Pairing an RTX 4070 with a Pentium CPU Makes For Some Surprising Results

[@nagiplayss]

Pov: you won a 4070 but poor asf

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😁

[@remie07]

Sell it then build a PC

[@maji0]

​@@remie07 Never

[@pptemplar5840]

pretty sure you can get a full xeon build for chump change, *BUT* I guess if your only option is what you happened to find in the dumpster... you should probably look in a different dumpster.

[@406Steven]

I love pairings like this, really showcases what some hardware can really do. The Kingdom Come: Deliverance footage gave me flashbacks to playing Morrowind on my GeForce 4 MX420, very similar performance dips.

[@en3rgy1931]

I'm still surprised how slim that 4070 is compared to other brands.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah it’s a great looking card for sure

[@yasu_red]

One of the few plus points about the 4070 is definitely the power efficiency, that might contribute to the smaller size being sufficient.

[@eee1200]

@Spongebob yo I found a answer if you want high refresh rate gaming it will bottleneck but if not its OK but if you don't have the money to upgrade the cpu if you want to have high refresh rates just ignore it it's fine oh I'm talking about the ti version so less bottleneck if you have the base one or none at all

[@eee1200]

@Spongebob is it about ti version?

[@nerdjournal]

@Spongebob at what resolution? at 1080p there is about a 10-16% bottleneck. So it should do decent in 1440p.. This is a snippet I found online.... "Based on the benchmark of 6 games, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Bottlenecks the RTX 4070 at 1080p - ultra settings by 13.3% on average.

[@radofjc8242]

Now you made me wanna see how the i3 12100/13100 would pair with the 4070 😅 Great content, love the channel

[@dd22koopaesverde58]

x2 better

[@prateekpanwar646]

You'd get *probably 98% of 4070 at 4K. 1080p might be interesting tho. Edit: Suggestion by filippetrovic845.

[@Vfl666]

Nvidia cards have more Cpu overhead in dx 12 titles

[@filippetrovic845]

I have rtx 4090 with i3-12100f. It works same as with my i9-13900kf in any demanding game. I tested it.

[@filippetrovic845]

​@@prateekpanwar646Stop speaking without having tested it first hand. Even with ryzen 1600 or i7-4790 you can easily get 100% out of 4070 with dlss3.

[@kuyache2]

This is why I'm subscribed to this channel! I can see what happens to stuff normal people wouldn't even think of doing ^_^

[@R3TR0J4N]

there's a reason why i love how satisfying the investment of building a PC is.

[@rogerblack4603]

Interesting. Looking forward to more of these tests (perhaps with a 4th gen i5 or i7)

[@sophieedel6324]

I think a lot of the DLSS 3.0 frame generation revolves around a placebo effect. Frame generation doesn't add responsiveness since all it does is interpolate frames between actual full render passes. It is those full render passes where the controls, networking and physics are done. At best, those interpolated frames smooth outs some visual stuttering.

[@StrengthScholar0]

I don't think you(or the people who liked your comment)understand the definition of the placebo effect. Frame generation creates a measurably smoother image by presenting interpolated frames to the screen of the user. While this comes at the cost of latency the loss in latency is significantly less noticeable than the improvement in the framerate. (Specifically when DLSS3 is implemented on native 60fps) The placebo effect would be having a frame counter show that the game was playing at 100fps when the actual framerate was 60fps. Then having people claim it was smoother than the 60fps image. Also framerate and latency aren't inextricably linked. This becomes apparent when streaming games. You can have a smooth 60 FPS image streaming to your device but have a noticeable 80ms delay. That doesn't mean that The 60 frames you're getting are 'placebo frames". It just means that you're getting an acceptable frame rate and unacceptable latency.

[@ninjafrozr8809]

It doesn't aim to add responsiveness in the first place. In fact Nvidia straight up tells you that frame generation will reduce responsiveness. The goal is just to increase fps at the cost of increased input lag.

[@RobloxianX]

Ive got a friend who is still a Windows 7 diehard and he's got the fastest officially supported hardware. He is pairing a i7-6700K and a RTX 3090 Ti. Suprisingly good results

[@assafgol]

Amazing to see how dlss 3 take the strain off the CPU 😮

[@BenchyTests]

It's definitely quite surprising how good the Pentium is considering it's target market

[@ivanpopov1016]

You should try and lock the framerate to 60fps. This will relieve some of the stress on the cpu and will improve the 1% and 0.1% low's. And supersample the resolution to 4K. Overall, most of us are gaming on 60hz monitors.

[@Those_Weirdos]

Wow. You don't understand the point of this at all.

[@builder396]

@@Those_Weirdos No, I think you dont. Upping the resolution to 4K, even if it gets downscaled to the monitors resolution, really can put a lot more work on the GPU without even affecting CPU load, which generally is something worth doing if the GPU is underutilized and bottlenecked. That, and locking the framerate, will reduce CPU load a little as fewer frames need to be prepared by the CPU, giving it a little more breathing space for utilization spikes.

[@kaimojepaslt]

@@builder396 if you lock fps to 60, it wont render more frames, it will be 60 either way.

[@builder396]

@@kaimojepaslt I never said itll render more frame, but itll render a lot more pixels that need more time before the GPU can annoy the CPU with "Where data for next frame pls?"

[@kaimojepaslt]

@@builder396 it wont render more pixels lol.

[@Umbra3357]

Another thing to point out is the raw performance of the alder lake cpus. My i3 12100f keeps up without my 3070 without any issues and i have to say i have been very impressed.While the lack of physical cores is aperant in some situations the 4 cores and 8 threads still do wonders nowadays. For example the i3 without any issues plays bf2042 with lowest settings and a cfg file on 100+ fps on average without any dips below 100!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah the new i3s are incredible

[@daelionmr4782]

I have a 12100F paired with a 3060 Ti since 2022 september and so far its been great, I don't play competitive games but so far I had no issues getting the most out of my 3060 Ti in the singleplayer games I've played at my 2560x1080 resolution. I thought about upgrading but I can't really justify it for now, still being GPU limited in most games I play so it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.

[@cstubed]

Got featured in Toms Hardware. Nice job! :)

[@Silvano2k]

Could you try this GPU with Ryzen 5 1600? Would be interesting how this CPU will handle with the 4070!

[@forzahorizon5pulse11]

yeah that would be interesting for sure 😀

[@GuyManley]

Very interesting. I had experienced a similar thing as I transitioned to AM5 7700x from an intel i7 4790 and found myself with a 3080 first. Launch day spider-man had 1% lows that caused me to quit the game. I should get back to it but there's so much to play.

[@memoli801]

I got a i7 5820K still and combined that with the 6800xt. Not disapointed yet

[@radnedge1983]

Doesn't ray-tracing put some load on the CPU? What happens if you turn RT off on the games where RT was on and the 1% lows were terrible?

[@builder396]

Nope, Raytracing is done entirely on the GPUs RT cores, so the CPUs involvement is quasi nil.

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

like builder said, GPU's RT cores but also LOTS of VRAM.

[@theanglerfish]

these new pentium and celeron are incredible even one gen older if you need pc just for net youtube etc these are completely fine with igpu and box cooler which is really nice i love these

[@mtzkustom7818]

I'm running the G7400 with Rx 6500xt it's very reasonable priced, and can handle gaming surprisingly well.

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

much weaker than an 2017 very cheap r5 1600... but indeed include an igpu.

[@noony83]

I am genuinely thinking about buying an RTX 4070 for my old i7-7700k system. So if you do pair this with a 4 core 8 thread CPU it would be much appreciated.

[@falkwulf3842]

That will be a VERY GOOD combo to be honest. Im personally running a I7-4790K with a 4070TI right now and can play ANYTHING I want at 1440P with 50+ fps averages. So if the 4th Gen I7 can pull this off then the 7th gen I7 will easily be able to do this as well

[@noony83]

@@pinkgrognak 1440p will be my resolution

[@noony83]

@@falkwulf3842 is your 50+ fps include Ray Tracing?

[@falkwulf3842]

@@noony83 Yes at least in Cyberpunk all RT settings set to PSYCHO and DLSS to Quality. RT settings and DLSS are GPU side and not on the CPU. So if the card can push it then you have no issues.

[@yahyasajid5113]

@@falkwulf3842 RT is very much GPU weighted but the CPU is also used You are losing a lot of performance using that old I7

[@ipoopmuffins]

wow that frame generation was impressive. i'd like to see a comparison with it on and off with something like a 2600k or 3770k

[@konstantindanilov2957]

I second that, I am still siting on 3770 😂

[@ipoopmuffins]

@@konstantindanilov2957 I have a 3770k on my old pc too

[@427Cabriolet]

Y'all so rich my home pc still use the i7 860 😔

[@ellisondavid1985]

Ddr3 may let it down

[@anxiety1209]

@@427Cabriolet and here i am thinking im the only one using a i7 860 in 2023 (sending this comment using my pc that has a i7 860 btw)

[@BalancedSpirit79]

Congrats on this vid being featured on Tom's Hardware!

[@evenblackercrow4476]

I saw the title--only the title--and I knew it was your video. Always excellent ideas.

[@Advent46656]

Good to see that the 4070 can keep up

[@immortaljellyfish1051]

Those fences need some love. Paint is currently on offer at your local b&q and will remove that tired grey look as well as protect it for 5 years

[@fazilmohamed2507]

Maybe you should try to pair up with a non hyperthreaded processor like the R5 3500. Great video btw. Cheers.

[@Joske_]

Man, Forza is built different. You can make the most outrageous setup and you could still make it run fine. How did they do that?

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I know it’s amazingly optimised

[@trodoro]

they cut frame generation on top and bottom plus sides to gain fps so,.. center of screen is smooth for your eyes

[@larkan511]

Every time I've tried using frame generation in the games that support it, it creates a very stutter intense experience. Used a 5800x, 4090, g-sync monitor.

[@Beisepimp]

Now with the Ahlon 3000g ! :D I've expected much worse in Cyberpunk and wonder with Witcher 3 is so CPU hungry instead.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Almost forgot about the 3000g then haha

[@sixtyninefps]

RandomGaming? More like Random Crazy Ass PC Experiments 😂💯....what a god

[@SoyDavidYT]

This video gave me the courage to pair a 4070 with my Ryzen 5 5600G 😅

[@broski5767]

This might sound ridiculous, because it is, but I don’t know a single other tech KZbinr who would even try it besides you. Could you make a video pairing the 4070 with a core 2 duo for fun? I would love to see the ridiculous results

[@pessoaanonima6345]

Well, I've seen a video of a 3090ti with a core 2 quad. Considering the 3090ti is faster than the 4070, it will be the same (as the 3090ti is heavily bottlenecked anyway). Still, the 2 cores of a core 2 duo will make it way worse, and it will be interesting to see the frame generation in this case. It will be hard to find a game that supports dlss 3 and a core 2 duo though.

[@pengu6335]

​@@pessoaanonima6345 You would still feel the hitching & stuttering from the CPU bottleneck. It'd still be interesting, none the less.

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

obsolete, missing instruction sets, ddr2, pci-e 2 ... just no.

[@broski5767]

@@cosminmilitaru9920 that’s what makes it fun

[@binnieismynamefasho]

New camera? The pre roll looks extra sharp

[@Shadow-om1qv]

Please do this with i7 2600 as you mentioned! I would love to see it because I have 2600k. Thank you if you read this! P.S. Love your videos a lot.

[@bigbear514]

Very fun to see, but can't say I'm surprised by the results either. Late last year I helped my sister upgrade her PC and her GPU came before the new CPU. Even with something like a RX 6600 had stuttering issues even if fps was well above 100 just because 100% CPU utilization will exhibit stutter. Probably because the idea is the same as with how Nvidia Reflex works in that there's some latency if the hardware in question is pegged at 100%. Definitely the case here, especially in Forza where that game normally has tight % lows, but here it was a wider gap than normal. I think just locking the framerate and/or playing at 4K, 4070's supposed issues at that resolution aside, might've yielded even more surprising results for playability.

[@wilbertreyes7427]

Just curious, what cpu is your sister using before the upgrade?

[@bigbear514]

@@wilbertreyes7427 Sorry for late reply, didn't get notified of your comment for some reason. But she had a Ryzen 3200g, which is also heavily thread limited as it's only 4 cores 4 threads due to lack of hyperthreading. I would imagine that also contributed to the stuttering, but was not a problem when she was using a weaker GPU because at that point it was still the bottleneck before the upgrade.

[@lukemyers4595]

Back outside but still avoiding the worms. I'm impressed.

[@LubomirKonecny]

I would like to see this combination on 4K with settings high enough to make RTX 4070 be the bottleneck instead of CPU. It would be interesting to see if this CPU could handle this. And how the frame pacing would be.

[@MKN2024]

nice video bro been waiting for this kind of video

[@chase7974]

These newer pentiums are about on par with older i7s which is very impressive.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah the single core speed is really good. Just waiting for a quad core version

[@ProDigit80]

I ran rtx 2080ti with 2c4t celeron cpus just fine. Did mostly folding. It uses pcie 3.0 x4 slot min. You get a 10% boost at an x8 slot. Any dual core cpu at 3Ghz or higher is just fine for most older games, even at 2 to 4k resolution.

[@zdspider6778]

This is a CPU from 2022. I'd be more interested to see it with 6th gen Intel processors (Sky Lake), particularly the i7 6700k, which was the #1 recommendation in 2015-2016 for gaming. You didn't really "need" more than this at the time.

[@TheTryingDutchman]

maybe we'll see a 4030 with frame gen to boost older cpu performance

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Would be cool

[@ogaimon3380]

would be crazy that a 4030 has it but a 3090ti doesn't 😂

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

Yes, preferably in a single-slot low-profile form factor like the RX 6400.

[@antagonista8122]

It's more likely that you'll see FSR 3.0 with frame generation available for any graphic card than nvidia releasing 4030.

[@ripunjoyk1706]

I really like the idea of frame gen because for story based open world games now developers can put in the settings for turning on more complex ai systems.

[@lathrin]

Or just... Optimize the game? Assassin's Creed Origins has great civilian AI, and runs like a dream on systems nowadays, but look at the newer games with much worse AI in general. Developers aren't willing to put in the effort for good games anymore

[@Jimster481]

Would be interesting to do the same tests with a Rx6800 or 6700xt because actually the fps should be higher without Nvidia driver overhead problems. Would be cool to test it, especially as a budget combination since the 6700xt can be found so cheap these days.

[@daytimerocker3808]

doubt it the 4070 is much stronger

[@Jimster481]

@@daytimerocker3808 The 4070 is basically 10% faster than a 6800 and 3% slower than a 6800xt. However when it comes to Nvidia driver overhead; the fps on a slower CPU will be much lower than that of the AMD cards. I doubt that a 4070 on this CPU can beat a 6800 and will likely be similar to a 6700xt.

[@falkwulf3842]

Im still gaming on my 4th gen I7-4790k Devils Canyon with an RTX 4070ti and not having any issues playing ANYTHING I want at Ultra settings and 1440P with no stutters with 50+ FPS average frame rates in every game I have thrown at it. Hogwarts, Cyberpunk, Witcher III, DCS, EVE, Squadrons, Mech 5, All run remarkably on the old Devils Canyon.

[@CraftingTable3076]

hello mr@RandomGaminginHD, does pcie gen 3 really drop performance that much to pcie gen 4 graphic cards?

[@PhoticSneezeOne]

Yesssss! Give me the ultimate bottleneck experience!!!!

[@matsui90]

Hey randomgaming, what performance program do you use for the metric overlay?

[@droomonsta]

The 2600k is consistantly only a 1/3 slower in most gaming scores than a 12600K. The 2600k was and still is a masterpiece.

[@couriersix2443]

4070 = more efficient 3080 12GB w/ DLSS 3.0 + AI frame generation. However the G7400 is still probably best suited as a placeholder CPU for those who spent too much of their budget on their GPU 😅 still, I wonder how the 12100F/13100F would manage running it. I'm sure for any decent 6c/12t chip like the 12400F or 5600/5600x it would really only struggle with lower resolutions like 1080p (or upscaling/rendering even lower res) but be totally fine at 1440p or higher.

[@Simulation101YT]

Could you try doing some old mobo reviews? eg. Z97, how they are able to 'survive' to this day? Or maybe comparing a modern pentium with an old 2nd-5th gen one:D Thanks.

[@loganricherson]

I still daily drive one. I have 32gb ddr3, an 4770k overclocked, and a 1080ti and get pretty good performance

[@mtzkustom7818]

I have the Pentium g7400 w/ RX 6500xt, and it definitely outperforms the i5 2400 GTX 1060 3gb I recently got rid of. I agree I'd like to see the side by side comparison

[@custodian27]

I think, you can try frame generation with cpu like Q6600 (from my childhood pc xd) or other stuff, FX8350, I7 2600K, maybe its be more.. playable

[@philtkaswahl2124]

That looks surprisingly compact, at least by 4000 series card standards.

[@ZedDevStuff]

I swear the 4050 better be small (and better than the 3050 else it's a waste of time)

[@reztez7241]

Time to upgrade from my g4560 to g7400

[@LagiohX3]

Makes me question if you are better off buying a new platform with the cheapest chip if you don't have the money for both gpu and cpu

[@grimmpickins2559]

I recently acquired a very nice custom PC from the builder's dad - it's an older Antec case, from around 2005 with the unusual, for the time, plastic glass side (P160w for those wanting to know)... I bought the system from a single, bad photograph on Marketplace - because the case, man, the case... It's a Phenom system, with some decent parts (Noctua, Corsair, etc) - but I have no want for a pre-FX computer (which I have one of, in a modern case, possibly my first dozing off build - not quite a sleeper, but odd). I really feel like in honor of the 00's vibe that it needs to be appropriate - but modern. I've been leaning into a vastly overpowered motherboard with a lowly gold series pentium so I can throw the case badge on it... The Pentium 4 would have been at it's end days, and making a modern Pentium system in it seems like a good project. I also need a better rig than my 2010 dual-xeon Mac Pro Linux rig to run games on my CRT. I don't actually game on my real computer, because, I dunno... it's the household computer? I've watched these g7400 videos a few times - trying to figure out how this would work as someone playing cRPGs - traditionally high demand on the CPU and less on the GPU... But I keep thinking, "How many cores is this really taxing?" I really want to build computers for off the wall purposes I guess?

[@CakenTofu]

I thought the 4070 was a review sample? did MSI allow you to keep it or did you have the video recorded before returning the gpu? 🤔

[@kylecorona8176]

I had a 4080 with a 5600g because couldn't afford to upgrade all the parts at once but once I upgraded to the 7800x3d the difference was insane

[@toasty-toast]

I would love to see this with a 4790k. I have used it with a rx270 a 2060super and will likely buy a 3070 used since the pc is fine and I just game occasionally

[@hishamedahtally7425]

Hi what would you say is the max GPU I could use with the legendary FX 8350 for 4k gaming? Thanks

[@poilmsj]

Saw today you've been featured in a toms hardware article for this video

[@JesperValentine]

Definently test the frame generation with an older quad core

[@Scisca1a2a]

I have a i5 6600k (4C, 4T) and I'm wondering if frame generation can give it extra life

[@do365nic]

I think it's time would be very limited

[@Grievous-]

I know more about your garden than I do my own.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I am aware of the limitations of this set up, but I noticed something I was kind of wondering if it was from frame generation or the set up. Does turning on frame generation affect the sharpness of the image? It seem to look blurry or when you turned it on or something, there was a difference. It would be interesting to look on a more appropriate set up.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

every other frame has a dreamy ai-generated sheen, so yes you're correct. it is more than fine for some games but in fast-paced games it affects the experience. Civilization wouldn't be negatively affected, Modern Warfare would.

[@pengu6335]

I've tried frame generation and it's not all what it's cracked up to be. You can easily notice the ghosting and it's very distracting. And you'll still feel the hitching from your CPU bottlenecking too.

[@DjVortex-w]

If the CPU is being the bottleneck and the GPU is mostly idle, then pump up the resolution! Don't let that GPU power go to waste. If the CPU is limiting the framerate anyway, there's really no need to use a low resolution. You'll get the same framerate but a much better picture with a higher resolution.

[@GeForce210]

Hey brother please reply is HD 630 (i3 7100s iGPU) better than GT 710 2GB DDR5 in terms of gaming performance

[@RandomGaminginHD]

The 710 is probably better

[@2hotflavored666]

@@hariommm 😯

[@GeForce210]

@@RandomGaminginHD hey bro can you compare these two in your next video please it would be a blessing video for budget gamers like us hd 630 vs gt 710 (there's one video but that guy used 1gb version of 710 to purposefully tweak results) it would be goodleading for masses of people that got confused from that video

[@kahless0173]

i used an i7 920 with a 1080ti until late last year. i play on 4k and had no real issues. moving up to a 5600x didnt really get me any higher fps because at 4k the 1080ti is still whats holding me back.

[@memoli801]

I gave my self the choice System or graphic card upgrade. Easy one. ALWAYS the graphic card! So my i7 5820K stays with my 6800xt. No regrets

[@drifter4training]

is the gpu card model the MSI RTX 4070 Ventus 3X ?

[@marcianoacuerda]

First time seeing a 4070 and thinking “that’s a nice looking card”. A third fan might be marginally better but it definitely looks better than those 2 fan ones.

[@zdspider6778]

The 7900XT/XTX looks better. But I guess it's subjective. And it doesn't really matter anyway if you don't have a glass door on your PC case, which I don't. I prefer to have noise dampening foam instead of glass. Especially since I mostly use it at night (when it's very quiet).

[@marcianoacuerda]

@@zdspider6778 yeah definitely, there are lots of better looking cards. And as you, I have other reasons to choose a card, and 4090 aren’t of my interest. It’s just that you don’t see cool looking 4090 very often

[@jameysummers1577]

I'm inspired! I'm going to pair an 8 cylinder GM Corvette 350 with a 2002 Prius and see what happens.

[@TheFalseProdigy]

I think trying it with an I7 2600 would make for a really interesting video, or even something even older like a Phenom 2 X4

[@josephdias5859]

i think fx processors would work better phenom missing instruction sets to open alot of these games

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

nope, phenom and fx processors are too weak as they are, no need to pair this GPU to them, they are too weak for an RX 580. also the phenom lacks instruction-sets already, it's obsolete. the i7 2600 is enough for gtx 980 / rx 580 / gtx 1060.

[@zdspider6778]

Phenom II 955 / 965 "Black Edition", which were top-of-the-line back in 2009, lack some SSE4.x instructions which make a lot of games unbootable that were released after ~2016 or so. You try to launch them and they error out.

[@TheEnhas]

AMD's frame generation tech can't come soon enough, I feel like it's the only thing that's going to stretch out my 3060 Ti in the next few years

[@AndersHass]

Irony of wanting AMD to help make your non AMD card useful, lol

[@ag8912]

Honestly the lack of VRAM will kill it first and no frame generation tech can save it if the frame can't be drawn in the first place.

[@josephdias5859]

@@AndersHass they will though thats why i prefer amd tech for the people

[@Dempig]

frame gen is terrible lol why would you want it

[@AndyBarber1981]

@@Dempig have you actually used FG ? Because apart from a bit of latency it looks good to me in forza5 and atomic heart

[@DJSammy69.]

Would be nice to see G7400 vs.12100.

[@nooblife-5008]

I3 12100

[@xbrun3356]

Core 2 quad noises intensify

[@hunzsinor]

Thanks

[@selohcin]

Well, this went about as well as expected LOL

[@87crimson]

That's a killer 4k 30 FPS rig

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah haha

[@R3TR0J4N]

agree, if the aim is 4k 30fps surely a go and upgrade the cpu later, what an investment

[@nabithshahid7309]

You were featured on Tom's Hardware

[@SanHydronoid]

Woah, that's surprisingly good

[@alisterrebello5337]

Pov: You've just won a graphics card and you slapped it in your office PC

[@aRKePlays]

would you mind to make a video about QSV from Intel CPU using on OBS to recording the game with the graphics card dont have a hardware encoder. thankyou😊

[@marsovac]

With frame generation at this framerates I drive like you in Cyberpunk. Cars are like boats :) Ok you can consider it playable, but the definition of playable is in the eye of the beholder, like beauty.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah for sure

[@dgorry]

Forza allows for custom plates - you need to make RGHD plates. Or RGHDYT etc.

[@MichaelCH911]

Finally 500k subs 🎉👏

[@The_EHOT]

you chose a REALLY good pentium cpu, it's at the level of i3-9100F, you should've done it with a more older pentium like g2020 for example.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

I'm going to be pairing a 2070 super with a 8350 in the very near future, hopefully they play nice together.

[@KimBoKastekniv47]

GPU Usage never broke 50%, so can't say I'm surprised by the results (RT OD aside).

[@ThreaT650]

The i7 2600 is not even dramatically slower than like an i7 8700 (not even a third performance loss), though it lacks 2 cores. I don't think the i7 2600 would be an issue with these games with or without frame generation. Am I missing something? It's a 4 core 8 thread CPU with decent performance, it would run fine.

[@Simcadepro]

not sure if you done a vid on this by building recommend spec of steam and see the performance difference from flagship cards and entry level cards

[@octavian-gabrieldiaconescu7074]

I paired a 6700k (no oc) with that 4070. At 1080p, spider-man runs at an average of 60, the witcher lower than that. This with FG on, without it you are looking at 30fps on average. Frame generation works wonders, but it still was a horrible experience.

[@ToreroTorerez]

You appeared in the Tom's hardware news :D

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Oh cool I’ll have a look

[@grandassassin4135]

I read something about rtx 4070 with a pentium cpu and now I’m here

[@dcikaruga]

Surprised you didn't mention any the price of the 4070, £600 isn't a deal if you ask me!!!!!

[@moltNcorE]

im acutally thinkin of buying a 4070 for my i7 3770k right now

[@pravnav]

Lol wtf bro upgrade your cpu first

[@Matt08719801]

long live the pentium , 30 years of intel greatness lol sad to see it come to an end , back when i was a teenager the pentium was a breakthrough in computing , it destroyed the old 486 cpus , its a shame to see it eventually become low end

[@Toddfrommario]

This is really cool and all but will you be getting ZELDA: Tears of the Kingdom?

[@krzysztofpaszkiewicz1274]

You need to remember that witcher 3 is with the next gen update. The last gen works fine on the pentium. Not without stutter but definitely playable.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah good point

[@trinixjin8039]

so you are saying my i7 4790k can stick around a little longer if I choose to buy this card instead of a new board and cpu combo?

[@CasualG-mer]

I paired 4070ti with R5 3600 for 1440p gaming, I can say that it runs well for the most part, Tried Cyberpunk with Ultra RT with DLSS and just Ultra, both use my CPU so much, 60-80% usage, oh and that's even with FG on, didn't know Cyberpunk is CPU intensive.

[@TheKombatBegings]

This is what I want to do since I have the R5 3600 and want the 4070 ti. How do you feel the setup so far?

[@johnb528]

Trying to figure out if I should upgrade my i5-6600k or not to go with a 3070 evga card I have. And if so what would be the cheapest Intel cpu pairing to go with it to avoid a bottleneck. Thoughts?

[@Z3t487]

The i5 13600K is the best performance/price CPU at the moment ihmo.