Testing RTX 3070 (and GTX 1070) with an i5-4690k (2014!) CPU! How bad is the bottleneck?

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In this video I'm testing how the latest RTX 3070 performs with an old CPU. Is this a good idea to just put a new GPU into an old PC? Let's find out. Testing also includes data for a GTX 1070!

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:04 Games Tested
1:30 Questions answered in this video
1:53 Test PC
2:28 Disclaimers about the Testing
3:29 The Witcher 3
4:07 The Division
4:34 Ghost Recon Wildlands
4:49 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
5:19 Red Dead Redemption 2
5:45 Cyberpunk 2077
6:17 Summary
7:04 Q1 Does it make sense to upgrade the GPU only?
7:52 Q2 For AAA - when should you upgrade the GPU?
8:48 Q3 RTX 3070 or RTX 3080?



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RTX 3070
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GTX 1070
Benchmark
Comparison
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i5 4690k
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