CPU or GPU first

[Thanatos_G]

Currently I am rocking a B85 motherboard. 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM with a E3-1241v3 and a GTX 970. 

 

I am am considering upgrading to a 1080, or a DDR4 motherboard, 16GB 2133 MHz RAM (for now) and a I7-7700. Should I upgrade the GPU or the rest first for 1080p 144hz gaming. 

[RGProductions]

GPU first. 

[Starelementpoke]

GPU, the 1241 will hold longer.

[The Sloth]

cpu first, a 780ti is outdated while a 4770k is a high-end CPU still, it will depend on your task. 

[Droidbot]

gpu, your CPU will keep up with a 1070 or 1080 fine - you won't see much gain going from Haswell to Skylake, wait a couple generations

[Thanatos_G]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

cpu first, a 780ti is outdated while a 4770k is a high-end CPU still. 

How does either of those things pertain to this. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, Thanatos_G said:

How does either of those things pertain to this. 

using some basic logic.

[RGProductions]

Just now, Thanatos_G said:

How does either of those things pertain to this. 

Honestly I can't tell, but they're bot very similar to what you have.

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

cpu first, a 780ti is outdated while a 4770k is a high-end CPU still, it will depend on your task. 

What?

3 minutes ago, Thanatos_G said:

Currently I am rocking a B85 motherboard. 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM with a E3-1241v3 and a GTX 970. 

 

I am am considering upgrading to a 1080, or a DDR4 motherboard, 16GB 2133 MHz RAM (for now) and a I7-7700. Should I upgrade the GPU or the rest first for 1080p 144hz gaming. 

I'd stay on the current platform and move to a new GPU.

[CookieMaster]

Just now, Thanatos_G said:

How does either of those things pertain to this. 

I think he miss worded that 

 

GPU First, CPU is only 2 years old. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

What?

I'd stay on the current platform and move to a new GPU.

 

i would say GPU too, i was talking about a general rule of thumb. 

[Dzzope]

Neither, thats a grand rig.. leave well enough alone.. maybe a nice high hz Gsync monitor and then an upgrade in the future to take advantage of the high hz while the 970 will be good with the gsync.

[Droidbot]

put it this way: 

while I don't often use passmark as a CPU benchmark, it's good for general comparisons of all-core performance. 

i7 3770: 9315

1241v3: 10036

i7 7700: 10831

 

Whereas: 

gtx 770: 6108

gtx 970: 8574

gtx 1070: 10906

gtx 1080: 11979

 

GPU > CPU in this case

 

[Thanatos_G]

1 minute ago, Dzzope said:

Neither, thats a grand rig.. leave well enough alone.. maybe a nice high hz Gsync monitor and then an upgrade in the future to take advantage of the high hz while the 970 will be good with the gsync.

I currently have one but in wild lands on low with my 970 I get 30 fps max. So that's why I'm even considering, as I don't want that to become a trend with other newer games 

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, Thanatos_G said:

I currently have one but in wild lands on low with my 970 I get 30 fps max. So that's why I'm even considering, as I don't want that to become a trend with other newer games 

That seems like an optimization issue.

[Dzzope]

In that case deff go GPU.

But 60 fps on high should be achievable on a 960...

[Thanatos_G]

6 minutes ago, Dzzope said:

In that case deff go GPU.

But 60 fps on high should be achievable on a 960...

Idk it's only on that game, and well I guess playerunknown but I think that is a optimization issue. CS for instance gets pretty much capped 300 fps so idk. 

[ARikozuM]

23 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

That seems like an optimization issue.

The game is very heavy on eye candy and realistic textures.

[Brooksie359]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

The game is very heavy on eye candy and realistic textures.

yes but it should be more playable when put to low settings. 

[Wumkin]

5 hours ago, Thanatos_G said:

I currently have one but in wild lands on low with my 970 I get 30 fps max. So that's why I'm even considering, as I don't want that to become a trend with other newer games 

 

1080 users have been getting bad frames in wildlands, even on lower settings.