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What Cpu for gaming and mostly Vr

Michael Davies

Michael Davies

Michael Davies

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Hi guys :) im new to the forum
I could do with some advise please :)
Ive had a Ryzen 1800x and Asus crosshair V1 on order now since release day and im still waiting.
I mainly only use VR to be honest and a few fps games , and after hearing about the ryzens poor gaming performance would i be better off canceling the ryzen and get a intel I 7 set up?
If so what would you recommend?
Ive spent about £800 ish on the ryzen cpu asus mb and a coolmaster watercooler.
What do you reckon guys :)
Thanks :)
 
How often do you upgrade?

Which GPU you do you use ?

What resolution do you play?

If going RyZen cancel the 1800X and only buy the 1700, it's the better chip.
 
Hi thanks for the reply :)
I currently have a Gigabyte 970 mb with amd 8370 cpu
16gb ddr3
1070 founders edition gpu
I have been fed up of seeing the "your system does not meet the rifts minium specs " message (even when it well does ) and getting problems with usb connectors e.t.c
I purchased the 1800x just because i wanted the best lol (what i thought anyway)
So would i be better off getting Intel of stick to Ryzen?
And resolution is mainly 1440 and what the Rift and Vive uses.
 
Michael Davies said:
Hi thanks for the reply :)
I currently have a Gigabyte 970 mb with amd 8370 cpu
16gb ddr3
1070 founders edition gpu
I have been fed up of seeing the "your system does not meet the rifts minium specs " message (even when it well does ) and getting problems with usb connectors e.t.c
I purchased the 1800x just because i wanted the best lol (what i thought anyway)
So would i be better off getting Intel of stick to Ryzen?
And resolution is mainly 1440 and what the Rift and Vive uses.
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OK at 1440p and above you won't see much difference in FPS between a 7700k and 1700, your mainly GPU bound there, if it was me I would go for the 1700 as it's more future proof and the money you saved on the cheaper RyZen CPU I would save towards trading your 1070 for a 1080ti or possibly Vega depending on how they end up.

So yeah for me the smart move us to keep the RyZen build but swap the 1800X for the 1700, bank the saved cash, sell the 1070 and buy a 1080ti.

You won't need to even think about upgrades for quite a while :)
 
SiDeards73 said:
OK at 1440p and above you won't see much difference in FPS between a 7700k and 1700, your mainly GPU bound there, if it was me I would go for the 1700 as it's more future proof and the money you saved on the cheaper RyZen CPU I would save towards trading your 1070 for a 1080ti or possibly Vega depending on how they end up.

So yeah for me the smart move us to keep the RyZen build but swap the 1800X for the 1700, bank the saved cash, sell the 1070 and buy a 1080ti.

You won't need to even think about upgrades for quite a while :)
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Nice reply :)
Thanks for the advise i may just do that
1080 ti
Time to slay my credit card again lol ;)
 
As mentioned above, the 1800x is completely over for gaming and won't net any gain over the 1700 that are worth the extra money, I wouldn't go any higher than the 1700x for gaming
 
Interesting read, first lot of VR information i've seen, looks like for the next 2 years the 7700k is going to be the better gaming option for myself.
 
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