I would suggest for 4k gaming you're going to want to consider a 2080 Super. I quite literally just upgraded (well... replaced would be a better word) my aging 4790k GTX 1080 setup, for the following bundle of joy:
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC 8G
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus ATX Motherboard
Thank you Black Friday Anyway, what I would say is that while the upgrade was necessary for me, due to more cores, upgrading from a Z97 relic system, DDR4 RAM etc as I'll be working on video content shortly, I wouldn't say I'm noticing a staggering difference in 1080p gameplay - which is to be expected of course. Playing 4K stuff however, yes, it's not bad at all, assuming you're playing a newer game such as RDR2, and you're happy to tone down some of the visual settings.
I decided against a 2070 Super mainly because I wanted a card that would not only easily cope with 1440p gaming, but could touch 4K if I felt like sitting on the sofa playing on the HDR TV, and I would say it more or less copes well enough. For proper 4K gaming, you're going to want to sell the kids and get a 2080Ti.
As for the actual AMD side of things, I couldn't be more pleased. The 4790k has been a faithful servant for many years, and still lives on as a media server now, but it was definitely starting to struggle when I wanted it to do ALL THE THINGS! Could I have gone for Intel? Yeah... probably. But the lack of hyperthreading on comparative CPU's just guided me towards AMD, and I've not had any buyer remorse since.
So in summary, AMD rocks, 2080 Supers are Very Good, but they're not going to rock your world - unless you're upgrading from a 970 or something.... But for 4K, More is... More, and while a 2070 Super COULD do it, you might as well use the extra pennies (or nickels from your side of the world) and go for the better card. Just remember to grab a good 650w+ PSU to go with it...
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