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Maxwell
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Hello LTT Community!

 

I am planning on upgrading my current system to be able to have a decent 1080p gaming experience in the latest/newest games. 

Since my rig is based on the 1150 socket from which upgrading would mean to spend a lot of money, a GPU upgrade comes to my mind.

 

Here are my current specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming

RAM: G.Skill TridentX 16 GB 2400 Mhz

MB: MSI Z97 Gaming 7 

 

Which GPU would you suggest before running into a CPU bottleneck? I am also familiar with CPU overclocking if helpful.

 

Thanks in advance

 

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Depends on how much you can spend, for Germany RTX 2070 should be a great option

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I can give you a snapshot.  I’ve got a 4770k which is a bit slower than yours.  Memory is also slower though I got 16gb.  and I’ve tried a couple gpus on it.  A 580 I can bury no problem. A 5700xt I could not bury.  I got it spinning good and loud though.  I also couldn’t bury a 1080ti founders.

 

im currently sitting on a 580 because my 970 died.  My plan is to put up with 1080p gaming until navi21/amphere come out.  They’re being teased at the moment.  The big worry is that the upcoming consoles have unknown quality GPUs on them.  Estimates are between 580 and 2070s not including raytracing.

 

My suspicion is my cpu won’t cut it either and I’m going to have to build a whole new rig.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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