CPU/GPU Upgrade Recommendations for 1440p Ultrawide Beast

[Kainhander]

Hey Y'all,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my rig soon and need some recommendations on hardware.
I play mostly PUBG with a mix of Ultra/Low settings, but the occasional 1% and 0.1% frametimes kill me sometimes. GTAV is also in the heavy rotation, and RDR2 probably too in the near future. I can see Ray Tracing Minecraft too.

I'd like to move to all Ultra settings @1440 p with buttery smooth framerates if possible.

 

I'm currently running a Ryzen 1600 @ 3.8 Ghz, and an MSI GeForce 1070 Gaming X with a +100Mhz Core / +500Mhz Memory OC.
Monitor is a 1440p ultrawide, going to be adding a second 100Hz ultrawide, or a 1440p 144Hz monitor soon too.

 

I keep eyeing a 2080ti and a Ryzen 3900X, because being an enthusiast is fun, albeit expensive.
How much of a difference in PUBG (and other FPSs running at Ultra settings) would a 3700X and a 2080/2080S make over the overkill solution?

 

I've got an Asus Prime X370 Pro motherboard and a Seasonic Prime Titanium 750W PSU, so I should have the power to support any of the above.

 

Thanks!
~Kain~

[mxk]

5 minutes ago, Kainhander said:

Hey Y'all,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my rig soon and need some recommendations on hardware.
I play mostly PUBG with a mix of Ultra/Low settings, but the occasional 1% and 0.1% frametimes kill me sometimes. GTAV is also in the heavy rotation, and RDR2 probably too in the near future. I can see Ray Tracing Minecraft too.

I'd like to move to all Ultra settings @1440 p with buttery smooth framerates if possible.

 

I'm currently running a Ryzen 1600 @ 3.8 Ghz, and an MSI GeForce 1070 Gaming X with a +100Mhz Core / +500Mhz Memory OC.
Monitor is a 1440p ultrawide, going to be adding a second 100Hz ultrawide, or a 1440p 144Hz monitor soon too.

 

I keep eyeing a 2080ti and a Ryzen 3900X, because being an enthusiast is fun, albeit expensive.
How much of a difference in PUBG (and other FPSs running at Ultra settings) would a 3700X and a 2080/2080S make over the overkill solution?

 

I've got an Asus Prime X370 Pro motherboard and a Seasonic Prime Titanium 750W PSU, so I should have the power to support any of the above.

 

Thanks!
~Kain~

If you feel you want to change your CPU, you can but don't need to in order to move up in resolution. Resolution is far more dependent on the GPU.

 

A 2080/2080s would be fine for 1440p. I doubt you're going to hit 144fps all the time even with a beast card in high graphic games. You'll easily hit that in a game like csgo, but not a game like GTA V.

 

I'd suggest changing motherboard if you change CPU because X370 is okay, and an X570 board is just built to handle Zen 2 if you pick it up.

[Streetguru]

7 hours ago, Kainhander said:

Hey Y'all,

You really don't need the 2080ti, I would wait and see what the "big navi" GPU offers or if it lowers the price of a 2080 super

 

Probably just toss in an R5 3600 or R7 3700X then overclock your memory.

[veikko315]

I would personally look at a 9700k with a Noctua and if you really want to get a 2080ti but personally as I am not shy to a little tinkering I would grab two 1080Ti off ebay save a couple hundred over the 2080Ti and get better performance. most of the games I play support sli anyways. Obviously I can appreciate less tech savvy individuals going the easy route and there is nothing wrong with that.

[BTGbullseye]

42 minutes ago, veikko315 said:

Honestly ryzen is notorious for its 1% and 0.1% lows especially being a complete dumpster fire.

That's the exact opposite of any of the reviews I've ever seen...

[veikko315]

You're right, I stand corrected. It looks like AMD fixed that with the 3000 series. I'll edit it out of my post. Although I still think Intel provides better performance per dollar in that price range for most games.

[Kainhander]

13 hours ago, Streetguru said:

You really don't need the 2080ti, I would wait and see what the "big navi" GPU offers or if it lowers the price of a 2080 super

I found a 2080 Aorus Extreme for $560 at Microcenter, so I think I'm going to go that route for now.  The 2080 Super is not worth the $100-$150 premium for ~5% better out of box speeds, and for now the Ti isn't worth the $500 extra for a ~15% improvement.  I can use that towards the monitor or a 2180Ti next year

[BTGbullseye]

9 hours ago, veikko315 said:

Although I still think Intel provides better performance per dollar in that price range for most games.

Not really...

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html

[veikko315]

2 hours ago, BTGbullseye said:

Not really...

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt in providing an article the has bias towards workstation loads as evidenced by threadrippers position near the top, and the fact that you're completely ignoring overclocking. 

 

However, in my attempts to prove that you are a fool, I discovered that indeed things are not as cut and dry as I had assumed, and in some cases AMD provides better price to performance value over Intel, although they seem unable to dethrone Intel from the top of CPU performance as of right now. Let me share with you what I have found.

 

 

 

Unfortunately I don't have much time to compile more as I have a bunch of stuff I am working on at the moment but rest assured I have seen the error of my ways. Its looking more like the question of Intel vs AMD is very complicated and making general statements is not the right course of action. 

 

AMD is right up there with intel in price per performance for lower end CPU's (like the one I use) but simply has no answer for higher end CPU's, and the 9600k stands out as exceptional price to performance beating out even the 3900x at around half the price. AMD also has no real answer to the 9700k/9900k at the high end as well.

 

I stand corrected, again. I will edit my posts to reflect this.