CPU Showdown Part 1! Will a 1st Gen Core i5 or i7 Bottleneck a GTX 1070?
The Good Old Gamer
Today we test a 1st Generation Core i7 and Core i5 against the mighty GTX 1070. For control testing we also use the GTX 970 and GTX 670 to see at what point these older CPUs become a serious bottleneck.
Skip to Benchmarks: Witcher 3 Benchmarks 14:30 Crysis 3 11:11 DOOM 2016 13:58 Rise of the Tomb Raider 18:19
System Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7 875K @ 4Ghz/3.5Ghz with HT on/off (Core i5 Emulation) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: ASUS P55 P7P55D-E LX Socket 1156 RAM: KLEVV 2x 4GB DDR3 2133 CAS 10 @ 1600Mhz PSU: Thermaltake TR2 600W HDD: PNY CS1311 240GB SATA 3 SSD Video Cards: EVGA GTX 670 FTW (Stock OC) ASUS GTX 970 Strix (Stock OC) ASUS GTX 1070 Strix (Stock OC)
Games Tested: DOOM 2016 (Open GL 1080P) Crysis 3 (DX11 1080P) Witcher 3 (DX11 1080P) Rise of the Tomb Raider (DX12 1080P) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW85piahc38
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