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Virtue
Jan 7, 2009

I'm looking at upgrading my pc and have a AMD Ryzen 7 3700X cpu and a GTX 1080 gpu. Will I hit a cpu bottleneck just upgrading the gpu? I'd like to do some 120fps gaming at 1080p if not 1440p but stuff is so expensive these days I can live with 1440p at 60fps.

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Virtue
Jan 7, 2009

Rexxed posted:

Bottlenecking one or the other depends entirely on the game. Some need more CPU, some need more GPU. I've got a 5800X3D and a GTX 1080 and it's fine for 1440p but I also don't play many new games that would bog it down.

Is there a rule of thumb or something to help me figure out which is the issue? FWIW recently I've been playing Hogwarts Legacy, FF7R, and Helldivers 2 which all struggle at 1440p for med/high settings. I also plan on picking up the new FF14 xpac later this year which is supposed to have some graphical updates.

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