upgrade What GPU for older system?

[Kormiii]

Hey guys, 

could use some advice on GPU upgrade. 

My current system is 

CPU Intel Core i7-8700K

MB ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

RAM 2x 8GB G.Skill F4-3200C16

GPU ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1060

Power supply 700W

I am a gamer, but actually play oldish games (just recently finished Days Gone, still keep playing Cities Skylines, games like Satisfactory or Horizon Zero Dawn), and don't have a problem playing those games in full HD on my 4k monitor, so GPU is not a big problem, but I still noticed it maxing out on some and slowing everything down.

So my question is, is there a reasonable way for me to upgrade GPU only, without having to go and invest in everything else? Don't want to buy a new GPU just to find out that now the rest of the system is bottleneck. If so, what do you think would be reasonable choice (don't care about nVidia or AMD)? Is there anything else I should really consider? 

Please help...

[Dukesilver27-]

For most games, I would guess that pairing a 6600 XT with 8700K should be okay, but for CPU intensive games most likely going to have bottleneck, such as CP2077, Spider-man Remastered/MM, etc.

My safest guess is, anything above 6600 XT/3060 Ti would be too fast for the 8700K even at 4K, and 6500 XT/3050 is just a bad buy.

So, my suggestion would be, get the 6600 XT or 6600, 6600 XT is about 19% faster than 6600.

If you expect to play at 4K, I would say RX 6700 XT/RTX 3070 is the bare minimum, but frankly speaking, I'm not sure if 8700K could keep up with the GPU.

Notice that I did not give a firm answer, well it's because bottlenecks are kinda hard to predict, too many variables to consider.

I suggest you to check benchmarks with 8700K, I'm at work so I can't get on youtube to check.

[Crunchy Dragon]

I feel like an 8700K is still good enough that it shouldn't bottleneck most modern graphics cards. I might be inclined to look for an RTX 2080 or RTX 3070.

 

I'd also recommend you upgrade the PSU and GPU in one go, if you're able.

[Kormiii]

18 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

For most games, I would guess that pairing a 6600 XT with 8700K should be okay, but for CPU intensive games most likely going to have bottleneck, such as CP2077, Spider-man Remastered/MM, etc.

My safest guess is, anything above 6600 XT/3060 Ti would be too fast for the 8700K even at 4K, and 6500 XT/3050 is just a bad buy.

So, my suggestion would be, get the 6600 XT or 6600, 6600 XT is about 19% faster than 6600.

If you expect to play at 4K, I would say RX 6700 XT/RTX 3070 is the bare minimum, but frankly speaking, I'm not sure if 8700K could keep up with the GPU.

Notice that I did not give a firm answer, well it's because bottlenecks are kinda hard to predict, too many variables to consider.

I suggest you to check benchmarks with 8700K, I'm at work so I can't get on youtube to check.

Thanks Duke, this is better than I expected, appreciate this a lot. I understand there are many variables, but this helped already a great deal!

[Kormiii]

18 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I feel like an 8700K is still good enough that it shouldn't bottleneck most modern graphics cards. I might be inclined to look for an RTX 2080 or RTX 3070.

 

I'd also recommend you upgrade the PSU and GPU in one go, if you're able.

Thanks Dragon for your help, I hoped this would be the case. I will be upgrading some (like I need new primary HDD, I also contemplate going 32GB RAM), so I might take new power supply with it...