Will Core i3-530 bottleneck GTX 1050?

[mjawz]

Hi!

My graphics card was acting up lately, so I'm looking to buy a replacement.
Is GTX 1050 (non Ti version) worth it with my Core i3-530 CPU over GTX 750 Ti or the bottleneck will nullify the advantage of the better card?

My system specs:

OS Windows 10 and Arch Linux
CPU Intel Core i3-530 2.93GHz 4Mb Cache with Cooler Master Hyper T4 fan
GPU Palit GTX660 OC 2048Mb GDDR5
RAM Corsair XMS3 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR3 1333MHz
MB ASUS P7H55/USB3
HDD Western Digital Caviar Green 1Tb 64Mb Cache (and some old 160Gb Seagate, don't remember the actual model)
PSU Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 460W
Monitor LG W2363D-PF 120Hz
Audio FiiO E10 USB DAC Headphone Amplifier (onboard audio is disabled in BIOS)

Thanks in advance.

 

[rhansen5_99]

I would think that you would not be too bottlenecks at least any more so than you were with the 660gtx.
Have you ever tried to oc the 530? You could maybe get it in the 3.8 ghz range with the right cpu cooler which might get you close to an i3 stock haswell chip. Basically minimizing the bottleneck that can happen in cpu limited applications.