I was going to buy a 3070 to pair with a 5900x but I've been advised that it can cause games to run badly with it being too powerful for the resolution and the cpu having to work harder. I still don't fully understand the technicals around it. But I'm starting to away towards the 3060ti. Would it still be overkill? I guess maxing out the settings would fix things easier than on a 3070. I just don't want to buy the wrong card. P.S. I'm very happy with my 1080p monitor.. Its gsync and very good quality.
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Is the 3060ti overkill for 1080p?
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I think that I figured it out. Someone said that the cpu will bottle nck the gpu. But they assumed that I'd be playing at 100s of frames per second. I'm quite happy to limit my frames to 144fps, am I right in saying that the cpu won't be bottlenecking the gpu in this instance?
I think. They also assumed that I will have an old cpu.
I think. They also assumed that I will have an old cpu.
Im not interested in RT so I should get even more frames. Maybe I'll stick with a 3060ti. For you to get that many frames they must have fixed some issues with the games performance recently?
they assumed a lot. And so got a lot wrong.
5900X one of the best gaming CPU's around - and, probably overkill. 3070 would be a good match for it, and it's easy to move up from 1080p
Damn hard decision
Thank youHi OP
I've just upgraded from a Pallit Super Jetstream GTX 980 to a Pallit Dual RTX 3060ti.
I actually game @ 1080p via a GSync monitor and the performance increase is very noticeable between the 2 cards. Every game I play now gives a butter smooth frame rate.
Hope that answers your question