Best GPU for a Ryzen 2700x?

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Hey all!

I'm wanting to eek the most out of my machine, I only play CSGO, Hell Let Loose and older games, so don't want to dump a load into a whole new set up, but would like to try and eek as much performance out of HLL as I can, even though it's a badly optimized game.

So wanting to pick up a new GPU on the MM, but wondering what would be the best GPU that won't be bottlenecked by the CPU?

Currently looking at a 3070ti, maybe a 3080 if one pops up in budget?

Cheers :)
 
Either of those will be fine, and given you have an AM4 board, you could always plop a 5800X3D in there after a little while if you find the processor lacking - It also depends what resolution you play at / your monitor is, you will find CPU is less of an issue at higher resolutions (depending on game) - "Generally" speaking, the higher you go, the more GPU bound you are.
 
i dont know about that game but in general a 2700x is almost 2 and a half years older than those gpus so not a great match

i would have thought something like a 2070 super is a better match
 
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Lack of information will get a host of differing answers, see post above.

Your expectations and current GPU will help also.

So on the basis of your original post my answer is something at the rx6600/xt and 3060 12gb level at £200 or less. Older cards like 1080ti still holding high value second hand aren't worth touching due to their age imo. 3080 will certainly be bottlenecked at 1080p with a 2700x, which still is a half decent cpu.
 
Since you mainly play older games, even a 3070 Ti is probably overkill.

This video suggests that anything around a 6700 or 3070 is going to top-out at 1080p or 1440p, unless you up the resolution to 4K, or max out 1440p details.

In this video, some games @ 4K hit a CPU bottleneck, even with a 4090. Not that I suggest you buy one :o

Joxeon said:
I'd go with a 6700XT + 5600/5700X for a more balanced system.
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I think this is your best option, unless you play at 4K.
 
Sorry guys, realise I didn’t give much info earlier!

Currently have a 2700x, VEGA64, an 850w power supply and 16gb RAM DDR4.

@Tetras, Hell Let Loose is terribly optimised, with my current set up at 1440p I’m only just seeing 60-80fps on most maps dipping to 40 in busy scenes.

So if I can eek out another 20-30 FPS at the high end and get above 60 solid that would be a win for me.
 
Gray2233 said:
Grab a 6700x and a 5600 as suggested above, you may need to update your bios for the CPU but wait until it arrives as the new bios might not support your 2700x.
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Would a 3070ti/3080/6800xt see much of an improvement over the 6700xt?

I’m not really limited too much by budget, and if spending a bit more would eek out more performance and give me a bit more longevity I don’t mind spending it.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Would a 3070ti/3080/6800xt see much of an improvement over the 6700xt?

I’m not really limited too much by budget, and if spending a bit more would eek out more performance and give me a bit more longevity I don’t mind spending it.
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The members market is a good bet as suggested by @Joxeon, if you insist on new I wouldn't go for much beyond a well priced 6800XT (meaning as close to £500 as possible).
 
Joxeon said:
I'd probably keep an eye out on MM if wanting to go beyond a 6700XT as new prices on those cards offer little VFM right now.
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Gray2233 said:
The members market is a good bet as suggested by @Joxeon, if you insist on new I wouldn't go for much beyond a well priced 6800XT (meaning as close to £500 as possible).
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Whatever I buy will be from the MM for sure, no need to pay new prices when there's plenty of good quality stuff on there :)

Thanks for all the advice as usual guys :)
 
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Megahurtz400 said:
Sorry guys, realise I didn’t give much info earlier!

Currently have a 2700x, VEGA64, an 850w power supply and 16gb RAM DDR4.

@Tetras, Hell Let Loose is terribly optimised, with my current set up at 1440p I’m only just seeing 60-80fps on most maps dipping to 40 in busy scenes.

So if I can eek out another 20-30 FPS at the high end and get above 60 solid that would be a win for me.
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Hi Mega, I'm currently running 3700x (with RAM at slow speeds!) and 3060ti, when I was playing with you guys the other day on HLL I was getting about 70-90fps at 1440....(and definitely dipping below 60 at times)

I wasn't particularly paying attention to utilisation but had a brief look online earlier and it looks like it's mostly single thread limited...What GPU are you running? Ah Vega64!...

I have a feeling you may still benefit more from a CPU upgrade, but happy to capture some benchies next time I'm on if you tell me what I need to record...also will try to get my 5950x in again and see if it makes any difference!

edit:If you wanna ping me your settings in the discord (tr0j4n, as I'm sure you guessed) feel free! I was playing all on ultra except for motion blur turned off I think!
 
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TrojanWhore said:
Hi Mega, I'm currently running 3700x (with RAM at slow speeds!) and 3060ti, when I was playing with you guys the other day on HLL I was getting about 70-90fps at 1440....(and definitely dipping below 60 at times)

I wasn't particularly paying attention to utilisation but had a brief look online earlier and it looks like it's mostly single thread limited...What GPU are you running? Ah Vega64!...

I have a feeling you may still benefit more from a CPU upgrade, but happy to capture some benchies next time I'm on if you tell me what I need to record...also will try to get my 5950x in again and see if it makes any difference!

edit:If you wanna ping me your settings in the discord (tr0j4n, as I'm sure you guessed) feel free! I was playing all on ultra except for motion blur turned off I think!
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Cheers mate!

I'll chat more when we're next on :)
 
dave28 said:
i dont know about that game but in general a 2700x is almost 2 and a half years older than those gpus so not a great match

i would have thought something like a 2070 super is a better match
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Not a thing... Age is irrelevent. Performance is whats important. 2700x would be fine for 3070/80 and as other have said longer term an upgrade to x3d would solve.
 
Evil-I said:
Not a thing... Age is irrelevent. Performance is whats important. 2700x would be fine for 3070/80 and as other have said longer term an upgrade to x3d would solve.
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Well the OP said " that would not bottleneck "

Im not going to take the time find how much a 2700x bottlenecks the performance of a 3080 but the cpuagent website has it at 33% on 1080p and 16% at 1440p

Any old CPU would be fine but it would certainly bottleneck
 
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