the GTX 1060 and the AMD FX 6300 is too much a @ 3.9GHz (4.0 GHz if I try) then I'll just get the 1050 TI so I don't have to go through so much trouble.

System Specs (Pre-built replaced a GT 640 with a GTX 750ti, I don't know some parts):

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 780G SB700 (PCIe 2.0 x16)
CPU: AMD FX 6300 @ 3.9GHz
GPU: GTX 750 TI
CPU Cooler: Stock
RAM: 2Sticksx8GB 16 GB DDR3 (dont know brand)
PSU: 500 Watt (dont know brand)
Prebuilt Model: Cybertron Hellion GM1213b

Games I want to run @ 1080p 60fps with High-Ultra Presets (Medium if required)

Overwatch
The Forest
Killing Floor 2
GTA V
Battlefield 1 & 4
Dying Light
Tom Clancy's: Rainbow Six Siege
No Mans Sky
Future games in the next 2 years or so.

Sorry for the long and messy post, I just can't decide and I don't have that much overclocking space for my FX 6300 because of the stock, psu and mobo.

So can I still go for the GTX 1060 if I can get my CPU to 4.0GHz or just get the GTX 1050 TI with no problems?

 
Solution
A faster GPU will always show gains over a slower one, even on a slow CPU, because things like anti-aliasing become effectively "free" and you can run higher graphical settings without a performance hit. However, regardless of what GPU you put in, you may still have low framerates in some games. That is to say, a 1060 will not buy you higher framerates, it will buy you higher graphical settings at whatever framerate your FX can deliver.
A faster GPU will always show gains over a slower one, even on a slow CPU, because things like anti-aliasing become effectively "free" and you can run higher graphical settings without a performance hit. However, regardless of what GPU you put in, you may still have low framerates in some games. That is to say, a 1060 will not buy you higher framerates, it will buy you higher graphical settings at whatever framerate your FX can deliver.
 
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ZeriFX

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So basically the GTX 1060 will do better than the 1050 ti but it will have a limit where the fps cant go anymore higher because of my CPU? I'll just get the 1060 then and save up some to upgrade my cpu.

 
Yeah that's exactly how it works. If you have a fixed budget, some people will recommend spending less on a GPU so you can spend more on a CPU (or vice versa), it's just a matter of how to best allocate funds. Faster of either is always better though.