Upgrade Advice

[pstarlord]

Without getting into TOO much detail, I'm going to be upgrading my gaming PC a bit this year.  I currently have a Ryzen 1700x, Sapphire Nitro Vega 56 and I'm playing at 1080p.  I'm going too upgrade my monitor to 1440p, if i'm not happy with how the Vega 56 keeps up with the titles I play, But, if not, I will be upgrading that as well.  I'll probably be going to something along the lines of a 2080, or RVII (who knows, maybe Navi will be out by then and have something i like)  My main question is, would a 1700x have enough juice to keep up with a GPU like a 2080 at 1440p resolution?  

[Slottr]

Yes it is, though if you feel you need better- Zen 2 is around the corner and it's looking very promising

[Oalei]

Well the higher the ress the more powerful gpu it needs. If you play some esport titles probably going to bottleneck a bit 

[Jurrunio]

Depends on the game, but on more demanding ones, yes

[dDave64]

It depends on the game. Some are VERY cpu heavy. The bottleneck would be pretty small if it applied, I think. I wouldn’t expect it to apply in most scenarios. A 2080 will outperform a Vega 56, that’s for sure. 

 

Overall though. Your GPU will limit 1440p gameplay much more than your processor in this case. I wouldn’t worry about the 1700x. That’s a good chip that should keep up reasonably well.

[pstarlord]

Thanks for the info everyone.  @dDave64 that's my general thought process as well.  Though, the Ryzen 3000 series is looking incredibly enticing, and if all works out I could upgrade the whole boat this year.