3700x upgrade?

lewisprotips · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:10

hi chaps had my rig for a month or so and I want more fps! I play medium to high settings on 1440. I mainly play warzone. I average between 100 and 120 fps. However I want to be hitting more.

Spec ryxen 7 3700
5700xt
B450 tomahawk
16gm ram tuf gaming alliance

What can I do/change to get me that extra 30+ fps that I'm looking for.

postmanfw · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:18

Better gpu will be the only way...be patient and wait for new ones then get a 3080ti

Whats wrong with current fps?

I run mine at 100 fps at 1440p and its "buttery smooth gameplay"...admittedly 240Hz helps out a bit

lewisprotips · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:20

Nothing is wrong with the game play mate and it is smooth i just want more matey

Minstadave · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:23

GPU upgrade is going to be where you should put your money but I'd wait for the new cards due later this year.

Have you got a high refresh rate monitor?

gEd · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:38

postmanfw said:
I run mine at 100 fps at 1440p and its "buttery smooth gameplay"...admittedly 240Hz helps out a bit

Genuine question but how does 240hz monitor help compared to a 100hz monitor if you run your games at 100fps?
I don't profess to know much about these things and only game now and then but I thought (rightly or wrongly) that there was no point in having your fps > monitor refresh rate.

Minstadave · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:38

gEd said:
Genuine question but how does 240hz monitor help compared to a 100hz monitor if you run your games at 100fps?
I don't profess to know much about these things and only game now and then but I thought (rightly or wrongly) that there was no point in having your fps > monitor refresh rate.

If you can't push the FPS it's no better.

lewisprotips · 24 Jul 2020 at 22:49

Minstadave said:
GPU upgrade is going to be where you should put your money but I'd wait for the new cards due later this year.

Have you got a high refresh rate monitor?

I run the lg850 27 inch 144hz

CuriousTomCat · 24 Jul 2020 at 23:07

You've only had it a month though. Surely that was your budget? More performance would go over budget.

You could sell the 5700XT and get a 2080 but that's a lot of cash to upgrade your experience from smooth to smooth. The end result is still smooth. So no different.

Minstadave · 24 Jul 2020 at 23:14

lewisprotips said:
I run the lg850 27 inch 144hz

Barely worth it then is it?

postmanfw · 24 Jul 2020 at 23:55

Minstadave said:
If you can't push the FPS it's no better.

Well it certainly feels different...must just be me imagining i guess...

lewisprotips · 25 Jul 2020 at 00:33

CuriousTomCat said:
You've only had it a month though. Surely that was your budget? More performance would go over budget.

You could sell the 5700XT and get a 2080 but that's a lot of cash to upgrade your experience from smooth to smooth. The end result is still smooth. So no different.

I didnt have a budget mate I just spent what I spent to see if I could get a feel for a PC after console. So now it's time to upgrade.

lewisprotips · 25 Jul 2020 at 00:34

Minstadave said:
Barely worth it then is it?

An extra 40 ish fps is worth it to me pal.

Journey · 25 Jul 2020 at 08:51

I'd be tempted just to sell the whole PC for not much of a loss and start again, there are plenty of people in the market for a decent Ryzen based gaming PC.

I'd look at getting either an Intel 10600K/10700K, with a nice Z490 and an RTX 2080 Super card, maybe even a 2080 Ti. You can then buy the appropriate cooler and PSU to suit the higher power draw system, and you'll need a case with great airflow to ensure it runs well 100% of the time.

Joxeon · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:23

Journey said:
I'd be tempted just to sell the whole PC for not much of a loss and start again, there are plenty of people in the market for a decent Ryzen based gaming PC.

I'd look at getting either an Intel 10600K/10700K, with a nice Z490 and an RTX 2080 Super card, maybe even a 2080 Ti. You can then buy the appropriate cooler and PSU to suit the higher power draw system, and you'll need a case with great airflow to ensure it runs well 100% of the time.

I don't think now is a good time to buy either a 2080super or ti with the new cards coming in 8 weeks or less that should give 40% or so more performance at around the same price points.

The same with zen 3 coming in Q4 which could well take the gaming crown off Intel with the rumoured 15-20% IPC and unified cache. You could spend more cash than you would need to and still end up with a worse performing machine come the end of the year.

Journey · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:36

Joxeon said:
I don't think now is a good time to buy either a 2080super or ti with the new cards coming in 8 weeks or less that should give 40% or so more performance at around the same price points.

I agree, sort of, but what you have put is pure speculation. You don't know the release date, the prices or the performance.

Joxeon said:
The same with zen 3 coming in Q4 which could well take the gaming crown off Intel with the rumoured 15-20% IPC and unified cache

Again speculation, Q4 run until the last week of 2020, they may announce them and nothing may ship until 2021.

Joxeon said:
You could spend more cash than you would need to and still end up with a worse performing machine come the end of the year.

The OP doesn't have a budget only an FPS target, the system isn't going to get slower after it has been bought. You have to understand some people just want what they want now, and damn the cost or consequences.

breathe3asy · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:51

Play in 1080, theres your extra fps m8

Joxeon · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:52

Journey said:
The OP doesn't have a budget only an FPS target, the system isn't going to get slower after it has been bought. You have to understand some people just want what they want now, and damn the cost or consequences.

I guess so but if it was me I would just turn down the settings a notch or two for a couple of months medium/high to medium won't be a huge loss and most pros would be playing on the lowest settings anyway.

ceaton88 said:
Play in 1080, theres your extra fps m8

This is what I've been doing on apex/warzone to hit 144hz on my 1070ti even though I have a nice 1440p monitor.

lewisprotips · 25 Jul 2020 at 10:50

I've tried turning the settings down but I like good graphics and turning down to 1080 on a 1440 montior looks trash.

By the sounds of it I'm best waiting a few months. My system works bang on but I just want great quality and higher fps. The Intel i9 10900k might be the best course of action. But again tempted to wait.

breathe3asy · 25 Jul 2020 at 11:32

The best course of action would be to wait for the new NVIDIA GPU's and upgrade the most powerful card you can afford.

PC tech is generally speaking GPU bound, you smell me?

jimferno · 25 Jul 2020 at 11:39

lewisprotips said:
hi chaps had my rig for a month or so and I want more fps! I play medium to high settings on 1440. I mainly play warzone. I average between 100 and 120 fps. However I want to be hitting more.

Spec ryxen 7 3700
5700xt
B450 tomahawk
16gm ram tuf gaming alliance

What can I do/change to get me that extra 30+ fps that I'm looking for.

Either flog your system and go for Intel/Nvidia's current top offerings or wait til the end of the year and drop in a Zen 3 CPU and one of the next gen GPUs.