New GPU time do i need a new cpu too?

[Randall8686]

So my trusty 980ti has done me well in this build but im on 1440p ultra wide 100Hz and well its just not quite enough punch. So im going to wait to see what the 2080 brings to the table with RT turned off but my question is

Ryzen 1600X is my CPU. is this enough to keep up with a 1080ti/2080 or am i looking at changing this too?

 

[RanxZy]

CPU upgrade will not be necessary for 100Hz at 1440p as a 1600X will not struggle to push a 1080Ti/2080. If you were at 1080P and/or 144Hz you would be pretty CPU limited.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Technically I can see there are definitely situations where the 1600X cannot maintain a solid minimum 100fps, particularly in CPU demanding games which the game engine are not using all available cores to their full capability (so it's more of a game engine limitation rather than your CPU's). However, I would recommend just upgrade your graphic card first, and find out first hand IF for the games that YOU play if the 1600X would bottleneck the card or not.

Take Guild Wars 2 for example (read the last 2 posts):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/93heh4/how_many_cpu_cores_can_gw2_make_use_of/

I also recall when I used to play on Guild Wars 2, my overclocked i5 2500K the CPU usage would top out at around 75% combined for the game (so only 3 of my 4 cores).

 

[Randall8686]

cheers guys, might stretch out the 1600X a little longer then. Now to wait for 2080 benchmarks

 

[DONOHUE07]

Keep the 1600x, sure it may hold back a 2070 in some games (we don’t even know how good the 2070 is yet) your chipset is supported for another 2 or 3 more generation of Ryzen CPU, keep it until the last gen Ryzen comes out and get the best you can, that will last you a while

 

[Lokken86]

Keep the 1600x, sure it may hold back a 2070 in some games (we don’t even know how good the 2070 is yet) your chipset is supported for another 2 or 3 more generation of Ryzen CPU, keep it until the last gen Ryzen comes out and get the best you can, that will last you a while

Agreed.

You may even find the 1600 gets faster as games use more threads but even for now it's performance is still very good. At 1440p the gpu is going to be the limiting factor more often than not, even if it's a 1080ti. I actually mostly find myself on 1080p with my 1950x, which is has the same single core performance as your cpu (though it's overclocked) and it does a good job, steady 200fps in Doom no problem and with a slower gpu.