Minimum recommended Gpu/spec to be adequate for the new Nvidia RTX 4080

[Phillip Gwynne]

I’m looking to upgrade my PC and hope to get the new RTX 4080 when it comes out. At present I have an Intel 9900k on an Asus Z370-G board, with a RTX 2080, 64GB Corsair ram 3,200 MHz (clocked at 3,600 MHz), the cpu is clocked at 5.1 GHZ. This set up has served me well for a good few years, but now I have a 4k tv, I’m finding that I have to turn graphics settings down to run at 4k. A lot of people say turn MSAA from 8x down to 4x. But I actually find that 8x at 1440p looks better. I’m guessing that the cpu is likely to bottleneck this new gpu. But what newer equivalent would be suitable? Would something like the 12700k be enough? Or is there an easy way to gauge a good idea of that will be adequate?

 

[Tetras]

You'd need to watch CPU/GPU scaling videos to see where the performance starts to drop off, preferably for those particular games you're having trouble with. The 2080 isn't that powerful for newer games at 4K, so if turning down the graphics works it is probably not the CPU.

 

[turbot1984]

I’m looking to upgrade my PC and hope to get the new RTX 4080 when it comes out. At present I have an Intel 9900k on an Asus Z370-G board, with a RTX 2080, 64GB Corsair ram 3,200 MHz (clocked at 3,600 MHz), the cpu is clocked at 5.1 GHZ. This set up has served me well for a good few years, but now I have a 4k tv, I’m finding that I have to turn graphics settings down to run at 4k. A lot of people say turn MSAA from 8x down to 4x. But I actually find that 8x at 1440p looks better. I’m guessing that the cpu is likely to bottleneck this new gpu. But what newer equivalent would be suitable? Would something like the 12700k be enough? Or is there an easy way to gauge a good idea of that will be adequate?

Wouldn't worry about the cpu at 4K, 2080 is the problem. 4080 first then next gen Intel DDR5 rig after.

 

[ASMB]

If you download & use a program like MSI Afterburner you can see how close to 100% usage both your gpu and cpu are, example of setting it up, https://youtu.be/6_Me603fnq8
As said above the gpu tends to be the bigger bottleneck at 4K, so you can use afterburner to see how much the 4080 is being used after you get it

 

[dave28]

it wont be all that much of a bottleneck at 4K, your next cpu upgrade should be the 13th gen and not the 12th ( or AMD`s new CPU )

that is what i would do anyway, the GPU upgrade is the main thing

 

[Skilid]

Put all your money into the GPU at 4K. A 9900K will still be fine. Give it a few more generations and then you'll likely benefit from a new CPU. For now I wouldn't bother as you'd need a new Mobo and RAM, too.

 

[JollyJamma]

I’m looking to upgrade my PC and hope to get the new RTX 4080 when it comes out. At present I have an Intel 9900k on an Asus Z370-G board, with a RTX 2080, 64GB Corsair ram 3,200 MHz (clocked at 3,600 MHz), the cpu is clocked at 5.1 GHZ. This set up has served me well for a good few years, but now I have a 4k tv, I’m finding that I have to turn graphics settings down to run at 4k. A lot of people say turn MSAA from 8x down to 4x. But I actually find that 8x at 1440p looks better. I’m guessing that the cpu is likely to bottleneck this new gpu. But what newer equivalent would be suitable? Would something like the 12700k be enough? Or is there an easy way to gauge a good idea of that will be adequate?

Wait for reviews.