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hello i built my pc in 2020 it has ran fine but now i am finding that it has problem playing some games (starfield and call of duty ) i checked my diagnostics on my pc (amd adrenalin ) it says i am useing 99% of my gpu i think i need an upgrade i was thinking of gettin a
Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT GAMING OC 16GB Graphics Card is this a good upgrade and will it be a straight swap this is my set up now
1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black= £64.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £109.99
1 x Scythe SCNJ-5000 Ninja 5 CPU cooler - 120mm= £47.99
1 x WD Blue SN550 500GB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0C)= £71.99
1 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £56.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £439.99
do you think a gpu swap will fix my problem or do i need more thanks
 
Looking at the hardware spec requirements for starfield the GPU could be better so do that first, But check to see if your PSU is sufficent to handle the GPU power draw.
 
You’ll see a good jump in performance upgrading the 5700XT to a 7800XT.

The 3700X might not have the legs to fully max out the 7800XT though.
 
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seen this one on overclockers will this work it is a

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture​

 
hello i built my pc in 2020 it has ran fine but now i am finding that it has problem playing some games (starfield and call of duty

do you think a gpu swap will fix my problem or do i need more thanks

Starfield is a bit awkward to give advice on because it hammers everything.

If you look here, you'll see that e.g. a 5800X3D gives a pretty big boost when compared to the 3700X (1080p/Ultra):

5800X3D: 67 avg, 55 lows
3700X: 50 avg, 43 lows


Then in the GPU benchmarks here:


(1080p/High)
5700 XT: 40 avg, 36 lows.
6800 XT: 70 avg, 63 lows.
 
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