i5 8500... now what

[SF4U]

Hi All

 

I recently built the system below, now i need a video card; in my area the 1070 and the 2070 are within $100 of each other ($659.00); im kinda leaning on the 2070 .. Will my CPU bottle neck the GPU?

 

unfortunately; i didnt look into the CPU too much when buying the parts; i figured 8th gen should be able to push for casual gaming at high res (2k); essentially i would like to possibly game at 2k on high

 

Let me know your thoughts or if anyone has a very similar build?

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-8500 
GPU: Intel onboard
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 
MBD: Asus PRIME Z370-A

Monitor: Dell 27 TN 144Hz

[leo1798]

5 minutes ago, SF4U said:

Hi All

 

I recently built the system below, now i need a video card; in my area the 1070 and the 2070 are within $100 of each other ($659.00); im kinda leaning on the 2070 .. Will my CPU bottle neck the GPU?

 

unfortunately; i didnt look into the CPU too much when buying the parts; i figured 8th gen should be able to push for casual gaming at high res (2k); essentially i would like to possibly game at 2k on high

 

Let me know your thoughts or if anyone has a very similar build?

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-8500 
GPU: Intel onboard
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 
MBD: Asus PRIME Z370-A

Monitor: Dell 27 TN 144Hz

Get the 2070 if the monitor either doesn't have adaptive sync or if it has GSync, but if the monitor supports FreeSync, then get the Vega 64. Your CPU is fine.

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, SF4U said:

 

The 2070 is equal to a GTX 1080 probably just get that

Vega 56 might come with 3 free games, if it's the same price it's also fine.

[Jurrunio]

2070's competitor are the 1070ti, 1080, Vega 56 and 64. All are a bit slower and can't use RTX features sure, but prices arent that different to the 1070 most of the time. Check those.

[Streetguru]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

2070's competitor are the 1070ti, 1080, Vega 56 and 64. All are a bit slower and can't use RTX features sure, but prices arent that different to the 1070 most of the time. Check those.

The 2080ti can barely use RTX...

[Brooksie359]

9 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The 2080ti can barely use RTX...

That's not true. After the updates for battlefield the 2080 can use it as well. The 2070 sorta can it's not the best. 

[TahoeDust]

12 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The 2080ti can barely use RTX...

But the 1070ti, 1080, Vega 56 and 64 will NEVER be able to.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, TahoeDust said:

But the 1070ti, 1080, Vega 56 and 64 will NEVER be able to.

And the 3000 series will be able to do it twice as fast in the 6 games that use it by then