Looking for a new GPU, been away from the PC community for a while

[Babyballable]

Hi guys

 

it's been 4 years since I stopped following the PC building trends, and now I'm in the dark. I thought one guy was joking when he said he was running an i9... 

 

I made my build years ago. It's running an i7 3770k @4.6Ghz, 16gb 1600 ddr3, an HD 7970 and 760W PSU. The motherboard is the Asus Maximus V Formula, so I believe it can still hold newer cards?

 

I wanna upgrade it sometime this year, keep it relevant for the newer games, wanna replay the Witcher 3 on Ultra, and get at least 60fps in Cyberpunk when it comes out.

I'm into heavy video editing, professionally that is, DaVinci Resolve is what I use for cutting and grading.

 

I was looking into the 2080, would it be a smart upgrade? Ideally I'd not upgrade my cpu, as that means changing the M/B and ram too and selling them buying new stuff, too much effort for now. 

 

Thanks guys, I'm not new to pc building, but new to pc building in 2019, so help is much appreciated!

[boey]

2080 Super is coming soon(July 23), it's basically an upgraded 2080 for the same price. 2070 Super is a few % slower than 2080, is $499 and is coming out on 9th July. Overclocked 2070 Super beats 2080, 2080 Super is probably quite close to 2080 Ti, although performance for that isn't known yet

 

If I were you I'd get a 2070 Super at max, it's very good value. Essentially a $500 RTX 2080

[GoldenLag]

13 minutes ago, Babyballable said:

Thanks guys, I'm not new to pc building, but new to pc building in 2019, so help is much appreciated!

Tl;dr right now is to wait at least 6 days for Zen 2 to drop if you are doing a full system overhaul. 

 

 

Then RTX super is also a thing, but id need to doublecheck if its needed or better than current offerings. 

 

 

Welcome to 2019, 2 years after the barrierbreak of 4 cores. Now we have 12 cores comming in 5 days.

[191x7]

1080p? The i7 3770k would bottleneck any of the mentioned high-end cards.

I wouldn't go above an RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070, the optimal probably being a GTX 1660Ti or a Radeon RX Vega 56. The RTX 2060 6GB would also fit nicely.

A stronger card only if the screen is at least 1440p.

[Babyballable]

20 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

If I were you I'd get a 2070 Super at max, it's very good value. Essentially a $500 RTX 2080

 

12 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Tl;dr right now is to wait at least 6 days for Zen 2 to drop if you are doing a full system overhaul. 

Thanks! I'll keep an eye out, I'm not upgrading just yet, only in the next months.

13 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

1080p? The i7 3770k would bottleneck any of the mentioned high-end cards.

I wouldn't go above an RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070, the optimal probably being a GTX 1660Ti or a Radeon RX Vega 56. The RTX 2060 6GB would also fit nicely.

A stronger card only if the screen is at least 1440p.

I'm was thinking of getting an ultra-wide monitor for editing now, I haven't looked at the resolutions yet though! I haven't thought about running newer games in ultra-wide though, I know that would be taxing on the system. I am running two monitors too.

 

Would the 3770k really be a bottleneck? Damn, this guy was top shelf when I bought it, it still destroys my other devices in render times. 

 

Just on the side, if I was going the overhaul route, would it be better to sell off the cpu, mb and ram, or sell the entire system and start from scratch? I'd ask around how much my system would go for.

 

Thanks!

[boey]

50 minutes ago, Babyballable said:

 

Just on the side, if I was going the overhaul route, would it be better to sell off the cpu, mb and ram, or sell the entire system and start from scratch? I'd ask around how much my system would go for.

Sell the entire thing, would much easier.

Where do you live? What are your exact specs? Budget?

[191x7]

1 hour ago, Babyballable said:

 

Thanks! I'll keep an eye out, I'm not upgrading just yet, only in the next months.

I'm was thinking of getting an ultra-wide monitor for editing now, I haven't looked at the resolutions yet though! I haven't thought about running newer games in ultra-wide though, I know that would be taxing on the system. I am running two monitors too.

 

Would the 3770k really be a bottleneck? Damn, this guy was top shelf when I bought it, it still destroys my other devices in render times. 

 

Just on the side, if I was going the overhaul route, would it be better to sell off the cpu, mb and ram, or sell the entire system and start from scratch? I'd ask around how much my system would go for.

 

Thanks!

The i7 3770K would be fine for 1440p ultrawide with any GPU you'd choose, but it would bottleneck if you'd go with a 1080p ultrawide.

The thing is, that 3770K is weaker than some modern low to mid tier CPU-s like the Ryzen 5 or modern 6-core i5, especially in rendering and video editing.

A modern Ryzen CPU with 12 to 16 threads (not to mention 24 threads) would be a huge upgrade.

 

Consider selling the PSU too, if it's from the 3770K age it's old and thus not that reliable to power a completely new mid-range or high-end system.

 

Cases, hard drives, soundcards and such can always be kept, they are usually safe to reuse.

[xreaperx22]

im in the same baot as op,but i plan on waiting for the zen 2 and all the "supers" to come out,ill prolly just do a whole system reboot with at least zen 2 cpu x570 mobo and either 5700xt or 2080 super.....but im terrible at waiting lol

[191x7]

25 minutes ago, xreaperx22 said:

im in the same baot as op,but i plan on waiting for the zen 2 and all the "supers" to come out,ill prolly just do a whole system reboot with at least zen 2 cpu x570 mobo and either 5700xt or 2080 super.....but im terrible at waiting lol

That's just a few days away. The Super cards "are" out (and they are pretty much cut down 2080-s) while Zen2 comes next week.