2080 Super, Upgrade From 970

[Burnout81]

Hi all , Thinking about a 2080 Super when they come along to replace my aging 970
just wondering if there is any worth in waiting till i upgrade the rest of my system in October/November
are there any other cards coming later this year?

i play at 1440p Currently and will later upgrade to Ultrawide or Super Ultrawide @1440p
will the CPU bottleneck at this resolution by much?

will there be a large difference even before the CPU upgrade ?

Current system
i5 3570k @4.4Ghz
16 GB 3200 Mhz RAM
MSI GTX 970

Playing
Path of Exile
Escape From Tarkov
Multiplayer Titles in general

any help advice or thoughts welcome thanks!

 

[opethdisciple]

Sadly, I will have to say a 2080 Super will be bottlenecked by the CPU.

I had a 3570k at 4.4GHz and even that was a bottleneck for my 970 at the time.

 

[Burnout81]

would it still be a bottleneck at 1440p ?

 

[Shaz12]

I have an RTX 2080 paired with 7700K at 1440p and I still face a bottleneck in games like Assassins Creed Origins/Odyssey, BF V, Shadow of Tomb Raider. I would not recommend an RTX 2080 super to be paired with that CPU. You won't be able to use its full potential.

 

[Shaz12]

would it still be a bottleneck at 1440p ?

Yes it will, most definitely.

 

[Burnout81]

ok good to know ill upgrade at the same time as CPU then

 

[opethdisciple]

You always have this option:

Get yourself a £190 r5 3600, a £70 B450 mobo and some cheap ddr4 16gb, bye bye cpu bottleneck. A 2070s is 90% faster than a 980ti in tomb raider with no cpu bottleneck.

I agree with that, but I would add make sure the ram you buy is no less than 3200MHz which now days seems to be the standard. The Dark Pro 8 Pack stuff that OcUK sell will do the trick.

Or look on the members market for second hand CPU's.

 

[Burnout81]

i will be upgrading to a 3900x or 3950x in oct/nov , i have enough for the card now so was just wondering if i would see any gains
while i waited to build the new pc in oct/nov im in no real rush so will just wait till november
thanks

 

[robfosters]

You would be bottlenecked, but you’d still see an improvement. And then you’d get another improvement when you upgrade the cpu.

 

[LeMson]

Your always going to have some sort of bottleneck, don't get hung up on it