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A couple of RTX 2080Ti questions.

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I think I am going to treat myself to a RTX 2080Ti but want to know should I also upgrade my CPU and PSU?
Specs here.
GA-Z170-Gaming K3/I5 6600K @ 4.6Ghz/Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB /AXP 200 Muscle /Gigabyte FE 1080/500Gb/ Samsung 256Gb M.2/OCZ TR150 SSD/2 x 256Gb SSD/ 2TB HDD/ SST-ST60F-P PSU/
 
It really depends on the resolution you play in. If you play at 4K then, your CPU won't be too much of a bottleneck.
 
If you play at 4K the GPU has a much greater workload then at 1080p. This means at 4K the GPU isn't limited to wait for instructions to be sent from the CPU fast enough. A general thumb rule - the higher the resolution there more the GPU matters than the CPU.
If you play at 1080p or 1440p the CPU may not be fast enough to send instructions to the GPU, and hereby limiting the potential performance of the GPU.
If playing at 1080p with a RTX 2080Ti then it should at least be on a 144Hz screen and with a i7 8700K/i9 9900K running 5GHz, to get the best performance out of the card.
 
Gripen90 said:
If you play at 4K the GPU has a much greater workload then at 1080p. This means at 4K the GPU isn't limited to wait for instructions to be sent from the CPU fast enough. A general thumb rule - the higher the resolution there more the GPU matters than the CPU.
If you play at 1080p or 1440p the CPU may not be fast enough to send instructions to the GPU, and hereby limiting the potential performance of the GPU.
If playing at 1080p with a RTX 2080Ti then it should at least be on a 144Hz screen and with a i7 8700K/i9 9900K running 5GHz, to get the best performance out of the card.
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Still do not understand whether I need to upgrade CPU or PSU but I can say my current monitor is a Dell Ultrasharp U3415W 34" Curved Monitor if that helps though that might change as I am also thinking of upgrading my monitor.
 
Basically - you don't put a Bugatti Veyron W16 engine in a Skoda Estelle 105 chassis which can't keep up with the power that the engine delivers.

Upgrade your CPU and motherboard instead to z390 based motherboard and intel core i9 9900K.
 
There is no yes/no answer for cpu. Some games require more cpu grunt than others.
Will you get the best out if 2080ti in all situations running on 6600k - no.
If your running gpu intensive high res/ games you will likely be there or there abouts on your 6600k
Kinda depends what games you play.
Me personally i would at least try and get an i7 for z-170 as a minimum.

As for psu just plug some numbers in to a psu calculator - if watts is okay then good to go unless your psu is on the old side.
 
Quartz said:
I was happily gaming at 4K on an i7-3770S and two Titan XMs until the CPU or motherboard failed. Just get your RTX 2080 Ti and run Task Manager to see if you get bottlenecked.
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To be honest I would not know what to look for, but it wouldn't hurt to perhaps bump the cpu up to an i7 perhaps?

What about power supply is 600w enough?
 
Get the 2080ti and see how it runs. I'm still on i7 3770k with a 1080ti @4k. My minimums thus average framerate would increase by getting abteer CPU & mobo & RAM but that would be best part of 500-£1000 just to raise the mins giving slightly smoother gameplay. You'll get crashing and instability if the PSU isnt up to it, then change it out. But if you have the itch I'd get the card and see. As mentioned above if at 1080p then I wouldnt get 2080ti unless you have high refresh monitor and 1080 doesnt cut it, 1440p with high refresh will need it, 4k will deffo use the 2080ti.
 
Quartz said:
Run Task Manager and check if all your CPU cores are getting maxxed.

It should be.
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Thanks.

Woodsta888 said:
Get the 2080ti and see how it runs. I'm still on i7 3770k with a 1080ti @4k. My minimums thus average framerate would increase by getting abteer CPU & mobo & RAM but that would be best part of 500-£1000 just to raise the mins giving slightly smoother gameplay. You'll get crashing and instability if the PSU isnt up to it, then change it out. But if you have the itch I'd get the card and see. As mentioned above if at 1080p then I wouldnt get 2080ti unless you have high refresh monitor and 1080 doesnt cut it, 1440p with high refresh will need it, 4k will deffo use the 2080ti.
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I am tempted asking on the forums for a 2080ti build including monitor less storage as I have that and see what is suggested..
 
As noted by others CPU will likely be fine at 1440p and above.

Power wise don't believe the hype about needing massive power requirements. In gaming my system will generally peak at 440w but it's rare* (Corsair HX1000i, readings taken direct from psu + a wallwart to compare). I think i worked it out across a number of different games about 0 - 3% of the time my system consumes over 400w and 66% of the time sat between 350 - 375w. Over a 3 hour KCD session @ 4k blended ultra / very high settings the entire pc averaged out at 330w usage.

PC (gpu core +150mhz mem +600mhz) in sig plus the following;
5 x 140mm fans
2 strips of led lighting
2 x 6tb hdd
1 x 1tb ssd
1 x 256gb ssd
1 x 256gb nvme

*if you have a high refresh rate monitor and maxing out GPU constantly it'll be different usage but peak won't change much, just the average will go up
 
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