Will my PC & CPU get bottlenecked by new GPUs?

[xniqht]

Here are my specs-

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.18363

Build 18363 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model HP Z800 Workstation System

Type x64-based PC System SKU FF825AV Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2927 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s) Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2930 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
 

Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard BaseBoard Product 0AECh BaseBoard Version D Platform Role Workstation Secure Boot State Unsupported PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.752"  Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 48.0 GB Total Physical Memory 48.0 GB Available Physical Memory 43.3 GB Total Virtual Memory 55.0 GB Available Virtual Memory 50.4 GB Page File Space 7.00 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Kernel DMA Protection Off Virtualization-based security Not enabled Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

I'm using an older CPU, the Xeon x5670 and I'm wondering whether it is worth it to buy an RTX 2060 and up, or just buy an older GTX card instad. I plan on gaming with this. (Budget is around 300-700 CAD)
I would not really like to change the CPU/buy another PC, since that is over my budget.
I use PCIe x16 2.0 slots in my motherboard.
I have a 800 WATT power supply.
Alright, thanks.

[Cyracus]

your cpu won't get as many frames out of a high end gpu as say a 9900k but games should still be playable. Pcie2.0 shouldn't bottleneck current cards. 2060+ should be fine

[xniqht]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

your cpu won't get as many frames out of a high end gpu as say a 9900k but games should still be playable. Pcie2.0 shouldn't bottleneck current cards. 2060+ should be fine

Really? So RTX cards will really not embarrass my Xeon from 2010? Damn, that's cool. I was nervous that if I replace my Quadros from 2007 and replace it with an RTX card my frames will stay the same.

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, xniqht said:

Really? So RTX cards will really not embarrass my Xeon from 2010?

well, the single thread performance should be atrocious in today's standard

but most games should still run fine, when paired with a 2060, unless it's single core heavy games like CSGO

4 minutes ago, xniqht said:

I was nervous that if I replace my Quadros from 2007 and replace it with an RTX card my frames will stay the same.

if your cpu usage is near 90-100%, you probably wont see much improvement

it depends on the games u play

[Cyracus]

Just now, xniqht said:

Really? So RTX cards will really not embarrass my Xeon from 2010? Damn, that's cool. I was nervous that if I replace my Quadros from 2007 and replace it with an RTX card my frames will stay the same.

frames should certainly increase, and a rtx card will put the cpu to shame... I forgot xeon naming scheme is derpy so probably wouldn't see much improvement from 2070+ over a 2060, sorry

[xg32]

41 minutes ago, xniqht said:

Really? So RTX cards will really not embarrass my Xeon from 2010? Damn, that's cool. I was nervous that if I replace my Quadros from 2007 and replace it with an RTX card my frames will stay the same.

in terms of pure numbers, pcie 2.0 is about a 2% bottleneck, most of the time it just gets ignored. The frames will increase if you upgrade ur gpu but obviously there will be a massive cpu bottleneck, though you've waited this long, in 2 more mores cards will be about 25% cheaper

[xniqht]

13 hours ago, Moonzy said:

well, the single thread performance should be atrocious in today's standard

but most games should still run fine, when paired with a 2060, unless it's single core heavy games like CSGO

if your cpu usage is near 90-100%, you probably wont see much improvement

it depends on the games u play

When I play games like Portal and Minecraft, CPU usage spikes at 10-20%

[Moonzy]

5 minutes ago, xniqht said:

When I play games like Portal and Minecraft, CPU usage spikes at 10-20%

it depends more on single core usage for those games