Upgrade CPU or GPU?

[Rafaelos]

Hello, I am thinking about improving my current build so I can get decent fps on RDR2.

I currently have:

8GB RAM 

240Gb SSD

GTX 960 OC 4GB 

i5 6400 with a 1151 motherboard.

 

I can't decide if I need to get a better GPU or CPU first.  I'm willing to spend 335 euros. 

I'm considering choosing between a GTX 1660 TI or the i5 9600K with a new MO. (these 2 options are the same price and it's really hard to choose)

What should I do? Any other suggestions? 

Thanks in advance  

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, Rafaelos said:

I'm considering choosing between a GTX 1660 TI or the i5 9600K with a new MO

we have yet to see RDR2 performance metrics, we don't know how well it scales with either more cores or better GPUs yet, so ideally the game comes out and we see what the ideal configuration is. 

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

we have yet to see RDR2 performance metrics, we don't know how well it scales with either more cores or better GPUs yet, so ideally the game comes out and we see what the ideal configuration is. 

This is kinda the same as the Cyberpunk 2077 questions I've seen lately. We can make an educated guess, but there's no solid numbers yet so nobody can give you actual facts other than the developers themselves. 

[Rafaelos]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

we have yet to see RDR2 performance metrics, we don't know how well it scales with either more cores or better GPUs yet, so ideally the game comes out and we see what the ideal configuration is.

You are right. But I want my configuration to be better in all games not just RDR2, sorry for making it sound like that..

What would you recommend upgrading first?

 

[Rafaelos]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

This is kinda the same as the Cyberpunk 2077 questions I've seen lately. We can make an educated guess, but there's no solid numbers yet so nobody can give you actual facts other than the developers themselves. 

Oh, okay, I'll wait for the release then. 

But still, in general, what's the better thing to upgrade for better performances (mainly gaming) 

[Zando_]

Just now, Rafaelos said:

Oh, okay, I'll wait for the release then. 

But still, in general, what's the better thing to upgrade for better performances (mainly gaming) 

That's pretty tricky, both your CPU and GPU could use an upgrade. If you play newer titles that like 6+ cores I'd look at getting a hexacore CPU and just lowering graphics, if your games are okay with a 4c/4t then I'd look at getting a GPU upgrade. 

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Rafaelos said:

Oh, okay, I'll wait for the release then. 

But still, in general, what's the better thing to upgrade for better performances (mainly gaming) 

Since you know you want to upgrade both for upcoming AAA titles and such, I recommend saving to just do them both at the same time. If anything, I suppose graphics card first would be nice, then grab a Ryzen CPU later on.

[LauriHimself]

7 minutes ago, Rafaelos said:

What would you recommend upgrading first?

just a quick question... as upgrading your cpu would need you to get a new mobo anyway, would Ryzen 5 3600 be an option for you?

just saw that the i5 9600K sells for 250€ here while the 3600 is only 200€

 

whats your budget for cpu + mobo?

maybe you could get R5 3600 + a decent B450 mobo + a used gpu upgrade (or save up on a new gpu)

 

ofc you could also do it the other way around

 

just spitballing here as i have no idea what hardware costs in romania, how your used marked is, and what the savings would be from going AMD instead on Intel

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, Rafaelos said:

Hello, I am thinking about improving my current build so I can get decent fps on RDR2.

Find a used GTX 1070/ti on the cheap

 

otherwise the RX 5700 is more like a 2070 with some tweaking at around the same price as the 1660ti

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/GQZzK8/sapphire-radeon-rx-5700-8-gb-video-card-21294-01-20g

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/FD2bt6/sapphire-radeon-rx-5700-8-gb-pulse-video-card-11294-01-20g