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Hey guys! I am looking to upgrade my GPU. The problem is that I still have a 2700K at 4.6GHz. I game at 1200p and I am hoping if I get a 1070 I will be good to go for a while. Does anyone know how much my CPU will hold it back? I still have a PCIe 2.0 board and 1600MHz RAM.

I feel like I will be okay with a 1070. PUBG lags right now and I want the new Project Cars.
 
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geofelt
GTX1070 is only one tier higher than a GTX690 on toms gpu hierarchy chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
It is not clear to me how the dual gpu nature of the GTX690 might impact performance in your games.

The risk is that you may be disappointed if you do not see a big improvement.

I7-2700K should still be a very good gaming cpu.

But, some games tend to be cpu limited and depend most on a fast master thread.

Some games are graphics limited like fast action shooters.
Others are cpu core speed limited like strategy, sims, and mmo.
Multiplayer with many participants tend to like many threads.

You need to find out which.
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It will be fine. PUBG probably lags right now because of your gtx 690 being a dual gpu card making pubg run on a single gpu increases performance by a lot.
 
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GTX1070 is only one tier higher than a GTX690 on toms gpu hierarchy chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
It is not clear to me how the dual gpu nature of the GTX690 might impact performance in your games.

The risk is that you may be disappointed if you do not see a big improvement.

I7-2700K should still be a very good gaming cpu.

But, some games tend to be cpu limited and depend most on a fast master thread.

Some games are graphics limited like fast action shooters.
Others are cpu core speed limited like strategy, sims, and mmo.
Multiplayer with many participants tend to like many threads.

You need to find out which.
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To help clarify your CPU/GPU options, run these two tests:

a) Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

b) Limit your cpu, either by reducing the OC, or, in windows power management, limit the maximum cpu% to something like 70%.
Go to control panel/power options/change plan settings/change advanced power settings/processor power management/maximum processor state/
This will simulate what a lack of cpu power will do.
Conversely what a 30% improvement in core speed might do.

You should also experiment with removing one or more cores. You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of threads to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.
If you see little difference, your game does not need all the threads you have.
 
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