Will the RTX3070 work with my current rig?

Goldenrig · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:43

Hi all. Im looking at buying the new RTX3070 when it launches in October.This will be upgraded from my GTX 970 card. Please can anyone tell me if my PC will support this new card?

CPU: A406 - Intel Core i7 4790
CPU Cooler: B102 - BeQuiet! Pure Rock
RAM: C212 - 16GB Corsair 2400mhz Vengeance Pro (2x8GB)
Graphics card: D107 - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 4GB
Motherboard: 4247 - Asus Z97-P
Operating System: F105 - Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Hard Drive: G103 - 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
SSD Drive: Integral 250gb SSD
Case: K323 - NZXT S340 Black
PSU: K607 - 750W FSP
Internet: G205 - Gigabyte Wireless 802.11AC 867Mbps + Bluetooth PCI-E Card
Sound Card: Q302 - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Monitor: M210 - Asus 24" VG248QE 144Hz Gaming LED

ZeroG · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:44

I don't see why it wouldn't.

Goldenrig · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:50

I didn't want to purchase it if say the mobo didn't support it or something, then have to return the product

Seblirium · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:52

Yes the mobo is fine and will support the 3070.

geordiejc · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:52

I think your CPU would be the bottleneck at 1080p as I think the 2080 ti is held back by Haswell i7s

It would work though to answer your question but I think the general consensus is that you won't be able to get the most of of the card.

This is why I kept my 1080 ti with my i7 and wont be upgrading til I need a new cpu for the games I play.

Sparx · 7 Sep 2020 at 17:32

Yeah it'll work - but CPU will definitely bottle neck it somewhat.

Not sure if that PSU was any good for it's day though...

Goldenrig · 7 Sep 2020 at 17:47

Some food for thought then. I’ll be playing at 1080p still at 144hz. I may need to upgrade the processor it seems. Damnnn

CuriousTomCat · 7 Sep 2020 at 20:18

The 4790 is as fast as a modern i3.
The 3070 is as fast as a 2080 Ti.

So basically, you'd be paring an i3 with a 2080 Ti.

Goldenrig · 8 Sep 2020 at 08:18

If i'm essentially pairing an i3 with a 2080 by buying the RTX370, its still a huge upgrade to what I have now, which is good then

P.B · 8 Sep 2020 at 08:21

Just crank the res up to 1440p using dsr that will remove the cpu bottle neck

Goldenrig · 8 Sep 2020 at 08:30

Good stuff, thanks everyone for the tech support

Flake87 · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:25

Sparx said:
Yeah it'll work - but CPU will definitely bottle neck it somewhat.

Not sure if that PSU was any good for it's day though...

Definitely ? Everything I'm reading is that it doesn't! Perhaps you could provide some source to back this 'definite' ?

GPU user benchmark puts the RTX 2080Ti at 119 and the GTX 1080 Ti at 121 and no one ever suggested the GTX 1080Ti was bottlenecked by the Haswell chips.

Goldenrig · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:33

Oh, this is interesting then. I was worried I might have needed to upgrade my processor

McGraw · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:37

Flake87 said:
Definitely ? Everything I'm reading is that it doesn't! Perhaps you could provide some source to back this 'definite' ?

GPU user benchmark puts the RTX 2080Ti at 119 and the GTX 1080 Ti at 121 and no one ever suggested the GTX 1080Ti was bottlenecked by the Haswell chips.

do you think the 1080ti is stronger than the 2080ti?

Gray2233 · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:42

Flake87 said:
Definitely ? Everything I'm reading is that it doesn't! Perhaps you could provide some source to back this 'definite' ?

GPU user benchmark puts the RTX 2080Ti at 119 and the GTX 1080 Ti at 121 and no one ever suggested the GTX 1080Ti was bottlenecked by the Haswell chips.

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/CPU-CPU-154106/Tests/Rangliste-Bestenliste-1143392/

The 2080ti is going to be heavily bottlenecked by Haswell at 1080p.

Cyber-Mav · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:58

Im hoping it works on my mobo.

Sparx · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:59

Cheers @Gray2233 for saving me the effort.

Some people are deluded lol. Really think a near 7 y/o CPU can run a next-gen GPU in 2020 at full tilt...

Cyber-Mav · 8 Sep 2020 at 23:08

When it comes to 4k gaming gpu matters. Even old cpu should get you more than console fps lol.

Goldenrig · 9 Sep 2020 at 11:38

I’ll be gaming at 1080p 144hz for a while. The 3070 will feel nicer that my current 970. So I’ll be happy to upgrade

pugheaven · 9 Sep 2020 at 11:47

Sparx said:
Cheers @Gray2233 for saving me the effort.

Some people are deluded lol. Really think a near 7 y/o CPU can run a next-gen GPU in 2020 at full tilt...

Even an 8 core XEON running 4.6/4.8ghz all core? (messing with ya, I know you're referecing OP and I agree with you) lol I'd actaully argue that the way the 3000 serirs is designed, you'll see some of that bottleneck removed due to textures not having to go through CPU/memory etc... however we shall see and it'll be interesting to see but I don't think in thr true sense of bottlenecking the same will happen with the 3000 series. I won't be upgrading my XEON at all until I notice a significant problem with it... for me, it's running like an absolute weapon and I'm 100% convinced it'll handle any of the new GPU's.

However, what gets me is, if running 1080P surely a 3000 series is a complete waste of coinage as I can't think of a single game I own that I can't max 1080P, ultra settings and be not getting 100fps+? Why not save money and go 2080 Super or something 2nd hand? Anyway, everyone to their own, but if I had a 1080P montior no way would I be switching out a 1080TI or above level card which I'm seeing a lot of people doing... unless suppose they're running 244 and 300hz montiors maybe and want MONSTER fps?

For me the 3000 series now from 3070 onwards is for 1440P/4k gaming etc, anything less and I'd save save your coin but that's just me as I don't care about 250fps... as long as fps is closing in on 120fps, I'm happy!