Best Ryzen for RTX 2080 SUPER at 1440p?

[Redrooster]

Title says it all, I'm getting an RTX 2080 SUPER in a few days. Just wondering on what Ryzen CPU I should pair with it. 

 

(I currently have a r5 2600. I plan on gaming at 1440p on my 1440p 165hz ips panel)

[Samfisher]

The 2600 should still be fine TBH.  A 3700x would be a nice bump in performance but if you want to reduce CPU bottlenecking (and introduce GPU bottlenecking instead), wait for Ryzen 4000 series.  Rumours have it it's a further 20% bump in performance.  Wait half a year for the previews and leaks and decide.

[Redrooster]

2 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

The 2600 should still be fine TBH.  A 3700x would be a nice bump in performance but if you want to reduce CPU bottlenecking (and introduce GPU bottlenecking instead), wait for Ryzen 4000 series.  Rumours have it it's a further 20% bump in performance.  Wait half a year for the previews and leaks and decide.

is the 4000 series confirmed to be on the AM4 Socket?

[Statik]

Tbh like @Samfisher said your 2600 will probably be fine until Ryzen 4k. Most games won't benefit from anything too much in Ryzen 3k, but if you're dead set a 3600x or 3700x are the go to choice.

[Samfisher]

Just now, Redrooster said:

is the 4000 series confirmed to be on the AM4 Socket?

It seems so yes.  It's expected to be the last series off CPUs on the AM4 socket.  Also kinda has to be, no point introducing the x570 chipset for only literally 1 generation of CPUs.  Even Intel goes 2 CPU releases with 1 chipset/socket.

[Statik]

1 hour ago, Redrooster said:

is the 4000 series confirmed to be on the AM4 Socket?

I believe it was said that the x670 chipset will be the last AM4 socket series.

[flashiling]

my 2700x is slowing down my 2080 in csgo a little bit (not sure how much)

but it should be fine.

[Redrooster]

11 hours ago, Statik said:

Tbh like @Samfisher said your 2600 will probably be fine until Ryzen 4k. Most games won't benefit from anything too much in Ryzen 3k, but if you're dead set a 3600x or 3700x are the go to choice.

I think Im gonna get a 3600 or 3600x and then just wait on Ryzen 4k. (I was gonna get the 3700x but the performance bump isn't massive and you guys peaked my interest with next Ryzen talk.)

I don't mind spending $200-$250 for a decent bump, and then selling it for $100 and getting a 4000 series chip when it comes out.

[MadmanRB]

Nah hang on to your 2600, its still a great processor and the boost you will see from the 3600 may not be worth it.

Just hang onto this system, it is fine as it is.

[Princess Luna]

Wait for the 4000 series in my opinion so you can be more certain to achieve the 165hz mark.

 

The 2600 to 3600 is a nice bump in performance but not enough in my opinion to go for it yet, besides gaming wise the 3700X to the 3950X adds very little at high costs.

[Midnitewolf]

Unless you are running into a situation where your current CPU isn't accomplishing what you need it to accomplish I would just wait.  I mean you might run into some CPU bottlenecking on some games but as long as it doesn't pull down down below 60 fps at your minimal acceptable graphic settings or cause some other graphical issue in games, you might as well wait for Ryzen 4000 as rumors have it being out probably by the end of 2020 and it looks like it might be a noticable upgrade over the 3000 series.

[Redrooster]

On 1/6/2020 at 4:51 PM, Midnitewolf said:

Unless you are running into a situation where your current CPU isn't accomplishing what you need it to accomplish I would just wait.  I mean you might run into some CPU bottlenecking on some games but as long as it doesn't pull down down below 60 fps at your minimal acceptable graphic settings or cause some other graphical issue in games, you might as well wait for Ryzen 4000 as rumors have it being out probably by the end of 2020 and it looks like it might be a noticable upgrade over the 3000 series.

I originally was gonna get the 3700x but luckily i found out how little it improves gaming performance over even the 3600 at 1440p. Im gonna get the 3600 now (only because I am comfortable dropping another $200 into my rig for a decent bump until late this year. once the 4000 chips roll around, if the rumors are to be believed, I'll buy the next evolution. And then I'll be set for awhile)

[Samfisher]

On 1/6/2020 at 4:30 PM, flashiling said:

my 2700x is slowing down my 2080 in csgo a little bit (not sure how much)

but it should be fine.

Only cos CSGO isn't a GPU bound game hence high FPS will rely much more on your CPU.

[flashiling]

8 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Only cos CSGO isn't a GPU bound game hence high FPS will rely much more on your CPU.

yep.

and since i added an extra 1440p monitor it's been dropped from 340 to 120

[Samfisher]

5 minutes ago, flashiling said:

yep.

and since i added an extra 1440p monitor it's been dropped from 340 to 120

That doesn't make sense

[flashiling]

21 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

That doesn't make sense

i think it's because i now have two 1440p g-sync displays and one of them can only do 144Hz and i can't turn on G-sync on only one monitor.

so if i play with G-sync on it won't go over 144

[Samfisher]

45 minutes ago, flashiling said:

i think it's because i now have two 1440p g-sync displays and one of them can only do 144Hz and i can't turn on G-sync on only one monitor.

so if i play with G-sync on it won't go over 144

Only if you play borderless windowed yes