1440p Upgrade

[maximef1]

Hey guys, I've recently acquired a new 1440p 144hz monitor. I'd like suggestion to run Total War Warhammer 2 in 1440p max graphics. Right now I can only manage to 1440p with low-ish settings with a poor FPS. I don't do any editing on the machine, but I do like big strategy games like those from the Total War saga. 

Here are my specs:

• 980ti
• i7 4790k
• 16GB DDR3 2133mhz RAM
• The motherboard is the Z97-A

Money currently isn't an issue and I like the prospect of future-proofing, but I'd rather not purely waste money away.

Blindly browsing the web, I thought about purchasing a i9-9900k, a i7-9700k and a 2080ti. I've also thought about just building a whole new computer since I think my motherboard would serve as a bottleneck to new CPUs.

Do you guys think it'd be worth upgrading all both the graphics card and the CPU? Perhaps even the RAM? Or am I safe to keep the i7 4790k for a while longer? Is there any juicy rumours about Nvidia or Intel that would entice me to wait a few more months before I upgrade?

 

First post, sorry if something's not right haha!

 

Edit 1: Nothing is overclocked. I'm not against overclocking, I just have zero idea what to do and I'm a little scared of frying my components.

 

Thanks, 

--Max, hailing from the snowy lands of Canada ($CAD)

 

[Gamer Schnitzel]

You asked about rumours. I read that NVIDIA will be releasing new cards in H1 of 2020 so it's up to you whether you wanna wait or not.

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$429.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$268.75 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$169.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$139.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$982.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$89.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2191.20
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$2171.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-04 08:34 EST-0500

 

I'd go for something like this. Big strategy games eat a lot of RAM (i went with 32) and need a good CPU. the 2080Super should be able to deal with the max details.