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[THE DUCK]

No such thing as futureproofing in pc gaming. Treat it like a console, you might be able to do a mid gen pro, but eventually a new console/pc will be needed.

 

[SF Kosmo]

If you throw enough GPu at it, anything will bottleneck. But extra GPU will still let you enjoy higher resolutions, RT effects, etc that you wouldn't without it.

That said the 3090 is stupid expensive, you could easily get a 3080 and a new CPU and mobo for the same costnand you'd be better off.

 

[Codes 208]

Now that my pc is back up and running, I kinda want to upgrade from my rx 580 to the 3070 or 3080.

I guess the biggest bottleneck my pc currently has is the power (500w)

 

[BluRayHiDef]

Now that my pc is back up and running, I kinda want to upgrade from my rx 580 to the 3070 or 3080.

I guess the biggest bottleneck my pc currently has is the power (500w)

You're going to need a 750 watt power supply for the 3080.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

If you throw enough GPu at it, anything will bottleneck. But extra GPU will still let you enjoy higher resolutions, RT effects, etc that you wouldn't without it.

That said the 3090 is stupid expensive, you could easily get a 3080 and a new CPU and mobo for the same costnand you'd be better off.

If my CPU can pull 60 frames per second from a 3090 in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with maximum or nearly maximum settings, I'll be content.

 

[Codes 208]

You're going to need a 750 watt power supply for the 3080.

That should be manageable. But out of curiousity what does the 3070 require?

Edit: from what I was able to gather it looks like the 3070 only requires a 650. I was initially planning on upgrading to a 2070s but I can't ignore this price for a better card.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Is it really? Not asking in jest, I remember CPU being the problem for resolution, gfx for graphical detail, although a lot of work has shifted to graphics cards.

As the resolution goes up the stress is moved to the GPU, however some games stress the CPU much more than others (especially sim, RTS and other games that are pushing complex logic, this is rarely the case for games that are also released on consoles).

The game's logic is the game if the game runs at 720p or 4k, this is why if you run a game at lower resolution the GPU will gradually remove itself as a bottleneck and the CPU will be able to push more and more frames... if you put the resolution higher (without changing any other setting) the game's frame rate will flatten across CPUs to the point that at 4k most high end and mid-range CPUs will be able to push more than 60fps (and people who have 4K monitors a

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

You're going to need a 750 watt power supply for the 3080.

When you start that thing up in the whole neighborhood wil be without power

 

[Iorv3th]

It's honestly going to be game to game. A beefier GPU will never hurt. If anything you can play at higher resolutions and downsample.

 

[The Cockatrice]

You're going to need a 750 watt power supply for the 3080.

Do we really need 2 of these because I have something like this with dual 8 pin on one pcie cable:

Or do we need 2 of these?

 

[Ulysses 31]

Do we really need 2 of these because I have something like this with dual 8 pin on one pcie cable:

Or do we need 2 of these?

Says dedicated so I'd expect 2 8 pin to 8/6pin PCI-E cables and not what's in the picture.

 

[sendit]

Firsly I am sure that there was a 6TF GPU for 800USD before and second 3090 have massive advantage with memory, so for futureproofing it's a great card. Also it's really cheap, when you take into account that is basically a "Titan" model. I have that card pre-ordered and cannot wait.

No such thing as future proofing. There is always going to be something better.

 

[Kenpachii]

All depends on how much CPU performance cyberpunk will eat. Nobody can tell you that.