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GPU Upgrade?

ApexMaster
By ApexMaster
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Hello, I was wondering if I can get some feedback and see if it is worth upgrading my GPU at this point. 

My current setup is 

MB: Asus Z97Pro gamer 

CPU: 4790K @4.9GHZ water cooled with AIO H110 cooler

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 SC2 

PSU antec 1000W 

I do have two simulators, one for flying and one for Racing, and Use VR . For flying im using a 4K monitor and most fly8ng games run smooth. on racing with VR or single monitor i have Acer 144hz 32 in curved. 1080p and i have no problem running most sims on medium to high GPU settings. my system is getting old. 

I was wondering if I would benefit from something like a MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 2060 12GB GDDR6 or GIGABYTE Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 ATX Video Card GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD. on the RTX 3060 i noticed it said it is a PCI express 4.0. I think my MB is a 3.0?? would I be able to run any GPU that is a PCI 4.0? or only PCI 3.0?

OR

should I upgrade MB, CPU, MEMORY first?

thank you

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CPU, MBO and RAM first. The RTX 2060 isn't that noticeably faster than the 1070, not worth the upgrade, especially not when the platform bottlenecks.

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PCIe is backwards compatible, so you can use a 4.0 part on your board.

 

The 2060 12GB is only about as powerful as the 1080 non-Ti, so it's not a big improvement from what you have. I'd go to at least a 2070 Super, 3060 Ti, or 6700XT level of performance if you want a reasonable upgrade.

 

To play at 4K, really, you'd ideally want a 3080 or 6800XT or better, but in that case, you really should upgrade your platform, too.

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