2600 with 5700?

[TheCT]

So I just bought a evoke rx 5700(I’m gonna fix the bad thermal pads). I was going to flash it to a 5700 xt and overclock it but I currently have a Ryzen 5 2600 sitting at 4GHz(paired with 24GB of Ram) and I just wanted to ask the community if I should just upgrade to a 3600 or wait it out a little ? I’m trying to game at 1080p 144hz and don’t want to see anything really over a 5% bottleneck so what can y’all recommend? Thanks

 

also I have a Asus prime b350 plus mobo

[Zando_]

You'll be fine, but may or may not hit a solid 144fps. I mostly play Destiny 2, in that my 2700X (gaming performance isn't much different from a 2600) pulled around 110-120fps most places. Still solid, but not the full refresh rate. If you're worried about hitting that magic number, a 3600 is a solid upgrade (almost equal with a tuned 8700K, higher latencies though but those aren't super noticeable unless you're at even higher refresh rates). If you're not getting screen tearing and your fps and frametimes are stable though, you won't even notice a difference. Unless you're super sensitive, your ability to notice fps differences should cap out around 120fps/hz:

I personally don't notice much of a difference above 75Hz. Like, it's smoother, but not something I notice unless I'm specifically focusing on how it feels, and not on the game itself. 

[TheCT]

16 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

You'll be fine, but may or may not hit a solid 144fps. I mostly play Destiny 2, in that my 2700X (gaming performance isn't much different from a 2600) pulled around 110-120fps most places. Still solid, but not the full refresh rate. If you're worried about hitting that magic number, a 3600 is a solid upgrade (almost equal with a tuned 8700K, higher latencies though but those aren't super noticeable unless you're at even higher refresh rates). If you're not getting screen tearing and your fps and frametimes are stable though, you won't even notice a difference. Unless you're super sensitive, your ability to notice fps differences should cap out around 120fps/hz:

I personally don't notice much of a difference above 75Hz. Like, it's smoother, but not something I notice unless I'm specifically focusing on how it feels, and not on the game itself. 

Much appreciated, I’ll likely test it out first before grabbing a new cpu. I’m upgrading from a gtx 980 to the 5700 so I’m Hoping to see decent gains. 

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, TheCT said:

Much appreciated, I’ll likely test it out first before grabbing a new cpu. I’m upgrading from a gtx 980 to the 5700 so I’m Hoping to see decent gains. 

Should be excellent. I ran a 1080 (IIRC the 5700 performs similarly) with a 1600 and I might have had it with a 2600 for a bit, they're solid CPUs for a lotta people (I just ree at the lack of clock headroom). Again, caps out at around 110-120fps, but there's no "bottleneck". Not in the way people see them at least. Sure, a 1080 can perform better with a faster CPU, but there's 0 impact on my gaming experience so it's a non-issue. 

[steelo]

1 hour ago, TheCT said:

So I just bought a evoke rx 5700(I’m gonna fix the bad thermal pads). I was going to flash it to a 5700 xt and overclock it but I currently have a Ryzen 5 2600 sitting at 4GHz(paired with 24GB of Ram) and I just wanted to ask the community if I should just upgrade to a 3600 or wait it out a little ? I’m trying to game at 1080p 144hz and don’t want to see anything really over a 5% bottleneck so what can y’all recommend? Thanks

 

also I have a Asus prime b350 plus mobo

I'm running a 5700 (non xt) with an overclocked 1600af, which performs similarly to a 2600 and it works brilliantly. Seems to run most AAA games @ 1080 high settings around 120 fps. I'm sure if I didn't run everything on high/ultra, it could maintain 144hz. Only exception seems to be Assassins Creed, which kills CPU's. I'd say you should be fine, especially if you decide to overclock your 2600.

[Gohardgrandpa]

Rock out with your 2600 til the 4000 series of ryzen comes out then upgrade if you want to. 
 

I use a 3600x with a 5700xt and I can’t hit 144fps in all games at 1080p max settings. If I lower some stuff in game I can hit 144 fps avg most of the time depending on the game of course. 

The only issue with 1st and 2nd gen ryzen was the single threaded speed needed for high refresh rate gaming. The 2nd gen isn’t bad by any means but I wouldn’t bank on hitting 144fps in everything unless you dial back your settings