Hi All,
The dreaded upgrade itch has struck and I'm in a quandry as to what to do as I want to upgrade my monitor and GPU.
My current spec is:
GPU: Gigabyte 2080 Super Windforce OC 8Gb
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.2GHz
Mem: 2x16Gb Corsair Vengance DDR4 PC4-28800 (3600) CAS18
Mbd: Gigabyte x570 Aorus Elite
Mon: Dell ultrawide U3818DW at 3840x1600@75Hz (native is 60Hz but I've got it OCed)
SSD: Samsung 970Evo 1Tb PCIe Gen. 3x4 NVME (also have 2 Sata SSDs: 850Pro and 840Pro)
I primarily game (fps such as far cry 6) and do some dev as well.
The monitor has been great as it has a built-in KVM and the USB-C allows me to connect my work laptop with no fuss, but gaming wise it's not so great.
I love the ultrawide format and want to replace it with something of the same size and ideally with the same set of features, but can't find anything that will match all of those wants.
If I have to lose the USB-C and KVM I'm not that bothered as my current contract is coming to an end and the laptop is going.
What should I replace it with?
To go with the new monitor what GPU should I go for where I won't be CPU bottle necked (or should I also be looking to upgrade the CPU as well?)?
I do also have a HTC Vive 1st generation that get's used once in a while so would ideally like to see an improvement there too.
I ran time spy (via the 3dmark demo) and got back a score of 11345 (graphics score of 11471 and a CPU score of 10685) which is ok, but since the average is 11656 and the best is 13519 for the 2080 Super according to 3dmark I want to do better.
Moneywise I'm open to whatever is best as I want to game at this near 4K res, but don't really want to go and do a complete re-build.
The 2080 Super will get donated to one of the kids PCs and the monitor will get sold on (probably).
I have looked at 49 inch screens but think that they will not be so great for work so have discounted them really even though I do have the space.
Thanks for reading.
The dreaded upgrade itch has struck and I'm in a quandry as to what to do as I want to upgrade my monitor and GPU.
My current spec is:
GPU: Gigabyte 2080 Super Windforce OC 8Gb
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.2GHz
Mem: 2x16Gb Corsair Vengance DDR4 PC4-28800 (3600) CAS18
Mbd: Gigabyte x570 Aorus Elite
Mon: Dell ultrawide U3818DW at 3840x1600@75Hz (native is 60Hz but I've got it OCed)
SSD: Samsung 970Evo 1Tb PCIe Gen. 3x4 NVME (also have 2 Sata SSDs: 850Pro and 840Pro)
I primarily game (fps such as far cry 6) and do some dev as well.
The monitor has been great as it has a built-in KVM and the USB-C allows me to connect my work laptop with no fuss, but gaming wise it's not so great.
I love the ultrawide format and want to replace it with something of the same size and ideally with the same set of features, but can't find anything that will match all of those wants.
If I have to lose the USB-C and KVM I'm not that bothered as my current contract is coming to an end and the laptop is going.
What should I replace it with?
To go with the new monitor what GPU should I go for where I won't be CPU bottle necked (or should I also be looking to upgrade the CPU as well?)?
I do also have a HTC Vive 1st generation that get's used once in a while so would ideally like to see an improvement there too.
I ran time spy (via the 3dmark demo) and got back a score of 11345 (graphics score of 11471 and a CPU score of 10685) which is ok, but since the average is 11656 and the best is 13519 for the 2080 Super according to 3dmark I want to do better.
Moneywise I'm open to whatever is best as I want to game at this near 4K res, but don't really want to go and do a complete re-build.
The 2080 Super will get donated to one of the kids PCs and the monitor will get sold on (probably).
I have looked at 49 inch screens but think that they will not be so great for work so have discounted them really even though I do have the space.
Thanks for reading.