Gaming performance on upgrading from i7 2600 to Ryzen 3600

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Hey everyone!

I've got a friend who has been gaming on an i7 2600 for the past decade and I was telling him he should upgrade. I suggested the new Ryzen 3600 and he's all for it but he insists on holding onto his GTX 1050 TI.

I thought it would be a conscious choice since the CPU could hold out for another decade and he can snag a newer GPU along the way.

Would my friend see any framerate increases on just upgrading to the 3600 and new platform?

Thanks in advance!

[3 Lions]

Yes, your friend will get better gaming performance with an R5 3600. 

[Fasauceome]

@themctipers was just talking about an upgrade from a 3770K to a 3600, quite the leap.

[GrockleTD]

Most assuredly. Newer games are quite likely too much for the ancient beast i7 2600

[Coachdude]

Honestly, I'd just tell him to stay with his current platform if he isn't willing to upgrade the video card as well, as even a locked Sandy Bridge i7 isn't going to bottleneck a 1050 ti. It'd just be a waste to upgrade the platform with such a low end card. If anything upgrade the gpu if he wants more performance. 

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12 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

@themctipers was just talking about an upgrade from a 3770K to a 3600, quite the leap.

Ah thank you for pointing me to his thread!

[bimmerman]

I'll be the contrarian-- it depends on his resolution. The higher the resolution, the lower his CPU requirements will be unless he's looking for high refresh gaming.

 

I went from an OC'd X5675 (i7-950 era 6 core Xeon) to an R5 3600 this last month, both paired with a 1080ti and a 3440x1440 monitor.

 

To be quite honest, I haven't noticed a difference in gaming performance. Both systems were able to exceed my monitor's refresh rate on ultra settings in the games I like to play (Tomb Raider series, racing games). Objectively speaking, I am certainly getting more FPS. Subjectively speaking, I can't tell, and my gaming experience is no different than it was before. I'm content with the upgrade for other reasons, so this lack of a tangible difference is not a dealbreaker.

 

All that is to say....depends on resolution/frame rate desires. If your friend is happy with what he's got, he'll be happier keeping it than burning a few hundred bucks to not notice a difference. If he's struggling with GPU bottlenecking now, though, then upgrading is a good choice.

[Mister Woof]

If he's still gonna use that 1050 ti, a CPU won't matter too much for most modern games.

 

Overall will be much better but gaming will still be limited by that 1050 ti