• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

5930k and its suitability for triple 1440p with a 3080

Alz_D

Alz_D

Alz_D

Associate
Joined
20 Oct 2011
Posts
1,143
Location
Work... Usually
Hi Everyone,

It's been a while since I've upgraded any part of the PC so I'm a little out of my depth regarding the new gpu's compatibility with my existing chip.

I run triple 1440p at the moment from a 1080ti with the 5930k clocked at 4.4ghz. Whilst it's OK, the frame rates do struggle in a lot of newer titles. The 3080 looks like a great value card (obviously real benchmarks pending) and should have more grunt to run the monitors but I'm concerned that the 5930k will hold it back.

Do you think it will be OK or is this going to get expensive?

Alz
 
Will probably be okay unless you are wanting high refresh frame rates although I suspect some games will be worse affected than others. I am hoping to get a Zen3 setup myself to replace the aging 5820K when it launches. Likely be pairing it with a 3080 as I am using a 144hz Gsync 1440p monitor. Most games I have are currently GPU limited with the 5820K + 1080Ti combo but there are a few places where I have seen less than max gpu usage and frame rate dips to match!

I would just immediately get the 3080 when is available and see how it goes but my current water loop setup will not fit a card wider than the ref 1080ti board so looks like I will need to wait :(
 
We don’t really know the performance of the 3080 yet but I’d think the 5930K would be a bottleneck. To some extent you can offset a graphics top heavy system with a high enough resolution but, my concern would be running a graphics card with 10Gb of VRAM and an 11MP screen.
 
Last edited:
Mikchi said:
That's what I'm considering doing. On the chance my games run like ass at 1440p 144hz then I'll upgrade my 5930K and motherboard.
Click to expand...

I have been on 3930k and a 1080ti for a while and never see any issues hitting 144 I get dips due to the cpu sometimes but it's... Well really old still a contender but still old as sin.
 
Thanks for the input! I think I'll take the advice and just buy one.. Can always upgrade the CPU later :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom