Bundle Advice, Upgrade Mobo / CPU

theufnk007 · 10 Sep 2018 at 15:50

Hi guys,

I am currently running two overclocked 970's which are now struggling with modern games. I game on 3840 x 1440 at 120hz so need some more beef to push higher frames and eye candy.

I am going to wait for performance benchmarks for the 20 series cards before purchase, but wanted to ask about upgrading from an aging 4790K overclocked to 4.7 and of course the associated ram / memory upgrade as well.

I game on the PC, that's all.

I am considering to perhaps get a deal on a 1080Ti but again want to make an informed choice./

It's more a case of if the CPU / ram will have a signifcant increase in frames / eye candy in games over my current setup (DDR3 TO DDR4) and will my current ram / processor limit the ability of either a 1080ti or 2080 / 2080TI.

Advice needed, I can afford to go the whole upgrade route, but that doesn't mean I will just for the sake of it

Was looking at this as a bundle on Overclockers perhaps?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...ram-free-480gb-ssd-online-only-bu-01g-am.html

Thnaks
Lea x

orbitalwalsh · 10 Sep 2018 at 16:27

Depends on games, intel still takes the lead due to IPC and speed. But 9th gen is week 40 release .

Would wait and see what otcober brings for CPU along with lots of user reviews with 2*** gens of cards on different platforms .

If your CPU load isn't hitting 90% all threads whilst GPU is 100% then should be alright for time being

theufnk007 · 10 Sep 2018 at 16:37

Thanks for the reply, in MSI afterburner the gpu load on both cards (game dependent) is around the 100% mark - I get some higher spikes on cpu usage but it seems to average around 50-60%.

I will be getting Cyberpunk and still need to play through the Witcher 3, also play Warhammer II as well, mostly the games I play seem to be gpu intensive.

It's always a waiting game with PC components, always waiting for the next big reveal.

Yes it seems AMD is perhaps not the best option for 'Gaming' so leaves me with current Intel options and waiting as you say to hear what the i9 brings....

orbitalwalsh · 10 Sep 2018 at 17:20

Amd is good pricing specially compared to intel ..of you had a Non K chip would be an easy push to AMD .
But would honestly stick with your CPU until you rock 2080 and games that push your current to its limits or see from benchmarks it's holding you back