Upgrading from a 3070, 4080s? VR gaming

[Gibbo3771]

I'm wanting to upgrade from a 3070 to something and I'm thinking the 4080s. I actually don't play very demanding games however I do sim race exclusively in VR. Unfortunately even in iRacing the 3070 just isn't cutting it with my Quest 3, especially when it's a wet race. I'm also looking to purchase a Pimax Crystal Super this year and I'm aware not even a 5090 could max out this headsets potential but the clarity at that resolution is worth dropping the settings down. I don't think there is any point in holding out for 5xxx cards unless someone can convince me otherwise.

My main issue is that I have a 5600X. At this point in time I can only afford a GPU or a CPU. Will my 5600X be OK with something like a 5600X? Am I also going to have to upgrade to a beefier CPU before I upgrade my VR headset?

Full specs:

AMD 5600X
64GB DDR4
Strix B350-F
750W PSU, I forget which one but it's a gold rated Seasonic

I don't upgrade often and tend to just ask here and go with the general consensus. I can no long rely on asking places like Reddit because the attitude of the users + the number of bots is ridiculous .

Thoughts?

 

[tamzzy]

what exactly is your budget?

my gut feeling is that a 5700x3d AND a 4070 TI super, would be better upgrade than just a 4080 super alone
(i've got a 5800x3d + 4070 super in my secondary rig)

it looks like you'd want the cpu upgrade to an X3D chip
(clip is for the 5800x3d, i'm guessing the 5700x3d is not too far behind)

 

[Gibbo3771]

what exactly is your budget?

my gut feeling is that a 5700x3d AND a 4070 TI super, would be better upgrade than just a 4080 super alone
(i've got a 5800x3d + 4070 super in my secondary rig)

it looks like you'd want the cpu upgrade to an X3D chip
(clip is for the 5800x3d, i'm guessing the 5700x3d is not too far behind)

Nice benchmark find.

In terms of budget, pretty much anything that isn't a 4090. I just can't justify the absurd cost of that. I was not aware there was a 5700x3d so I could swing that pairing just fine. I'm just not interested in paying double the cost for 10-20% gains because I would rather just reduce a setting or two and spend that money on my actual car lol.

 

[tamzzy]

Nice benchmark find.

In terms of budget, pretty much anything that isn't a 4090. I just can't justify the absurd cost of that. I was not aware there was a 5700x3d so I could swing that pairing just fine. I'm just not interested in paying double the cost for 10-20% gains because I would rather just reduce a setting or two and spend that money on my actual car lol.

in which case then i stand by my recommendation of a 5700x3d with a 4070 ti super (the benefit is that you do get the 16gb vram that was not on the non-super ti)

 

[Craig_d1]

The RRP for the 4080S is $999, the 4070ti $799, the 5080 is the same as the 4080S and the 5070ti is $749, so $50 cheaper than the 4070ti. Generally nvidia just concert to £ on a 1:1 basis, but really at the same pride or a touch cheaper for the t070ti, why get a 4000 series, unless its discounged heavily.
From all leeks raster is 10-15% better (30-35 for the 5090) , and dlss4 isnt fully backward compatible. Saw pccentric test the5090 with cyberpunk. He culd test it how he liked it, so froed all the settings. I was fairly impressed. Whatever ai algorithm theyre using, its working. Thecfull frame gen actually had a latency which was playable. Id actually bectempted toctry it myself, which looking from vids of 4000 series doesnt interest me at all..and its game like flight/sim racing where that stuff works very well
Sorry on a really old tablet otherwisexidxlink the vid...butvid try and get a fe 5000 card if i were you, if def upgrading now

 

[Craig_d1]

Vid below shows the new 5090..sorry, haven't seen any on a 5080 yet, but allows him to film any setting he wanted..and he also shows the latency while using FG so you can see how well it does..remeber, you wont get this on a 4000 series gpu

your setup will all be about the gpu..the faster the better. remember vid above is using a 1440 ultrawide, so pushing 4.9M pixels... your pimax crystal super headset will be pushing 29.5M pixels(3840x3840 per eye or 14.75m pixels per eye), the equivalent of 3.5 4k screens, or the equivalent of 6 of the above ultrawide screens together. At this point the heavy lifting will all be on the gpu, and the cpu will be having a much easier time of it. I'd be pushing maxing out your gpu budget above everything else, as this will be the most expensive/important part of your setup