1080p 2020 PC - upgrades for Far Cry 5/6

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Hi all,

My current specs (upgraded last in 2020):

Ryzen 3700X
RTX 2070
B450 Tomahawk Max
32GB DDR4 RAM
1080p IPS 75Hz 27" screen (Dell)

I am thinking of incrementally upgrading components over the next six months e.g. pondering the move to a 5800X3D, RTX 3070, and DEFINATELY either a 1440p or 4k IPS monitor with a higher refresh rate than 75Hz.

I'd like to upgrade and then replay Far Cry 5 and then play through Far Cry 6. My children also use the PC for Fortnite, Doom Eternal.

Would you suggest I ought to push the boat out and go for a 4k monitor? Or are 1440p IPS gaming monitors too attractively priced these days to ignore.

Obviously no right or wrong answers. :)
 
The main disadvantage of 4K is that you're locked into high-end GPUs for the foreseeable future and all the pain that entails :p

A 3070 is alright for 1440p (vram permitting), but a poor choice for 4K nowadays.
 
Going to a 5800x3d seems like a decent move with a noticeable improvement in gaming performance, although with prices seemingly around £300 that could potentially be enough to think about a new mobo and RAM as well, and going for a ryzen 7600, which would put you in a good place for ankther future upgrade. e.g.

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Or if you wanted to spend less even a ryzen 5600 would still be a better gaming cpu than the 3700x (although the difference would be less noticeable in most games)
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Would agree with Tetras on resolution, essentially the difference is how much you're wanting to spend. 4k on mid/upper range gpus is perfectly doable (especially if you don't mind dlss / fsr upscaling), but you may well have to turn down the settings a bit to get good framerates and avoid running out of VRAM. If you want 4k high refresh rates at high quality settings then you really need to be buying top of the range graphics cards (and seeing how demanding new AAA games are you will probably want to upgrade to the next generation of gpus when they come out!)

With higher costs for the gpu and higher costs for monitors (if you want a high refresh rate monitor at least), 1440p is probably a better resolution for most people at the moment in my opinion.

Personally I do have a 32" 4k monitor, but mainly bought that for the extra space for work, the odd bit of video editing, and general pc use. It's paired with an rtx 3080 so runs older games absolutely fine at high settings, but for example started playing hogwarts legacy the other day and had to use dlss to get smooth framerates.
 
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Either a 5700X or 5800X3D + 7800XT is what I'd be looking at, I'd get the CPU now and the GPU in a few months as the 7800XT has just released so prices are a bit higher than the £480 that they should cost, if you could wait 6 months then it'll probably be closer to £400.
 
My PC is similar spec to yours and Farcry 6 was playable at 1440p, I think I had graphics set to high and was 70fps+ if I recall.

I'd buy the monitor first, it may then help decide whether you need the upgrade and also shape which direction to take if you still want to.
 
Threepwood said:
If I were able bodied and was buying my whole set up againI think i'd have a hard time not getting a 4k 120 hz OLED monitor, and just playing minecraft on it
but if i was to play fps on a new system, I think I would choose the 75 hz IPS 1440 monitor
1 x LG 34" 34WN780P-B 3440x1440 IPS 75Hz FreeSync Widescreen LED Backlit Ergonomic Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-164-LG) = £509.99
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there is probably a slightly better monitor for a little more, but I can't find it!
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this is the ultrawide i would get: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...esync-kvm-widescreen-gaming-mo-mo-00r-gi.html
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Thank you all for your considered views on this.

I think a 1440p monitor is the most sensible option for me, and then upgrade as and when (and if needed).
I'm bidding on a second-hand ASUS ROG Strix XG27WQ 27" currently.
 
After owning a 240Hz monitor for FPS games I wouldn’t recommend buying anything less than 144Hz. I wouldn’t be able to go back to 60Hz/FPS for FPS games but if haven’t experienced it then it’s probably still ok. The smoothness is just on a different level.
 
Thanks again all... I've ended up getting the following:

Gigabyte 3070 Ti 8GB for £330 (used)
AMD 5600X for £122 (new)
ASUS 27" XG27WQ £170 (used) - collecting it at the weekend, God willing.
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB £75 (new) for extra game storage.

I picked up Red Dead Redemption Ultimate Edition, with 70% off, last weekend. Running great at 1080p, can't wait to get the 1440p monitor.
 
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