Upgrade PC or is it pointless?

[V93]

My specs currently are

GPU: 9070xt Pulse
CPU: 5700x3d
RAM: 32GB Kingston Fury 3600mt
MOBO: Tomahawk b450 max
Monitor: Dell AW3423DWF

When I purchased my 9070XT I had much less money coming in and wasn't using an UW monitor either. I just wanted to start with that for reference.

I was wondering as someone I know has recently sold their 9070xt for 550 2nd hand and thought if I could get that a 5080 would be 400 ontop now which is more manageable than at the time of buying, the other option would be is it worth keeping the 9070xt and upgrading to am5 and targeting something like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...7800x3d-msi-b650-32gb-ddr5-pro-amd-05331.html for slightly more money?

Games I play and intend to play would be total war games, space marine 2, battlefield 6, ready or not, monster hunter, enshrouded and with the intention to learn games like DCS and Microsoft flight sim.

How much better would a 5080 be or AM5 than my current setup? I noticed with games like monster hunter ray tracing seems to quite badly impact the 9070xt would a 5080 be able to brute force bad optimisation at 1440p?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tetras]

How much better would a 5080 be or AM5 than my current setup?

Not an exact comparison, but might still be of interest:

 

[V93]

Not an exact comparison, but might still be of interest:

Thanks mate ill have a watch!

 

[tamzzy]

no point upgrading

 

[JollyJamma]

How much better would a 5080 be or AM5 than my current setup? I noticed with games like monster hunter ray tracing seems to quite badly impact the 9070xt would a 5080 be able to brute force bad optimisation at 1440p?

If you want to use Ray-tracing, don’t use AMD but even with that, bad optimisation is bad.

I wouldn’t upgrade your current system as AMD still gives great performance for the cost and I’d just tell you not to use RT for now.

If you have to use RT, then sure, upgrade, but you’ve not wasted your money at all and your current system is great.

Consider waiting for the next gen of GPUs if anything.

 

[hornetstinger]

My specs currently are

GPU: 9070xt Pulse
CPU: 5700x3d
RAM: 32GB Kingston Fury 3600mt
MOBO: Tomahawk b450 max
Monitor: Dell AW3423DWF

When I purchased my 9070XT I had much less money coming in and wasn't using an UW monitor either. I just wanted to start with that for reference.

I was wondering as someone I know has recently sold their 9070xt for 550 2nd hand and thought if I could get that a 5080 would be 400 ontop now which is more manageable than at the time of buying, the other option would be is it worth keeping the 9070xt and upgrading to am5 and targeting something like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...7800x3d-msi-b650-32gb-ddr5-pro-amd-05331.html for slightly more money?

Games I play and intend to play would be total war games, space marine 2, battlefield 6, ready or not, monster hunter, enshrouded and with the intention to learn games like DCS and Microsoft flight sim.

How much better would a 5080 be or AM5 than my current setup? I noticed with games like monster hunter ray tracing seems to quite badly impact the 9070xt would a 5080 be able to brute force bad optimisation at 1440p?

Thanks in advance.

Funny how the people who list spec and upgrade wish never include the sound system.

Put the money into that.

 

[JollyJamma]

Funny how the people who list spec and upgrade wish never include the sound system.

Put the money into that.

yeah, or upgrading the monitor to a high refresh high quality OLED.

I've always upgraded my audio with used components, like a Ifi Zen DAC to use with my Sennheiser momentum 2.0 OH or Sony XM5 for a combination or commuting and Zoom meetings.

 

[ezekial]

I would stick with your current PC for now unless you are actually feeling a limitation in what you currently do / play.

 

[AMDPower]

no point upgrading gpu to 5080, if you need more grunt might as well wait for 5080 super and see how that performs or maybe even second hand 4090. You might also get some extra frames from and AM5 9800x3d but not worth it tbh, you will bigger jump with a faster GPU than cpu, but then again a much faster gpu will benefit from a faster cpu like 9800x3d.

 

[V93]

If you want to use Ray-tracing, don’t use AMD but even with that, bad optimisation is bad.

I wouldn’t upgrade your current system as AMD still gives great performance for the cost and I’d just tell you not to use RT for now.

If you have to use RT, then sure, upgrade, but you’ve not wasted your money at all and your current system is great.

Consider waiting for the next gen of GPUs if anything.

Thanks for the reply!

Yeah looking at things I might just leave them for now and wait out a 6000 series or equivalent and see how the performance jumps. I didnt realise how little gain there was currently from jumping to am5.

Funny how the people who list spec and upgrade wish never include the sound system.

Put the money into that.

I am using an old arctis 3 headset so it might not be a bad shout, ive never used expensive audio equipment so not something id think to look into to be honest.

yeah, or upgrading the monitor to a high refresh high quality OLED.

I've always upgraded my audio with used components, like a Ifi Zen DAC to use with my Sennheiser momentum 2.0 OH or Sony XM5 for a combination or commuting and Zoom meetings.

The monitor mentioned is pretty new and has been great. I didnt see the point of going for their higher refresh variant when I wasnt maxing 144hz out before going UW.

no point upgrading gpu to 5080, if you need more grunt might as well wait for 5080 super and see how that performs or maybe even second hand 4090. You might also get some extra frames from and AM5 9800x3d but not worth it tbh, you will bigger jump with a faster GPU than cpu, but then again a much faster gpu will benefit from a faster cpu like 9800x3d.

Thanks for the reply!

Doesn't sound a bad idea with the rumours saying they may release by the end of this year. Might hang on and see and if its a bad price just wait on for the next major releases and look again

I watched the video comparing CPU and GPU and was surprised how little id gain using a 9070 at 1440p! Not worth the jump yet I dont think

 

[BogEyes]

I don't personally think the difference between the 9070XT and 5080 is worth the difference in cost.

And when you consider you already have the 9070XT, so you'll be selling it 2nd hand, the 5080 is going to be roughly double the the cost.

I just can't see the draw personally.

 

[Threepwood]

would a 5080

what PSU do you have? if you dont have a beefy enough psu, with the correct connectors for the 5080, then there is zero point in upgrading, you might have to rebuild to fit a new PSU in too, are you sure you want to do that?