pretty sure a 1080ti with that cpu oc'd is perfectly fine mate.

Pretty sure you don't play CPU heavy games, mate. The guy wants 1080p 60+ fps. That old i5 wont cut it. I have a newer i5-4670k OC to 4.6Ghz and it can't keep up with my GTX 1070. It's barely enough to maintain 60+ fps (dips into the 50s in some games) So I'm certain his older i5 is not enough.

This post was edited by NatureNames on Jul 15 2019 07:22pm

somethings wrong with your shit then mate. Literally play all games.
Using 3770k with 1070 at 1080p (triple display and I still manage 60fps+ without issue)

mind you theres a few games he may take a hit but it won't be devastating,
Your cpu is at most 5% diff to either of our chips.
Its like 130%+ more performance going 970 to 1080ti and he'll lose out on maybe 10% of that due to the bottleneck.

Nothing wrong with my build. It matches or exceeds gaming benchmarks readily available on YouTube. Those "few games" you mentioned are exactly what I'm talking about. Games like Witcher 3, GTA V, Rise/Shadow of Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Steep, etc. Playing these games on high-ultra settings will see dips into the 50s in certain areas like cities. This is a best case scenario too where your not running any other cpu intensive software at the same time. Sure I get 65-130 fps in most games / areas, but when I don't it's always my cpu to blame for being at 100% while my 1070 is sitting at around 70%.

1080 ti is a bad buy right now anyways. Buying past generation is almost always a bad investment for gaming. A GTX 2xxx card is better in the long run of owning it for 5+ years. The little money saved buying 1080 now is not worth the performance hit you feel 2 years sooner down the road.

its not always cpu intensive.. most times he'll notice a huge improvement just from getting a 1080 ti

plus he can sell his 970 if not keeping for backup