Upgrade from GTX 980?

[Razor-BladE]

Hi,

Sometime in the near ish future I'm looking to upgrade from my Dell U2311H, to an MSI 27" 1440p 180Hz monitor. I currently have a Ryzen 2600 and GTX 980.

I will probably pick up a second hand 5700X3D to prolong the CPU side of things.

I mostly play League of Legends so nothing demanding, but hoping to pick up Baldurs Gate 3 at some point. When I get around to it I'll play other things in my Steam, RE1, RE2, etc. I also have an Oculus Quest 2, and I do have games like HF Alyx that I've not played yet.

What would be the minimum GPU I would be looking at getting (second hand is ok) to make use of the monitor?

1. For League of Legends only, would the 980 still cope?
2. For games like BG3 at decent frame rates
3. Would a GPU for 2. be good enough for VR as well, or would that require an even more powerful GPU?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Razor-BladE]

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't really want to spend 4070 money sadly, and in all honesty VR would likely be a very very small part of my gaming.

Having a quick look on marketplace, I could get a 3070 8GB for about £250. How well would that hold up? Or would the lack memory be limiting?

 

[Razor-BladE]

Thanks. A quick look more, used 6750XT go for £200, and 6800 can potentially be got for about £250. I'd assume the 6800 is worth the £50 extra for both the power and increase in memory?