Upgrade choices to be made!

[iGPR3]

Hi, I've been looking for an upgrade from my 2060 super, and I've been back and forth between the 6700xt and 6800, but think I've settled on the 6800. My question is will my 10400 bottleneck it? I'm upgrading within the next couple months and wonder if I'd need to get a better CPU to let my fully utilize it. In games like BeamNG or Minecraft, my little i5 is showing its age more, but in most games it's fine for now. But that doesn't mean it'll be okay with a beefy 6800, so will it be an issue? I play at 144Hz (I like to have around 90fps avg to keep the 1% lows a bit higher), 1440p, and at whatever settings I can chuck at it with that smooth framerate. Thanks!!

[Dedayog]

I'd probably drop in a 10600K when you can, they can be Ebay'd for around $100 with some patience.  Couple at $119 right now.

 

Otherwise, the 6800 is still a nice card.  Depends on the price and what else in that range there is.

[Brooksie359]

24 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd probably drop in a 10600K when you can, they can be Ebay'd for around $100 with some patience.  Couple at $119 right now.

 

Otherwise, the 6800 is still a nice card.  Depends on the price and what else in that range there is.

Personally I wouldn't spend 100 bucks on a incremental upgrade like that. I mean the difference in performance wouldn't be larger especially because I would assume they do not own a z series motherboard and can't overclock. Better off saving up for a platform change. As for ops questions I would imagine that in certain games it will bottleneck but it would still be worth it imo for 1440p gaming and much better than the 2060. 

[jaslion]

Keep the i5 it's fine

 

A upgrade to the 10600k is very minor and not worth that value

[Dedayog]

8 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Personally I wouldn't spend 100 bucks on a incremental upgrade like that. I mean the difference in performance wouldn't be larger especially because I would assume they do not own a z series motherboard and can't overclock. Better off saving up for a platform change. As for ops questions I would imagine that in certain games it will bottleneck but it would still be worth it imo for 1440p gaming and much better than the 2060. 

 

Just now, jaslion said:

Keep the i5 it's fine

 

A upgrade to the 10600k is very minor and not worth that value

Was thinking more of boosting the 1% and .1% lows.

 

Fine, save the money for later   

[Brooksie359]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

 

Was thinking more of boosting the 1% and .1% lows.

 

Fine, save the money for later   

It could but not by a substantial amount. I mean if they could overclock the crap out of it I could see your point. At stock its better but not by enough IMO. I would expect your average gamer to notice the difference without looking at the numbers. 

[hollyh88]

22 hours ago, iGPR3 said:

Hi, I've been looking for an upgrade from my 2060 super, and I've been back and forth between the 6700xt and 6800, but think I've settled on the 6800. My question is will my 10400 bottleneck it? I'm upgrading within the next couple months and wonder if I'd need to get a better CPU to let my fully utilize it. In games like BeamNG or Minecraft, my little i5 is showing its age more, but in most games it's fine for now. But that doesn't mean it'll be okay with a beefy 6800, so will it be an issue? I play at 144Hz (I like to have around 90fps avg to keep the 1% lows a bit higher), 1440p, and at whatever settings I can chuck at it with that smooth framerate. Thanks!!

yes it will bottleneck it but amd has better driver overhead than nvidia and thus it wont be thaat bad. 

[iGPR3]

On 9/14/2023 at 6:36 PM, hollyh88 said:

yes it will bottleneck it but amd has better driver overhead than nvidia and thus it wont be thaat bad.

On 9/13/2023 at 8:12 PM, Dedayog said:

I'd probably drop in a 10600K when you can, they can be Ebay'd for around $100 with some patience.  Couple at $119 right now.

 

Otherwise, the 6800 is still a nice card.  Depends on the price and what else in that range there is.

The price is the biggest factor for me. What would you say a realistic price is for a 6800 non XT? On Ebay in the UK the cheapest is £380-90 and they sell within a couple days. From what I can see the US market is much better pricing so I wonder if the UK pricing will eventually sort itself out.

[hollyh88]

23 hours ago, iGPR3 said:

 

pricing looks better in the us than it actually is due to taxes coming onto it and the dollar being less valuable than the pound or euro. here a 6800 can be had for about 460 euros.  which is inline with around 390 pounds. the 6800 is definitely worth it. although, you may want to check how 7700xts or 7800xts are priced. if you can find a 7800xt that fits within what you would like get that instead. you can always do an cpu upgrade later on. this also goes for when you would buy a 6800.

[Bagzie]

On 9/13/2023 at 8:05 PM, iGPR3 said:

Hi, I've been looking for an upgrade from my 2060 super, and I've been back and forth between the 6700xt and 6800, but think I've settled on the 6800. My question is will my 10400 bottleneck it? I'm upgrading within the next couple months and wonder if I'd need to get a better CPU to let my fully utilize it. In games like BeamNG or Minecraft, my little i5 is showing its age more, but in most games it's fine for now. But that doesn't mean it'll be okay with a beefy 6800, so will it be an issue? I play at 144Hz (I like to have around 90fps avg to keep the 1% lows a bit higher), 1440p, and at whatever settings I can chuck at it with that smooth framerate. Thanks!!

Your "little i5" is actually fine , its perfectly serviceable and an RX6800 would be a solid choice for you.

 

There is always going to be a bottleneck somewhere so the best way to look at it is it a reasonably sensible pairing? I would say yes.

 

Can you give us a budget OP? don't try to convert we will look based on the UK market.

[iGPR3]

11 hours ago, Bagzie said:

Your "little i5" is actually fine , its perfectly serviceable and an RX6800 would be a solid choice for you.

 

There is always going to be a bottleneck somewhere so the best way to look at it is it a reasonably sensible pairing? I would say yes.

 

Can you give us a budget OP? don't try to convert we will look based on the UK market.

anywhere under £400 would be ideal, can maybe stretch to £450 if its worth it. depends on what I can get my 2060 S and Nintendo Switch for on fb marketplace. I dont really want to sell them on ebay as people can just return it without reason so might not get too much from them.