Hi guys! So I’m considering upgrading my…veteran PC. Currently, a Core i7 6700 with an Nvidia GTX1070, 16GB RAM running from a Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 (PCIe 3.0) mobo. I’m currently considering to upgrade the GPU to a 6800XT, although I saw the 4070 for a bit cheaper, maybe ~80USD less. I’ve posted this earlier, and got a helpful reply making me aware both of these cards are already PCIe 4.0, and while the CPU might be a bit bottlenecked, it should be a noticeable performance increase. I’ve got an additional comment saying otherwise, that even currently with the 1070 the CPU would be bottlenecking. I was not able to reply to these, as my post (on FOSS gaming community) was removed. I guess this is not FOSS enough… So, PCMasterrace, what do you guys think?
Additionally, this veteran mobo would support a slight CPU increase to a 7700, which on the second hand market it wouldn’t be all that much money (for what I reckon, not that much performance increase, either). What do you guys think? What should I do?
Thanks!
Just check if the CPU is the bottleneck or not? Then you know. Look at GPU and CPU utilization while playing (or whatever). If the CPU is at 100 % it is the CPU. If the GPU is maxed out when then a bigger GPU can help. When neither GPU nor CPU are maxed out, a single thread seems to be the issue, at which point upgrading does not help much.
Without knowing what games you’re playing and at what resolution we can’t know for sure if you are gou or cpu constrained to really answer the question.
That aside, it isn’t a huge jump for the cpu and I’d very seriously wonder if it’s worth it all VS saving up to basically rebuild the rig with new mobo ram cpu and gpu. Might have to wait longer to upgrade but better than spending money now just to need to do the rest in under a year anyway, imo.