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[manu327]

Hi Linus Tech Tips ,

     I am planing to upgrade my gaming pc CPU 2 or 3 months later, right now i have asus gtx 1070, i5 3550, 16 gb ddr3 1600mhz ram. i was planing to get a i7 8700k, with 16gb 3000+mhz ddr4 ram, with a compatible motherboard and Nvidia volta GPU on 2019year . i use this PC mainly for gaming.

please guide my on below following questions

1. is it right time to upgrade pc when GDDR6 technology is coming near feature?
2. is it worth upgrading my GPU form GTX 1070 to Latest Nvidia Volta when it release?
3. how good is i7 8700k compared to i5 3550 for next 5years and %of performance increase?

i wont upgrade again for next 4 to 5 years, so i need a solid build which servers me that long from ultra to high game settings. how much i loose if i run Nvidia Volta gpu on GDDR5 motherboard compared to GDDR6 motherboard.

 

Regards,

Flash.

[Bruno_A]

Well, Nvidia Volta is a bit far away (last time I checked, it's coming somewhere in 2018, if there are any updates, let me know) so, I think it's a bit too soon to tell.

[Jurrunio]

1. Motherboard doesnt care if GDDR6 is onboard so that's not a factor. It only matters to the graphics card. I would say GDDR6 is not a good reason to upgrade the graphics card because all but the top end cards get enough bandwidth from GDDR5.

 

2. Who knows. Volta compute cards are already in use and reported to have 120% performance increase compared to Pascal compute cards but compute cards are different to gaming cards. The fact that no leaks are out mean Volta gaming cards are still far away. Things in the tech world change just as fast as fashion so ask later.

 

3. 20% increase in IPC, 12.1% increase in clock speed and 50% more cores makes this comparison pointless. Just call that a LOT of extra performance.

 

I'd say wait till next year to do the upgrade so parts will be cheaper as supply increases. New graphics cards will still use PCIe so dont worry about compatibility.

[manu327]

Thanks for your time and response Jurrunio, bruny06.

            I think Their is a Difference between GDDR5 and GDDR6 in transfer rates.

I mean if i place Volta gpu in GDDR5 motherboard PCIE 3.0 slot compared to GDDR6 PCIE 3.0 slot, Will the GPU be bottle necked by Motherboard?

 

 

[Ground]

There are no GDDR5/6 PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0 is the only relevant thing.

 Regarding everything else - maybe order one of these, it‘ll tell you the answers to all of your questions, or at least as much as we know. 

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