Questions about future upgrade?

[AlexHD]

I have a setup that consists mainly of the  I7 7700K and an 1080 Strix A8G, I am playing only on 2560x1440 resolution, and I've noticed that my cpu usage tops on 40% and my gpu is constantly 97-99% usage (100% I assume).

And from that, is it logical to plan on upgrading only the GPU?

[Alireza]

1 minute ago, AlexHD said:

I have a setup that consists mainly of the  I7 7700K and an 1080 Strix A8G, I am playing only on 2560x1440 resolution, and I've noticed that my cpu usage tops on 40% and my gpu is constantly 97-99% usage (100% I assume).

And from that, is it logical to plan on upgrading only the GPU?

that really depends on what games you play and what refresh you expect in each game

[R3dbullDrinker]

1 minute ago, Alireza said:

that really depends on what games you play and what refresh you expect in each game

I agree was well it depends on what games pls list them and do you use ultra settings too?

 

[AlexHD]

Currently I am playing War Thunder, not on ultra because I prefer having stable 100+ FPS at all times.

But I am mostly playing GPU Intensive games EFT WT Battlefields (when they are not bad).

 

Edit: personally I don't know much about CPU Dependent games, didn't play them yet I think.
I think that If I have mostly played on 2k resolution it become more heavy on gpu and more workload transfers from the CPU to the GPU. (correct me if I am wrong)

[Novicetechguy]

13 minutes ago, AlexHD said:

I have a setup that consists mainly of the  I7 7700K and an 1080 Strix A8G, I am playing only on 2560x1440 resolution, and I've noticed that my cpu usage tops on 40% and my gpu is constantly 97-99% usage (100% I assume).

And from that, is it logical to plan on upgrading only the GPU?

You should have a target framerate and resolution in mind and that will give you a good basis to judge your pc, So if 1440 resolution is good for you, and also im assuming you're playing at like 120 fps or something, as long as it can hit those markers in newer titles without any problems you're good to go, having your gpu slammed out when gaming is normal if it needs to go that high it will, no biggie, if it goes that high and you are having issues with, crashing for example, then thats bad. I think you can except a solid experience for the next 3 years at least as long as you dont want to get into true 4k gaming. Even right now on a 1080 thats a real stretch with a 60 fps target fps as well

[R3dbullDrinker]

Just now, AlexHD said:

Currently I am playing War Thunder, not on ultra because I prefer having stable 100+ FPS at all times.

But I am mostly playing GPU Intensive games EFT WT Battlefields (when they are not bad).

I would upgrade your gpu however if you do upgrade too far you may experience cpu bottlenecks and have to upgrade that as well find something close to a 3060 or 3060ti anything above and cpu bottlenecks would occur.  

[Novicetechguy]

13 minutes ago, AlexHD said:

Currently I am playing War Thunder, not on ultra because I prefer having stable 100+ FPS at all times.

But I am mostly playing GPU Intensive games EFT WT Battlefields (when they are not bad).

 

Edit: personally I don't know much about CPU Dependent games, didn't play them yet I think.
I think that If I have mostly played on 2k resolution it become more heavy on gpu and more workload transfers from the CPU to the GPU. (correct me if I am wrong)

Ignore this post sorry the info I gave is wrong.

[Chris Pratt]

Simply, yes. As you describe it, you currently have a GPU bottleneck, because you want more performance, and the GPU is maxed out. Depending on what you upgrade to, you could potentially end up bottlenecking the CPU instead, but that's not necessarily an issue. Every system has a bottleneck and always will. No matter what you change or upgrade, some other component will then be what's holding you back. However, that's only a problem if you're unhappy with the performance. If you upgrade the GPU and are happy with the framerate you're getting, then it doesn't matter if a better CPU might give you even more.

[AlexHD]

1 minute ago, Chris Pratt said:

Simply, yes. As you describe it, you currently have a GPU bottleneck, because you want more performance, and the GPU is maxed out. Depending on what you upgrade to, you could potentially end up bottlenecking the CPU instead, but that's not necessarily an issue. Every system has a bottleneck and always will. No matter what you change or upgrade, some other component will then be what's holding you back. However, that's only a problem if you're unhappy with the performance. If you upgrade the GPU and are happy with the framerate you're getting, then it doesn't matter if a better CPU might give you even more.

I asked this question just because I have 2 monitors, and when I am playing the game my video on the secondary monitor starts to freeze, As an alternative option to save sum money, Is there a way to limit the GPU Usage on the game to say like 90? 80%? so stuff that are running on the secondary monitor wont freeze? (Videos)

Or is there just a way to gain more performance?

Just adding that I modded the cooling for my GPU and its tops at 61c at max.

The mod can be shown here.

[Chris Pratt]

56 minutes ago, AlexHD said:

I asked this question just because I have 2 monitors, and when I am playing the game my video on the secondary monitor starts to freeze, As an alternative option to save sum money, Is there a way to limit the GPU Usage on the game to say like 90? 80%? so stuff that are running on the secondary monitor wont freeze? (Videos)

Or is there just a way to gain more performance?

Just adding that I modded the cooling for my GPU and its tops at 61c at max.

The mod can be shown here.

Really that's just a frame cap. The GPU is going to use its horsepower to render the frame at the quality and resolution you set, and then everything else goes into just doing that as many times as possible per second. It will vary per game, but if you cap it below the max framerate it can achieve, then the usage will drop accordingly.

[AlexHD]

Thanks!