upgrade path (screen or gpu) ?

[JimmyHackers]

Budget (including currency):  £300 - 400

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mwo, fallout 76, space marine 2, kerbal SP plus many more

Other details currently I have an i7 8700k (5ghz watercooled), 16gb of ddr4 3400mhz ram, 1080ti, wd black 1tb m.2 ssd, and an LG ultrawide 1080p 75hz 8bit colour monitor.

 

Basically, id really like a new 34" (or bigger) ultrawide 1440p 120hz+ 10bit colour monitor (please recommend some for me) . However, sometimes i notice my system cant even really push the full 75fps for my 75hz monitor on low settings in newer games like space marine 2.

 

should i get a new monitor or a gpu first?

 

or is my cpu too old now aswell ?

 

thanks in advance for advice

 

jim

 

[Hinjima]

8 minutes ago, JimmyHackers said:

Budget (including currency):  £300 - 400

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mwo, fallout 76, space marine 2, kerbal SP plus many more

Other details currently I have an i7 8700k (5ghz watercooled), 16gb of ddr4 3400mhz ram, 1080ti, wd black 1tb m.2 ssd, and an LG ultrawide 1080p 75hz 8bit colour monitor.

 

Basically, id really like a new 34" (or bigger) ultrawide 1440p 120hz+ 10bit colour monitor (please recommend some for me) . However, sometimes i notice my system cant even really push the full 75fps for my 75hz monitor on low settings in newer games like space marine 2.

 

should i get a new monitor or a gpu first?

 

or is my cpu too old now aswell ?

 

thanks in advance for advice

 

jim

 

If your current system struggles at 1080p 75hz then it will definitely struggle at 1440p +60hz.

 

Its a tough choice!  I'd probably get a GPU first but the 8700k is going to be a bottleneck in modern games.

You would see better framerates with a new GPU however, a 7800 XT is juuust out of budget but this is what I would go for.

 

And then maybe a CPU / Motherboard upgrade later.

Anything modern will crush the 8700k.  A 13400F + motherboard combo would be nice, can re use the DDR4 RAM if you go with a DDR4 motherboard.

[ARandomPerson]

1 hour ago, JimmyHackers said:

Budget (including currency):  £300 - 400

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mwo, fallout 76, space marine 2, kerbal SP plus many more

Other details currently I have an i7 8700k (5ghz watercooled), 16gb of ddr4 3400mhz ram, 1080ti, wd black 1tb m.2 ssd, and an LG ultrawide 1080p 75hz 8bit colour monitor.

 

Basically, id really like a new 34" (or bigger) ultrawide 1440p 120hz+ 10bit colour monitor (please recommend some for me) . However, sometimes i notice my system cant even really push the full 75fps for my 75hz monitor on low settings in newer games like space marine 2.

 

should i get a new monitor or a gpu first?

 

or is my cpu too old now aswell ?

 

thanks in advance for advice

 

jim

 

If you are unsure about getting 1440p display, set your render resolution to there or just a bit more and see how playable it is. If it is perfectly fine for you, get the display. If it is lower than what you want, follow @Hinjima‘s advice for an upgrade path until performance is acceptable.