Whats the bottleneck in my setup?

[TheFlyingFrog]

So for quite a while now, ive been chilling playing some games on a pretty bottom of the range monitor, only capable of 60fps and 1960 x 1080p. i want to upgrade my monitor, and i was thinking about perhaps going into 4k gaming. the only concerns i have with this stem from my PC's ability to keep up with this sudden jump in demand. the specs are as follows:

 

CPU : Ryzen 7 3700X

GPU : RTX 2070 Super

Motherboard : Asus B450M-A

RAM : 16GB Corsair vengeance Ram

SSD : 1 TB WD-Blue M.2 drive

 

From the list above, I'm not sure what needs upgrading the most. I'm getting around 200 Fps on max settings on fairly low demand games like valorant. If its not too much trouble could someone help me identify what i should upgrade within this setup?

 

[Shimejii]

Im going to be honest with you, Going into 4k Gaming is one of the more expensive and dumb things you can do. Keep it at 1440p and under, otherwise you are going to have to spend a LOT more money. A great quality 1440p Monitor will do you much better then 4k, since youd have to get a fairly expensive GPU and monitor. 

 

Other then that as long as you upgrade the monitor to something good youll be fine. Drop in upgrade to a 5800x3D and a better GPU and you will be set for the next 3-5 years. 

[Mark Kaine]

On 11/21/2022 at 12:20 AM, Shimejii said:

Im going to be honest with you,

additionally... what a lot of people dont know,  a lot of games aren't optimized for 4k, meaning you'll just see all the imperfections and poor textures "at 4k"... its horrible...

 

(ofc there are some/very few exceptions) 

[QuantumSingularity]

+1 for 1440p high refresh rate monitor. Much better than 4k one at 60Hz. 

[Mark Kaine]

there isnt really a bottleneck,  seems pretty balanced. 

 

On 11/20/2022 at 11:59 PM, TheFlyingFrog said:

going into 4k gaming

your hardware is balanced,  but midrange,  there'll be lots of issues at 4k/newer titles, basically you need to upgrade everything,  cpu + gpu at least.

 

your hardware can play 3-4 year old games just fine at "4k" probably though. 

 

On 11/20/2022 at 11:59 PM, TheFlyingFrog said:

I'm not sure what needs upgrading the most.

gpu for sure.