Can I upgrade my GPU without CPU bottlenecking?

leecasey

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Hi I have a GTX 970 and an i7-4790 @ 3.60Ghz processor. Can I upgrade my GPU or will my CPU bottleneck it? If I can what card would you recommend?

My motherboard is a ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

Thank you
 
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coming from a 970 which is still a good mid range card Id say it has to be at least a 1080 or its not a significant enough upgrade.

Your cpu is fine,thats not an issue at all.

maxalge

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gtx 1080 ti if you are feeling spunky with your money



depends on what power supply you have and what your pc case can fit
 

blockhead78

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the resolution you play at will have some impact

I upgraded to the 1080ti and at 1080p my 4790K was bottlenecking just a little bit with the odd frame drop and stutter (and that was overclocked to 4.6ghz).

Switched to a 1440p monitor and it's been butter smooth ever since.