GPU and CPU Bottleneck Question

[AcidStopSign]

So currently I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, 2080 Super, and 32 gigs of ram. I am looking to upgrade my CPU possibly to the new Ryzen 9 5900x when it drops and my graphics sometime next year. Out of curiosity, mainly for gaming, Will I notice any performance increase by upgrading my CPU? I know that my 2080 super will be a bottle neck for faster CPU's, I just want to know if there will be any kind of increase even if its small, or will my GPU hold me back?

[SolarNova]

Depends on the game and the FPS figures ur looking at, the higher the FPS the more the CPU becomes the bottleneck.

 

If ur gaming at 120fps and below ur unlikely to see much difference.

If ur gaming at 144fps + then yea ull see a difference but its kinda meaningless at that point for 'most' situations.

 

Example of CPU scaling

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ampere-cpu-scaling-benchmarks

Take the 1440p Ultra Borderlands results as an exampel of sub 120fps. The CPU doesnt make much difference.

Take the 1080p Ultra Forza 4 results as an example of 144fps+. The CPU does make a difference.

[AcidStopSign]

Thanks for the fast response @SolarNova. I play a pretty wide variety of games, but I currently game on a 1440p 144hz monitor, I am usually averaging around 110-120 FPS depending on the game.

[boggy77]

at 1080p it will make a difference, at 1440p and 4k, not so much.

[SolarNova]

2 minutes ago, AcidStopSign said:

Thanks for the fast response @SolarNova. I play a pretty wide variety of games, but I currently game on a 1440p 144hz monitor, I am usually averaging around 110-120 FPS depending on the game.

Then ur unlikely to see much difference. You'd be far better of putting that money into a better GPU.

[Quickstrike]

9 minutes ago, AcidStopSign said:

So currently I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, 2080 Super, and 32 gigs of ram. I am looking to upgrade my CPU possibly to the new Ryzen 9 5900x when it drops and my graphics sometime next year. Out of curiosity, mainly for gaming, Will I notice any performance increase by upgrading my CPU? I know that my 2080 super will be a bottle neck for faster CPU's, I just want to know if there will be any kind of increase even if its small, or will my GPU hold me back?

Hard to speculate as the 5900x isn't out yet. Bottlenecks will depend on resolution, the type of game, rasterized or ray traced.

I have a similar setup  Same (CPU and 2070 super) and it's usually ok, but in some games (Mount and Blade II: Banner lords on certain sieges) I hit horrendous frame rates (20 ish). I'm maxed out on 4 cores on the 3700 and the super isn't working that hard.

 

So it really depends.