Graphics upgrade

[bobuk]

My system is getting on now, I was thinking of a new grphics card,

Radeon RX 6800 XT. However I dont know if the rest of the system will throttle it.​

Intell i7 6700k 4.9
Asus Maximus vii mb
16gb Corsa Vengeance DDR4 2400-c
Water cooled
MSI gtx 1080 8gb
The system is still running well it was bought from OC (8 pack dydtem

 

[Tetras]

However I dont know if the rest of the system will throttle it.

It will, but how much depends on the game and the resolution/settings you play at. At 1440p/high settings, or 4K, you'll still notice an upgrade.

 

[bobuk]

How about if I add another 16gb of ram ?

 

[Tetras]

How about if I add another 16gb of ram ?

No difference, the bottleneck relates to the CPU, not the amount of RAM. Faster RAM (or overclocking it) would help when you're CPU-bottlenecked, since 2400 is pretty slow.

A near 5 Ghz 4 core/8 thread Skylake CPU is enough to push the bottleneck to the GPU in many games, especially older games and when played a higher resolution, but unfortunately not every game.

Would it stop me buying the 6800 XT? Nope.

 

[throwaway4372]

I also have 6700K and 1080. The CPU is feeling slow now, it's definitely just as much in need of an upgrade as the GPU. I will be buying a whole new PC at some point.

 

[CaNsA]

Looked at a 6700xt?

Or is there a reason you picked the 6800xt?

 

[bobuk]

Looked at some reviews all seem it looks better than 4080, but draws a bit more power.But really wanted to find out about the rest of my computor. Also it comes bundled with Darfield which makes the card a good price.

 

[Straz]

It's going to be heavily bottlenecked by your 6700k.

 

[Tetras]

it looks better than 4080

Is that a typo for 3080? The 6800 XT can't compete with a 4080.

Does well against a 4060 Ti and 3080.

Radeon RX 6800 XT vs. GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16G, 40+ Game Benchmark @ 1080p, 1440p & 4K

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It (6800 XT) also does well with weaker CPUs, so that's another advantage for you.

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Though, in some circumstances, frame generation can help out weaker CPUs too (toward the end of the video):

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[bobuk]

It's going to be heavily bottlenecked by your 6700k.

Thought that might be the case.

Is that a typo for 3080? The 6800 XT can't compete with a 4080.

At twice the price or more, think I'll have to go for the RX and get a new MB and CPU with the money saved.
Thanks for all your reply's.