How viable is a 9070xt and 7800x3d for 4k gaming?

[arachid12]

I've been really interested in buying the OLED PG32UCDM but im concerned that my GPU wont be able to handle 4k games within 1-3 years. Can anyone here give me any insight.  All the bench marks  I have seen are on ultra settings and I am completely okay with playing on High 

[jordanbuilds1]

Should work, the 7800x3d is still a good cpu and in 4k most of the load will be on the 9070xt

[Akumatie]

you should be fine with the 9070xt playing 4K, you might have to drop to high settings in the future games, as 4K is so demanding. Then the CPU should not be an issue especially at 4K.

[ChrisLoudon]

8 minutes ago, arachid12 said:

im concerned that my GPU wont be able to handle 4k games within 1-3 years.

Hi buddy,

 

Even although I'm not an AMD man so tend to rely on 3rd part info for benchmarks, the 9070XT seems to be a very capable card. That being said, AMD are a generation behind Nvidia when it comes to RT (and upscaling) so if you are happy to either disable RT completely or reduce its in-game settings then I think its a solid option for a GPU and the 7800X3D is gonna be a great CPU for a generation or 2 to come.

 

For reference, when gaming at 4k, your CPU will be less of the bottleneck BUT it will have an impact on the 1% and 0.1% lows.

 

I still game on a 9900k and while its perfectly fine for most titles with a 2080ti or even a 3080ti, when paired with my 4090, I do feel I'm at the diminishing return stages.

 

 

[xg32]

40 minutes ago, arachid12 said:

I've been really interested in buying the OLED PG32UCDM but im concerned that my GPU wont be able to handle 4k games within 1-3 years. Can anyone here give me any insight.  All the bench marks  I have seen are on ultra settings and I am completely okay with playing on High 

the 9070xt is around a 4k 80-90fps gpu when playing on medium to high with fsr. slap on some frame gen either from the game or lossless scaling and ur good for awhile.

 

7800x3d is still good.

[dizmo]

You didn't list what games, which changes things massively.

[jaslion]

What games?

 

Cyberpunk 2077 high settings 4k? Yeah 60fps ish.

Stardew valley? To the engine limit.

 

The cpu really doesnt matter a lot at 4k. Its normally always gpu limited. A 7500f is a perfect 4k gaming cpu

[CatTNT]

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d/20.html



At 4K, you can get by with a mid range CPU and a high end GPU and still get 96-97% of the best gaming CPU in the world. Unless you're playing some simulator games like Anno, Stellaris, Sims, etc, it shouldn't really matter. I would advise, unless you play a specific game that needs the better CPU, use the money saved from downgrading your CPU and put that into a higher end GPU. 

[arachid12]

6 hours ago, jaslion said:

What games?

 

Cyberpunk 2077 high settings 4k? Yeah 60fps ish.

Stardew valley? To the engine limit.

 

The cpu really doesnt matter a lot at 4k. Its normally always gpu limited. A 7500f is a perfect 4k gaming cpu

Generally AAA games since they’re usually the most gpu intensive. Like if I can’t pull good frames (80-120 consistent) in games 2 years from now I don’t think 4k would be right for me 

[jaslion]

10 hours ago, arachid12 said:

Generally AAA games since they’re usually the most gpu intensive. Like if I can’t pull good frames (80-120 consistent) in games 2 years from now I don’t think 4k would be right for me 

I mean right now high settings 4k native no upscaling thats already the case in some games. For a 9070xt.

 

Not saying the 9070xt is a weak card FAR from the thruth. Ai upscaling and greed have pushed optimization even further down the list of important things for publishers so now aaa stuff mostly runs like dogshit.

 

Hell the 4090 and 5090 were high refresh rate 4k cards and eveb those cant do that natively in a bunch of games 4k high settings. High refresh here being 120fps+.

 

Its a mess. Id keep a nice 1440p panel and enjoy your card well in the landscape of bad optimization and graphical fidelity waste.

[Black_Mage]

I have a 7800X3D.  Avoiding the Intel shit show of 2024 and trying an AMD CPU was one of the best purchaing decisions I ever made. Even though it was almost a year ago, I still say it's one of the best CPUs you can buy for a gaming desktop. It's powerful while also being power-efficient. If I was going to buy a GPU today, I would certainly go with an AMD GPU because the NVidia tax is too damn high.