Questions about my i7 6700 non k 3.5 boost 4.0 with stock cooler and RAM

[phil7990]

Ok so I can't buy 1 of the 3000 series cards directly because I want to wait till the 3060's supers/ti's are out atleast and see what card I should get at the end of next year.

 

Now I wanted to prepare my system for a 3060-3070. or atleast I thought I had to since I thought the same thing as everyone else, I need a 4.0 gen for the graphics card to work.
Turns out it doesn't. The 3000 series can work perfectly on 3.0. Jayz said that it's more for the future but it's not for now. And by the time it's usable, people upgraded their systems by then surely...

BUT... Questions now are:
1) Is my i7 6700 with stock cooler going to hold back a 3060ti-3070ti?
2) For games such as DOOM Eternal on high, and other aaa games on high, do I need another CPU?
3) I currently have 2100 mhz 16 gig RAM DDR4, do I need to upgrade this for the above as well?

[Jurrunio]

5 minutes ago, phil7990 said:

1) Is my i7 6700 with stock cooler going to hold back a 3060ti-3070ti?

it will unless those GPUs turn out a lot worse than expected

 

5 minutes ago, phil7990 said:

2) For games such as DOOM Eternal on high, and other aaa games on high, do I need another CPU?

Playable sure, but you wont be fully using the GPU's performance without super high resolutions

 

6 minutes ago, phil7990 said:

3) I currently have 2100 mhz 16 gig RAM DDR4, do I need to upgrade this for the above as well?

Same answer as those for CPU, it will bottleneck at times.

[porina]

Don't worry about bottlenecks. The only question you should ask is if the CPU can deliver the performance level you expect. It doesn't matter if there is unused GPU power in some situations, just as it doesn't matter if there is CPU power unused at times. You need enough CPU, and you need enough GPU for your performance target. 

[phil7990]

19 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

it will unless those GPUs turn out a lot worse than expected

 

Playable sure, but you wont be fully using the GPU's performance without super high resolutions

 

Same answer as those for CPU, it will bottleneck at times.

 

12 minutes ago, porina said:

Don't worry about bottlenecks. The only question you should ask is if the CPU can deliver the performance level you expect. It doesn't matter if there is unused GPU power in some situations, just as it doesn't matter if there is CPU power unused at times. You need enough CPU, and you need enough GPU for your performance target. 

Forgot to mention, I play on a 1080p 144hz monitor. I was planning on upgrading to either a 3600 or a 4000 series. But if the upgrade isn't needed directly, then I would maybe want to wait with it.

[porina]

1 minute ago, phil7990 said:

Forgot to mention, I play on a 1080p 144hz monitor. I was planning on upgrading to either a 3600 or a 4000 series. But if the upgrade isn't needed directly, then I would maybe want to wait with it.

From your profile, you're currently running an RX 580, is that correct? Presumably you currently have to balance quality settings against the frame rate you get. A faster GPU will at the least allow you to increase graphical quality settings. 

[phil7990]

1 hour ago, porina said:

From your profile, you're currently running an RX 580, is that correct? Presumably you currently have to balance quality settings against the frame rate you get. A faster GPU will at the least allow you to increase graphical quality settings. 

I currently have:

-1080p 144hz display from LG

-Xfx rx 590 (2 years old)

-i7 6700 non k, Z170 gaming a, 2100 mhz 16 gb hyperx ram (5 years old)

-750w corsair bronze (7 years old)

-240gb kingston ssd (5 years old)

-1,5 tb hdd (10+ years old)

-case: aerocool gta white (yellow) with 4 fans (7 years old)

 

I don't have DOOM eternal yet so I can't test it.

 

Anyway, after what you have written and some friends of mine told me afterwards, its too risky. So I've decided that I will be upgrading my cpu but after what I have seen from the 4000 line up.