Galax GTX 1070 EXOC Sniper White

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Guys, good evening.

I'm highly considering to buy a Galax GTX 1070 EXOC Sniper White for many reasons: I've experiemented their 960 and enjoyed a lot. Also, their technical support is right here in my country. There's a problem, though, actually two.

1. I've got an i5 4690. It does bottleneck that GPU, but how bad is it? I mean, say I run a game at 80, 85 FPS, then the CPU happens to bottleneck the perfomance, thus making it drop to 70 or even 65 FPS. Will I experience stutter or so in that scope?

2. It's crazy but I'm buying that GPU to use for a while with a 1366x768 monitor (I'll buy a new one within 2 months). Thing is: my monitor doesnt have modern display ports, It only accepts that blue video cable. At the moment, I use a small adapter in my 960 to be able to connect. Would the 1070 also accept such adapter? Or, better, do the 1000 series accept such kind of adapter to connect to older monitors?

Thank you very much!
 
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1. That won't bottleneck at all, fantastic CPU.
2. You can get a DVI-D adapter provided that's the connection you're referring to, it could also be VGA.
Does it have two holes on the side and pins in the middle or is it a series of cubes?
Yes the 1070 will accept adapters.
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1. That won't bottleneck at all, fantastic CPU.
2. You can get a DVI-D adapter provided that's the connection you're referring to, it could also be VGA.
Does it have two holes on the side and pins in the middle or is it a series of cubes?
Yes the 1070 will accept adapters.
 
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1| The bottleneck will come about from the titles you play. if it's CPU intensive then the GPU won't be used as much but if it's GPU intensive then the CPU will most often be stuck at or near 100% usage. So ,if you will, please pass on the names of the games you'd like to play.

2| That blue video cable is known as a VGA cable. We would need to know the adapter you'r currently using...If it's a DVI-D to D-SUB adapter then perhaps but there are some on the forums who haven't had any luck with an adapter for the D-SUB/VGA and on that note, if you're looking to game at 1080p, it's completely overkill since the GTX1070 and above are more like power houses for 2K and 4K gaming(results will vary per titles as mentioned before).
 
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Hello again! First, thanks for the contributions, guys.

I use an adapter connected to this DVI-I:
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And it connects this to the monitor:
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Games I'm willing to play: The Witcher 3, For Honor, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Street Fighter V, Metal Gear Solid V. I don't plan to play GTA V or BF.

Also, could you recommend me monitors? I'd like one to have smooth 60 FPS perception. I run games at 60 FPS on my current monitor, but I don't feel the smoothness, unless I record and play it on windows media player or youtube. Other than that, it doesnt feel smooth. Thanks!
 
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Wouldn't my performance suffer more for using i5 at 144?

Or is it the only way I can feel the smoothness? Btw, what about the cables I showed? Would they be fine to connect from a 1070?
 
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Not at all, not sure where you're getting your information from, an i5 is a very strong performer.
Both monitors have a displayport connection for which the cable will be included.
Smoothness can generally be experienced at 60fps, but 144hz is a whole new world. ;)
 
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You're right, man. So many people saying stuffs about i5. I'll follow your advice, case closed! Thank you very much ( :
 
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