Will an i5 7400 bottleneck a gtx 1080 ti

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I'm looking to get into Pc gaming and I would like to play at 4K so I am thinking of getting a gtx 1080ti. I'm trying to stretch my budget out as much as possible so I am wondering whether an i5 7400 will bottleneck the gtx 1080 ti. If so could you please suggest a similarly priced cpu that would provide a less severe bottleneck.
 
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It entirely depends on the games you play, how it utilizes the CPU, what in-game graphics settings you will be using, and what framerates are acceptable to you. The i5-7400 is highly unlikely to hinder the max. possible performance of a GTX 1080 Ti, except in worst-case scenarios in some CPU-intensive games.
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It entirely depends on the games you play, how it utilizes the CPU, what in-game graphics settings you will be using, and what framerates are acceptable to you. The i5-7400 is highly unlikely to hinder the max. possible performance of a GTX 1080 Ti, except in worst-case scenarios in some CPU-intensive games.
 
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at 4k no, at lower resolutions yes
 
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The most CPU intensive game that I would be playing would be GTA V at 4K I would like to be getting 60 fps at 4K however 30 fps isn't the end of the world. Would I be more likely to be getting 60fps or 30fps?
 
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You'd most likely be getting 60fps than 30fps (except in grass areas where it'll dip closer to 30) with a GTX 1080 Ti on 4K:
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5vsquA_HdI"][/video]
 
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It really depends on how the specific games are optimized for Ryzen CPUs. As of now, when gaming in 1080p resolution, the i5-7400 will achieve higher FPS than the Ryzen 5 1400 at stock speeds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF5B2qQEJzs). Lower resolution have a huge gap in FPS between the Ryzen and the Intel CPUs, but as you go higher (1440p, 4K), the gap closes in, and depending on the game, may go over (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqynzMHFCVc).

Higher resolution, overclocking potential and RAM speeds could play into the Ryzen's advantage of having it perform better with higher FPS with the GTX 1080 Ti at 4K.

But if you are considering a better alternative to the i5-7400 (which costs ~$190), I'd rather consider the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 1600 (which costs ~$200) instead.
 
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I want to use this thread instead of opening a new one for a similar doubt. I have the gtx 1080ti with the exact i5 7400. O play at 4k but with all maxed out the fps in newer games will be around 45 to 50.

Watch dogs 2 for exemple, it goes sometimes to 29. I expected most games to be fixed on 60 our closer to it. Games that aren't open world usually keep the 60 fps mark.

My question is. To get 60 always on every game (of course the supersample off) would a more expensive processor do loke i7 7700k or the onlu way would be a sli?
 
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I have i5-7400, I only have a rx 480, but I want no longer want to play games in 1080p, I just bought a Samsung freesync 144hz, 1440p monitor. But new games only get my 40fps on high settings at this resolution. Will getting a 1080TI or a Vega64 allow me to get 60+fps on 1440p? (with my i5-7400)
 
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at 4k you need more gpu power first, it is very demanding


but cpu also matters a lot, with games like watch dogs 2 which are coded like monkey poo

gtx 1080 ti sli + a processor to handle them, a i7 7700k would be ideal yes but an overclocked i5 7600k can do the job as well
 
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