Will I need to upgrade my CPU for 30 Series?

[FireEagle244]

I currently have a Ryzen 7 2700x, will I need to upgrade if I want to get the Nvidia 3070 in October?

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, FireEagle244 said:

I currently have a Ryzen 7 2700x, will I need to upgrade if I want to get the Nvidia 3070 in October?

 

If you game at 1440P or higher then no...

 

 

[FireEagle244]

7 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

If you game at 1440P or higher then no...

 

 

how exactly does that work? also what if I have multiple monitors?

 

[Ankerson]

4 minutes ago, FireEagle244 said:

how exactly does that work? also what if I have multiple monitors?

 

 

Multiple monitors doesn't really matter.

 

The 3070 is supposed to be as powerful as the 2080Ti...

 

All CPUs currently bottleneck the 2080Ti at 1080P...

[shoutingsteve]

1 minute ago, FireEagle244 said:

how exactly does that work? also what if I have multiple monitors?

 

How many monitors and in what configuration-->  if you took a screenshot of your desktop what is the total resolution?  Your videocard can only produce a certain resolution.

[Vishera]

Just now, FireEagle244 said:

how exactly does that work?

The higher the resolution the less the CPU has to work.

But in every game the CPU has a FPS limit,limited by it's performance.

You can easily find that limit,gradually lower graphics settings (including resolution) until it makes no difference in FPS.

So no matter what you do that will be the FPS limit of the CPU in that specific game (It's a different value in every game).

[FireEagle244]

15 minutes ago, shoutingsteve said:

How many monitors and in what configuration-->  if you took a screenshot of your desktop what is the total resolution?  Your videocard can only produce a certain resolution.

The resolution isnt very much. I plan on getting a 1440p monitor around the time I upgrade my gpu

[FireEagle244]

12 minutes ago, Vishera said:

The higher the resolution the less the CPU has to work.

But in every game the CPU has a FPS limit,limited by it's performance.

You can easily find that limit,gradually lower graphics settings (including resolution) until it makes no difference in FPS.

So no matter what you do that will be the FPS limit of the CPU in that specific game (It's a different value in every game).

Oh, ok thanks

[j1mgg]

I am kind of lost now.

 

I run a 1080p 24" 240hz setup, as I don't want a bigger screen size, and there isn't a 24" 1440p 240hz monitor that I have seen.

 

Are you saying there is a limit to the GPU I should get, although I mai it want more FPS for first person shooter games?

[FireEagle244]

8 hours ago, j1mgg said:

I am kind of lost now.

 

I run a 1080p 24" 240hz setup, as I don't want a bigger screen size, and there isn't a 24" 1440p 240hz monitor that I have seen.

 

Are you saying there is a limit to the GPU I should get, although I mai it want more FPS for first person shooter games?

Yea, I have the same question. @Vishera can you explain in any further detail on how higher FPS monitors effect what GPU to buy?

[Mateyyy]

11 hours ago, FireEagle244 said:

I currently have a Ryzen 7 2700x, will I need to upgrade if I want to get the Nvidia 3070 in October?

You don't need to, as in it will work, but it'll certainly hold it back at 1080p and even 1440p to an extent.

If you're just gaming and want an upgrade, either wait for Zen 3 if your motherboard will support it, or go for something like a 10600K (unless you're willing to get a new motherboard for Zen 3).

5 minutes ago, FireEagle244 said:

can you explain in any further detail on how higher FPS monitors effect what GPU to buy?

It's not the refresh rate, but rather the resolution. The higher the resolution, the more load there is on the GPU and therefore less load on the CPU, meaning that if you've got a weak CPU, running your game or whatever at a higher resolution will help sort of alleviate that bottleneck, for lack of a better word. Same thing with graphics settings, turning those up should result in the GPU doing more work.

[FireEagle244]

2 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

You don't need to, as in it will work, but it'll certainly hold it back at 1080p and even 1440p to an extent.

If you're just gaming and want an upgrade, either wait for Zen 3 if your motherboard will support it, or go for something like a 10600K (unless you're willing to get a new motherboard for Zen 3).

It's not the refresh rate, but rather the resolution. The higher the resolution, the more load there is on the GPU and therefore less load on the CPU, meaning that if you've got a weak CPU, running your game or whatever at a higher resolution will help sort of alleviate that bottleneck, for lack of a better word. Same thing with graphics settings, turning those up should result in the GPU doing more work.

So I either need to get a higher resolution monitor or turn everything up to max in every game? that really isnt an issue lol, max settings = good

[Vishera]

3 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

It's not the refresh rate, but rather the resolution. The higher the resolution, the more load there is on the GPU and therefore less load on the CPU, meaning that if you've got a weak CPU, running your game or whatever at a higher resolution will help sort of alleviate that bottleneck, for lack of a better word. Same thing with graphics settings, turning those up should result in the GPU doing more work.

The higher the FPS - the more load your CPU has to bear,

The higher the resolution the more load your GPU has to bear.

 

And since higher resolutions decrease the FPS - you have less load on the CPU.

3 hours ago, FireEagle244 said:

@Vishera can you explain in any further detail on how higher FPS monitors effect what GPU to buy?

It depends on the refresh rate,for 120Hz i would recommend a 2060/Super.

For 144Hz i would recommend a 2070 Super.

For 240Hz i would recommend a 2080 Ti.

[HumdrumPenguin]

Yes in case you want to reach high fps count. Not so much if you game at 4k.

[FireEagle244]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

The higher the FPS - the more load your CPU has to bear,

The higher the resolution the more load your GPU has to bear.

 

And since higher resolutions decrease the FPS - you have less load on the CPU.

It depends on the refresh rate,for 120Hz i would recommend a 2060/Super.

For 144Hz i would recommend a 2070 Super.

For 240Hz i would recommend a 2080 Ti.

OK, thanks. That is something that I will take into account. If i decide to get the 3070 I will also get a 1440p monitor with atleast 120hz refresh rate.