Will it Bottleneck?

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I have a i5 4670k processor with two 4 gig 2mhz ddr3 rams connected to a pc mate z97 and my grapics card died :D. I wanted to buy a new one and thinking about buying a EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW DT GAMING and there is my issue i have no idea if it will bottleneck or not HELP ME INTERNET GODS
 
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There always is a bottleneck. What you actually want to know is whether whatever level your setup is going to bottleneck at is going to be beyond whatever performance you require in the games or applications that you are specifically worried about.

Which component will be the biggest bottleneck varies drastically from game to game, area to area. For heavily threaded games like BF1, quad-core non-SMT CPUs are beginning to show their age when compared to modern 4C8T/6C6T CPUs and beyond.
Any processor not maxing out/saturating a GPU is technically 'bottlenecking' it somewhat, but, the issue is to what degree, and, of course what resolution you play with. If you were satisfied with framerates before your GPU died, then the processor will at least equal that framerate after getting a faster GPU...

Much also depends on the game, some are already down a handful of percentage points with any pre-8th gen i5, and some run great. (BF1 loves threads, for instance) However, even if you do not get the absolute max the 1070 is capable of at 1080P, it should be faster than what you had (if less than a 1070), and, you can take it with you next CPU/RAM/MB upgrade...(Eample: getting only 80-90 fps with an older i5 instead of 140 fps with latest i7 is hardly 'unplayable')
 
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I see. My only goal is to buy a gpu atm unfortunately i live in turkey and it kinda makes it hard for me to buy any parts. The other option that i was thinking about was an rx 580 cheap and high performance with flaming results :>.
 

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There always is a bottleneck. What you actually want to know is whether whatever level your setup is going to bottleneck at is going to be beyond whatever performance you require in the games or applications that you are specifically worried about.

Which component will be the biggest bottleneck varies drastically from game to game, area to area. For heavily threaded games like BF1, quad-core non-SMT CPUs are beginning to show their age when compared to modern 4C8T/6C6T CPUs and beyond.
 
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