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    Question i5-4690K for GTX980

    I have been looking at a system rebuild, and was wondering if a i5-4690K would be enough to run with a GTX980 or would it bottleneck the gpu in a noticeable fashion? If so any cpu suggestions in the £180 ballpark are more than welcome
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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    That CPU should be more than enough for a 980. Are there any games in particular you're wondering about?

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Nothing in particular, just didn't want to be buying a high end card and not getting near full performance out of it from a poor choice of CPU.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Quote Originally Posted by sirtrouserpress View Post
    ... from a poor choice of CPU.
    I wouldn't class an i5 4690K as poor choice of CPU for gaming.
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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    There isn't much that's faster than an i5-4690k, so it's only going to be a bottleneck in games where all CPUs are.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Quote Originally Posted by gupsterg View Post
    I wouldn't class an i5 4690K as poor choice of CPU for gaming.
    I think he wanted to say that he didn't wanted the CPU to be a 'poor choice' and just wanted to be sure.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    That's a good choice. My only other suggestion is a Core i5-6600K ~ £200.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Quote Originally Posted by Bonebreaker777 View Post
    I think he wanted to say that he didn't wanted the CPU to be a 'poor choice' and just wanted to be sure.
    Agree OP is / could be saying that and maybe I should have placed an emoji in my post instead of just short text .
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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    that CPU will not bottleneck a GTX 980 if you ever have frame drops it almost always is the GPU because getting a game to be cpu limited with basically any I5 is very difficult

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    One of my friends have that same set up but with an EVGA GTX 980ti and it plays games like Fallout 4 and Battlefield 4 in 1440P no sweat!

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Depends on resolution, I have i3-4330 and still get 60fps at 1440p. Graphics cards is more important than cpu.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    980Ti/4670k here, doesn't miss a beat at 1440p

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    That processor will be fine.
    Take a look at this link. I still have a 2500k and I am happy with it.

    http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smart...id=1158&page=1

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Absolutely fine - the i5 can handle a 980Ti, especially when overclocked.

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    You'd have a hard time trying to bottleneck a high end GPU with a CPU Even a Pentium G3450 with a GTX980 would likely only drop a few FPS (Unless of course the game was heavily CPU bound )

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    Re: i5-4690K for GTX980

    Quote Originally Posted by nexusmaniac View Post
    Even a Pentium G3450 with a GTX980 would likely only drop a few FPS (Unless of course the game was heavily CPU bound )
    Depends on the metric you use - frame-time assessments suggest that you'd definitely see a difference in frame latency and perceived smoothness.

    But yeah, unless OP is using a 120Hz+ display then they're unlikely to hit GPU limitation with any decent CPU made in the last 4 years outside of some RTS edge cases.

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