Will i7 860 be a bottleneck?

[zeock9]

I'm currently running a system with an i7 860 lynnfield @3.5, GTX 275 and an 8g of ram, which is showing its age a little bit as of late.

I plan on upgrading my gpu to either 770 or the new VI in lieu of whole bunch of new next-gen ported games coming out shortly, and was wondering if my cpu would be enough of a bottleneck that I also must upgrade it as well.

Otherwise, I want to wait till next year and go for the x99 and ddr4.

What do you guys think?

 

[DominionSeraph]

It'll do just fine.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Should be just fine. Can you push that O/C any higher?

 

[mfenn]

A Lynnfield with HT at 3.5 is no slouch. You'll do fine.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Uh, Welcome to the forums, btw. 🙂

 

[Termie]

I did a few benchmarks a year ago comparing an i7-860@3.5 to an i7-3770K, running a GTX670. I only ran a few games, but perhaps the results will be helpful: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2257414

In short, in most games, you'd never notice the difference, but in CPU-intensive games, like Battlefield multiplayer, the 860 will be a bottleneck.

 

[zeock9]

DP