Purely out of curiosity, which combo would game better?

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This is completely out of curiosity. I was wondering which ~$430 cpu gpu combo would perform better in gaming (both 1080p and 1440p), assuming everything else in the builds are the same Also, if you were forced to use one in your gaming rig, which would it be

Pentium g4560 + gtx 1070 or i5 7500 + gtx 1060 6gb

It seems like i5 + 1060 is very popular for gamers chasing frame rates. But I was thinking about it and I've kinda convinced myself that a weaker cpu + stronger gpu would result in better gaming performance for that price, considering how gaming is generally gpu bottlenecked. I'm probably missing something though. Perhaps the story is different at different resolutions? Idk what do you guys think?
 
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even with 4690k + gtx 1070 you'll see in bf1 ultra 1080p 70-80 fps due to cpu bottlenecking the gpu in such a cpu intensive game. you need a good cpu to not bottleneck the gpu's power.

even if the gpu wont be as powerful as 1070 you will...
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7500 in gtx 1060 in almost all games. your g4560 will bottleneck 1070 heavily and wont keep with track with him.

that even goes worse when you wanna go for good frames for smooth gaming. (games like overwatch and csgo). 1060 is more than enough for 1080p gaming.
 
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Even with the more taxing 1440p titles?

 
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Agreed. I'd take the 1060. For 60Hz 1080 gaming the 1060 does a good job. The 1070 would handle 144Hz or 4K gaming better, but the CPU would be rather limiting there. As long as 60Hz 1080 gaming is what you are looking to do the 1060 option looks good.
 
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the opposite, the cpu is more important to achieve higher fps as it needs to pre-render the frames for the gpu.
 
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You got that backwards. The GPU is what's doing all the graphics type of work. The CPU doesn't pre-render anything.
 
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For gaming you need a CPU that is "good enough" to handle the load you want. Minimum would be something that can handle 4 threads, and quick enough. The new Pentium he's considering is the lowest that I'd consider for a gaming machine. The recommended specs usually call for at least a 3770K, meaning something that can handle 8 threads. The Pentium 4560 would choke hard trying to do that.
 
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even with 4690k + gtx 1070 you'll see in bf1 ultra 1080p 70-80 fps due to cpu bottlenecking the gpu in such a cpu intensive game. you need a good cpu to not bottleneck the gpu's power.

even if the gpu wont be as powerful as 1070 you will be able to lower the settings to get fps which will appear smooth on a 144hz screen.

 
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