Potential Bottleneck?

[VintyMinty]

My specs:
Rog Strix 1060 6gb
r7 2700x 8c 16t
16 gb of 3200 mhz ram
750 w psu
m.2 and hdd

I want to upgrade to a 6600 xt but I have pulled some benchmarks in Cyberpunk (stored on m.2), and my 1060 utilisation is pretty much full, while my CPU usage is around 70's. My question is, should i upgrade my CPU as well to get full performance out of my 6600 xt, when i do get it, or even get a different card, what do you guys recommend?

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[goldfritter]

My specs:
Rog Strix 1060 6gb
r7 2700x 8c 16t
16 gb of 3200 mhz ram
750 w psu
m.2 and hdd

I want to upgrade to a 6600 xt but I have pulled some benchmarks in Cyberpunk (stored on m.2), and my 1060 utilisation is pretty much full, while my CPU usage is around 70's. My question is, should i upgrade my CPU as well to get full performance out of my 6600 xt, when i do get it, or even get a different card, what do you guys recommend?

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GPU at 100% is what you want, so currently your CPU isn't holding your GPU back much.

With a 6600XT it should still be OK, especially in a game like Cyberpunk.

But it's easy enough to check usage once you upgrade the GPU. If you notice low frame rates and GPU usage dropping along with high CPU usage then you know upgrading the CPU would help.

With a 2700X, you have a juicy upgrade path to a 5800X3D, assuming your motherboard will support it. But I wouldn't pre-empt that, upgrade the GPU and see what happens.

 

[VintyMinty]

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thanks man, i didnt actually know the new gpus were out, so i ordered one, lets hope my mobo has pcie gen 4 haha

 

[VintyMinty]

GPU at 100% is what you want, so currently your CPU isn't holding your GPU back much.

With a 6600XT it should still be OK, especially in a game like Cyberpunk.

But it's easy enough to check usage once you upgrade the GPU. If you notice low frame rates and GPU usage dropping along with high CPU usage then you know upgrading the CPU would help.

With a 2700X, you have a juicy upgrade path to a 5800X3D, assuming your motherboard will support it. But I wouldn't pre-empt that, upgrade the GPU and see what happens.

Sweet, thanks man

 

[VintyMinty]

GPU at 100% is what you want, so currently your CPU isn't holding your GPU back much.

With a 6600XT it should still be OK, especially in a game like Cyberpunk.

But it's easy enough to check usage once you upgrade the GPU. If you notice low frame rates and GPU usage dropping along with high CPU usage then you know upgrading the CPU would help.

With a 2700X, you have a juicy upgrade path to a 5800X3D, assuming your motherboard will support it. But I wouldn't pre-empt that, upgrade the GPU and see what happens.

Would this mobo support it, with a bio update of course: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING | Motherboards | ROG Global

 

[vinodh]

Would this mobo support it, with a bio update of course: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING | Motherboards | ROG Global

I'm not sure if you're asking a question or making a statement but, that board definitely supports the 5800X3D. I checked the support page for that board and one of the older BIOS's mentioned support for "Improve system performance for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D".

 

[VintyMinty]

I'm not sure if you're asking a question or making a statement but, that board definitely supports the 5800X3D. I checked the support page for that board and one of the older BIOS's mentioned support for "Improve system performance for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D".

Okay, thanks man, that's great. AMD really blessed us with many years of AM4

 

[AresFaithfull]

Also remember at 1080p your CPU does more work and at higher resolutions the GPU does more work

 

[moedeez]

thanks man, i didnt actually know the new gpus were out, so i ordered one, lets hope my mobo has pcie gen 4 haha

mobo + cpu must support pcie-4, AFAIK the 2700x doesn't support pcie-4 and I'm too lazy right now to go the amd page and check.

 

[VintyMinty]

Also remember at 1080p your CPU does more work and at higher resolutions the GPU does more work

Oh yea, something else to consider, I only have a 1080p 60hz monitor, and I don't really think I'll get a better monitor for a few years at least, unless its dirt cheap.
Also, can a 6600xt even do 1440p at high refresh rates, i mostly play single player RPG's like cyberpunk, AC, TW3, etc.

 

[Areola Grande]

What's your budget bro?

 

[VintyMinty]

mobo + cpu must support pcie-4, AFAIK the 2700x doesn't support pcie-4 and I'm too lazy right now to go the amd page and check.

Haha, if i could afford it, I'd get a 7900, but I can't afford pcie 4 stuff anyway
And no the 2700x does not support gen 4.0, the mobo might, I'm not sure

 

[VintyMinty]

What's your budget bro?

Ah, idk dude, Probably 6k upper amount, neg if theres something that's worth like a little bit more

 

[VintyMinty]

That's it. I'm gonna sell feet pics, it's the only way forward.

 

[Areola Grande]

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[VintyMinty]

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Would you advize I get a second hand card maybe, I've seen 6700 xt's for 5k - 6k?