1080p Gaming on a i7 4790

[Firthy]

Hey guys, I currently have a i7 4790 non K, and a Sapphire R9 280 3gb. I am playing games like Battlefield 1 on High at 60fps but when it gets into "intense" moments with lots of stuff to render i.e explosions it can drop down to 30fps and then back up. Obviously this isn't ideal cause those moments are when I need my computer to perform best. I need some help with choosing my next graphic card.

I have the R9 280 at the moment, which is getting quite old. I just want a new graphics card that gonna play games like, Battlefield 1, Arma 3, Fortnite, LOL, CS:GO at 1080p only. I don't have the money or interest in 4k monitors, due to my eyesight not being the best anyway I can't justify buying such expensive monitors. I am thinking to get a GTX 1060 or would even that be overkill for 1080p High/Ultra Settings on the above games? Would a 1050ti get me by, I have the money to go and get a 1080ti but there really isn't a point is there, especially because I'm only on 1080p, better of spending the money somewhere else.

Any opinion helps, and extra points if you have a I7 4790 yourself and can give me some results.

Thanks in advance!

[dionkoffie]

Get the 1060 for the sweet spot. It'll handle those games well for 1080p. 

[Firthy]

1 minute ago, dionkoffie said:

Get the 1060 for the sweet spot. It'll handle those games well for 1080p. 

I see you have a 1060 aswell, can you give me some results that you'd be getting if you play BF1 etc? Do you find that it dips or stutters a lot during intense moments

[hconverse02]

Just now, Firthy said:

I see you have a 1060 aswell, can you give me some results that you'd be getting if you play BF1 etc? Do you find that it dips or stutters a lot during intense moments

Just look up benchmark videos for the 1060 6gb.  It will vary depending on the cpu, but you should be fine even if you have 8gb of ram

 

[Firthy]

1 minute ago, hconverse02 said:

Just look up benchmark videos for the 1060 6gb.  It will vary depending on the cpu, but you should be fine even if you have 8gb of ram

 

Yeah I have looked at the benchmarks and they seem to be all around the 50-60fps at 1080p. Would it be a good choice to add another 8gb of ram to my system before the card? 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

7 minutes ago, Firthy said:

Yeah I have looked at the benchmarks and they seem to be all around the 50-60fps at 1080p. Would it be a good choice to add another 8gb of ram to my system before the card? 

If you have an i7 you should be using 16gb anyway. Go for it.

[Mick Naughty]

Id prolly do 1060/70. With a locked cpu, bf1 will start to kick your cpu's ass with a strong card.

[Majinhoju]

I imagine the 1060 6GB should be the sweet spot if you're looking to keep your budget down.  I'd even consider the 1070 if you can raise your budget a bit.

 

I'm running a 4670k (at stock) with a 1080.  So I should be more cpu bottlenecked than you in this game given that I lack the extra threads (no hyperthreading).  I just recently subbed with EA Access so I'll try running a few rounds of BF1 in the next day or so and will report back if I notice any big drops in fps.