My current setup is pretty dated, but still doing alright for what I’m playing, although I’d like better framerates and a bit more “futureproofing” for when I start playing the more demanding games in my backlog.
Parts are:
- R5 2600x;
- 2060 Super;
- 16GB @ 3466 16-18-18-18-36;
- 1440p 144Hz monitor.
Currently playing The Witcher 3 Next Gen at medium details, DLSS set to quality and no RT. I get 50-80 fps, which isn’t too bad, but I’m aiming for high details and 120+ fps.
The most resource intensive game I have in my backlog is probably TLoU (or RDR2, or CP2077), and I’d like to play those at high/120 fps too, not really interested in RT.
At the moment I’m looking to get a 7800XT.
Do you think I can get away wih just a GPU + PSU upgrade, or would the 2600x cause too great a bottleneck at target resolution/details/fps to ignore?
For the GPU I’m considering a 7800XT instead of a 6800XT mainly because of the lower power consumption and slightly higher performance. Also the 7800XT comes with a very neat backplate plus GPU support bracket.
Issue is I don’t know if that justifies a ~15% price increase (price right now is $600 equivalent for the 6800XT and $690 equivalent for the 7800XT). I do like the looks of the 7800XT a bit more though lol so if current CPU and RAM can work with the new GPU at target resolution/details/fps, and there aren’t huge drawbacks to getting the 7800X instead of the 6800XT, I’m willing to spend those extra $90 on the former.
What do you think?
Thanks in advance to anyone replying!
2600x is starting to get long in the tooth, but I’d hesitate to recommend an immediate upgrade since it would necessitate a new main board and that would kill the GPU budget. RDR2 and CP2077 are mostly GPU heavy, but I’m starting to see more CPU heavy workloads in the newest AAA games like Starfield.
I’d say if you’re a patient gamer you can get away with a just GPU upgrade, but you will probably not see 1440p 144Hz @ highest settings in the most modern titles (CP2077 just upped reqs for the new DLC)
Yep, very patient, don’t even remember the last time I played a game on launch day.
Fortunately my MoBo supports R7 5800x3d that I added to my shopping list, just needs the latest BIOS; I also found a 6800XT for much cheaper than the 7800XT I wanted to get, so the budget went up just a little and I can get GPU+CPU+PSU. Highest (e.g. Ultra) settings are not a priority, High is usually enough for me!
Yeah, I saw the new requirements for CP2077, they went up quite a bit!