Do I upgarade CPU/MB/RAM or GPU?

[SpiritOfTheAge]

I currently have an I7 8700K @4.8Ghz, 32 gig of ram and an RTX 3080 (10 Gigabyte). I use the system for VR and flat screen, mainly The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Stray, Team fortress 2 . I use a 144hz G-Sync monitor and a 4k 60hz TV to play on.

What I'm trying to figure out is, should I get an RTX 4080 or 4090 and plonk it into my current set up, or keep the 3080 and get a new MB, CPU and possibly RAM?

So I need to balance performance increase vs budget (as in a new GFX card will be at least £1000) so if that is the recommendation then it needs to get a significant performance boost over going for new CPU/MB/RAM.

Cast off in either case would go to my son

edit- I should add I love ray tracing so want to use this as much I as I can in any title that supports it.

 

[mickyflinn]

Games at 4k are mainly Gpu bound so you don't need a high end cpu , but moving to a newer cpu may give more fps at the 0.1% lows which means less dips in fps in demanding seems. Plus a new platform will move you to Pcie4 or pcie5 depending

As for is it worth in terms of cost I would say not but upgrading your sons makes it easier to justify.

Is your 3080 not handling what you want ?

Reviews and benchmarks is a must.

 

[keyser van someone]

You CPU is fine until a game really needs 8C/16T. Out of the games you play only Cyberpunk is the one that's taxing and that runs fine on a 3080 imo. I would wait a bit longer until a new game comes out that really requires a new GPU. Maybe that'll be Starfield, who knows.

 

[Tetras]

Awkward decision that one, upgrading a 3080 isn't cheap, but since your CPU is at 4.8 Ghz and you're playing at 4K, I think that's what I'd pick of the two options.

I'd say Cyberpunk in particular will benefit from a 4090, TF2 I'd imagine is CPU bottlenecked (basing this on what I knew of TF2, so I have no idea if it's been updated a lot), the Witcher 3 with the next-gen update is very heavy on the GPU, but I haven't seen any performance reviews yet.

 

[SpiritOfTheAge]

I currently have an I7 8700K @4.8Ghz, 32 gig of ram and an RTX 3080 (10 Gigabyte). I use the system for VR and flat screen, mainly The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Stray, Team fortress 2 . I use a 144hz G-Sync monitor and a 4k 60hz TV to play on.

What I'm trying to figure out is, should I get an RTX 4080 or 4090 and plonk it into my current set up, or keep the 3080 and get a new MB, CPU and possibly RAM?

So I need to balance performance increase vs budget (as in a new GFX card will be at least £1000) so if that is the recommendation then it needs to get a significant performance boost over going for new CPU/MB/RAM.

Cast off in either case would go to my son

edit- I should add I love ray tracing so want to use this as much I as I can in any title that supports it.

I should have said the 144hz monitor is 1440p.

It seems like I don't really need to do anything just now?

However I see the minimum lows as a really good reason toward changing something be that CPU/MB or GPU. I'm all for a hitch free smooth experience be that on a monitor or TV or in VR, it's paramount but I also like it to look as good as I can push it

I went from a 2080 to a 3080 and saw the min FPS lows in lots of cases being what the 2080 could do as it's max FPS!. Coupled with the cost of a 3080 FE snagged from scan during the chaos it was a great upgrade.

Would a 4080 or 4090 yield similar gains on my current set up?

Would a new CPU/MB be able to achieve such an increase or anywhere close in min FPS? It's a hell of a lot cheaper than a GPU

Is it possible to get that kind of leap (or anywhere near?) at the moment from either option ?

I'm looking at this from a VR perspective too as the resolutions there can be larger than 4K and the 4090 (which I know is ******* crazy expensive) seems like a beast of a thing so if GPU bound the more power the better! (It is absolute bonkers expensive).

Edit - to reply to one of the kind posters, the 3080 performs fab most of the time, admirably in fact. I do like RT and smooth consistent framerates and between refresh rates and in game settings I can get a very nice experience with it - but there's always more More MORE!