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Budget (including currency): Don´t need to worry about that. Euro. 

Country: Austria 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming only. Stalker 2, DragonAge Veilguard, Farcry 6, 7 days to die. CP2077. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): This is his current PC. Current Build

 

So my buddy wants a new GPU. As budget is not an issue, i was thinking a 5080. Can get the MSI Trio 5080 for 1249€, it´s in stock around the corner. 

 

My question here is, if the R7 3800X will be a problem. Resolution is 1440p, Settings Ultra (with some tweaks to high as usual) The only upgrade on AM4 would the 5700X3D. I am not sure about the plans that AMD has for AM6, but i think i heard something that the 9000 series will be the last on AM5 and we would prefer AM6 next year (?) instead of going AM5 with no upgrade path. 

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9 minutes ago, pApA^LeGBa said:

Budget (including currency): Don´t need to worry about that. Euro. 

Country: Austria 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming only. Stalker 2, DragonAge Veilguard, Farcry 6, 7 days to die. CP2077. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): This is his current PC. Current Build

 

So my buddy wants a new GPU. As budget is not an issue, i was thinking a 5080. Can get the MSI Trio 5080 for 1249€, it´s in stock around the corner. 

 

My question here is, if the R7 3800X will be a problem. Resolution is 1440p, Settings Ultra (with some tweaks to high as usual) The only upgrade on AM4 would the 5700X3D. I am not sure about the plans that AMD has for AM6, but i think i heard something that the 9000 series will be the last on AM5 and we would prefer AM6 next year (?) instead of going AM5 with no upgrade path. 

Yep, get the 5080 then.  I'd replace the CPU setup as well, 3800x is not a strong gaming CPU. 

 

Haven't heard anything about the 10th gen being on AM6, but I'd get a 9800X3D kit and enjoy life to go with the 5080.  Not sure how keeping a 3800X is better than being stuck with a 9800X3D (the best gaming CPU in the known Universe)?

 

I mean, budget isn't an issue right? 

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I'd go for the 5080. CPU is fine. My partner was doing fine with an 8700K and a DQHD monitor until VERY recently, and it was multicore that was suffering. The 3800X has similar single core performance and is spitting distance of double the multi core performance

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i had a ryzen 7 3700x and upgraded to a ryzen 7 9800x3d with an rx7800xt while i wait for UDNA to drop probably next year. if you want a serious upgrade go for the 9800x3d, 64gb of ram and a 9070XT which is currently giving better perfomances driver side. since budget isn't an issue and you don't mind a full upgrade just go for AM5 and the RX9070XT or the 5080 as you prefer, and you're more then fine probably for years

 

watch out if you go nvidia that their drivers are being a bit of a garbage lately and they are causing some problems (stuttering, black screen, fps drops....) 

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If budget isn't a constraint you should upgrade to AM5, 9800x3d indeed

The 750W PSU will be a tad weak for a 5080 so maybe get a 1000W one

That done it's eventually a full new rig 😁

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Thanks all.

 

Well, as AMD seems to put out another generation, AM5 seems to be the right thing to do. As he has no budget restraints, a whole new build is the way to go i think. I know a few people that would love to buy his old system for cheap. Gotta find a good AIO with no RGB now and all the other parts as well. Or a good airflow case with no glass panel. 

 

@ItTakes2ToMango Sadly that´s not for me, but for a friend. 

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21 hours ago, pApA^LeGBa said:

Budget (including currency): Don´t need to worry about that. Euro. 

Country: Austria 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming only. Stalker 2, DragonAge Veilguard, Farcry 6, 7 days to die. CP2077. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): This is his current PC. Current Build

 

So my buddy wants a new GPU. As budget is not an issue, i was thinking a 5080. Can get the MSI Trio 5080 for 1249€, it´s in stock around the corner. 

 

My question here is, if the R7 3800X will be a problem. Resolution is 1440p, Settings Ultra (with some tweaks to high as usual) The only upgrade on AM4 would the 5700X3D. I am not sure about the plans that AMD has for AM6, but i think i heard something that the 9000 series will be the last on AM5 and we would prefer AM6 next year (?) instead of going AM5 with no upgrade path. 

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https://www.techpowerup.com/339358/nvidia-to-debut-geforce-rtx-50-series-super-gpus-by-christmas 

 

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