Question about upgrading

[Mae Ling]

Hi! I have an older system I had built for me by a friend. the specs are listed:

i5-4690K

ASUS z97-A

8GB DDR3 1866MHz

EVGA GTX 1660

 

My question is: I currently play Destiny 2 and Apex Legends and want to play Cyberpunk when it comes out - currently i get around 35-45 FPS at 3840x2160 - is it worth upgrading my processor motherboard and ram or will I not see a boost in fps? The processor is running at 4.7GHz and I just wanted some guidance - I only want to play at 2160p with the settings either maxed or like, AA off and shadows on high instead of extreme.

 

I think basically I'm wondering if the new CPUs are going to make a vast improvement in games because as far as I can tell the 4690k is old, but has all the instruction sets 'n stuff.. I'm kind of a noob

 

P.S. I have a monoprice vivid 27" monitor and I love it almost as much as my cat. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

 

Thanks in advance.

[goto10]

cyberpunk has not revealed recomended specs yet afik

 

most games these days will take advantage of more cores, those 4 cores soon will mot be enough, but not knowing more details, it would be a error to recommed you any specific part to upgrade to

[Mister Woof]

Well at 4k you'll probably be experiencing two bottlenecks, the GPU and the CPU.

Max fps will be bad at 4k on a 1660, and minimum fps will be bad because of the CPU.

 

If you expect good experience at 4k in Cyberpunk, you'll need a modern CPU and a very powerful GPU

[dizmo]

Your system is pretty weak in general for 4k. CyberPunk is a long way out still, just save for an entire system overhaul. You won't be able to keep anything aside from storage and the case.

[GoldenLag]

29 minutes ago, Mae Ling said:

currently i get around 35-45 FPS at 3840x2160 - is it worth upgrading my processor motherboard and ram or will I not see a boost in fps? 

You are GPU limited at 4k. Your low FPS is not CPU related. 

[Mae Ling]

38 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

You are GPU limited at 4k. Your low FPS is not CPU related. 

So, I should just get a bigger graphics card?

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

4 minutes ago, Mae Ling said:

So, I should just get a bigger graphics card?

if you aim at 4k settings maxed, you may need to wait for newer gens

[GoldenLag]

38 minutes ago, Mae Ling said:

So, I should just get a bigger graphics card?

1660 isnt the best card to run 4k.

 

For 1080p its excellent. 

 

Idk what framerate you are aiming for, but for a very good framerate with no dials turned down. I will cost quite a bit

[Munchboy]

We don't know the required specs for Cyberpunk 2077. IMO they should be pretty high.

For 4K Maxed you should get a better GPU for sure i.e. 2080 TI, but you would need a small business loan to buy that moster ~1300€ here in Germany.
At this point I'm scared that the CPU could bottleneck* you (not 100% sure), which means now you have to upgrade the whole rig to play a single game.

 

*bottleneck - one or more componets are holding your PC back