Upgrade from 1060 to 3060, no difference?

[AverageLeo]

My rig: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jMtDNP

Old GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 6GB ROG STRIX

New GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 DirectX 12 Ultimate RTX 3060 Gaming X

 

I see almost no difference on titles like Rust.

 

I used DDU by guru3d to remove all drivers then installed Nvidia experience and installed new drivers.

 

How is that?

 

[jaslion]

Yeah well what did you expect? Rust is single core limited so a gpu upgrade will do exactly nothing. It's been a known issue since the launch of the game.

[AverageLeo]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Yeah well what did you expect? Rust is single core limited so a gpu upgrade will do exactly nothing. It's been a known issue since the launch of the game.

So I need to upgrade the CPU to see the difference?

I saw benchmarks on YT for different cards with nice gains.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, AverageLeo said:

So I need to upgrade the CPU to see the difference?

I saw benchmarks on YT for different cards with nice gains.

Look at their cpu's. Yes that is what you need for rust. It's a terribly optimized game and will always have fps issues due to random stuff.

[Fasauceome]

16 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Yeah well what did you expect? Rust is single core limited so a gpu upgrade will do exactly nothing. It's been a known issue since the launch of the game.

tbh the 7700K would not be bad in that regard, especially if it's overclocked on that setup. 

 

but yeah, GPU power goes to waste on rust. Not good gains.

[AverageLeo]

20 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Look at their cpu's. Yes that is what you need for rust. It's a terribly optimized game and will always have fps issues due to random stuff.

Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0

1060 - 5600

3060 - 6700

?

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, AverageLeo said:

Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0

1060 - 5600

3060 - 6700

?

Again that is a cpu bottlenecked benchmark. It's a very old benchmark and it is now running into cpu bound issues. Literally the problem rust has. Download superposition and you'll see your 3600 perform as intended.

[AverageLeo]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Again that is a cpu bottlenecked benchmark. It's a very old benchmark and it is now running into cpu bound issues. Literally the problem rust has. Download superposition and you'll see your 3600 perform as intended.

Thanks buddy, apparently I have some stuff to learn.