Question 11600k & 4080/4090

[Enderfect]

So ima be honest i know very little of Bottlenecking knowledge when it comes to building a PC.

Right now im Running a 11600k at 5Ghz & and a RTX 3080 and i am able to Run 3440x1440 in the high 100fps range Max Settings and 4k of everything i throw at it in the high 60s to 80s Stable Not Including Cyberpunk 2077 or Assassins Creed odyssey which is a cpu chugger

My Question is Will adding a 4080 or 4090 cause a Bad Bottleneck with an 11600k at Ultrawide or 4k

My Original Plan was to run 1440p/Ultrawide but seeing i can stably run 4k now plans have changed lol

Plan to buy the Mini Led Samsung Neo G7 or the LG Oled C2 42"

So the System in Question would be

11600k 5Ghz
32GB 3200Mhz Ram
RTX 4080/4090

Edit - If it so happens to be a severe bottleneck and im talking massive frame loss instead of a +3 +5 Gain i planned to build a 13600kf build

 

[Phaaze88]

able to Run 3440x1440 in the high 100fps range Max Settings and 4k of everything i throw at it in the high 60s to 80s

Then do it all again, but turn all the eye candy down. That will give an idea of what to expect going forward with your plan.

Also, forget 'bottleneck'. It's a buzzword.

 

[Aeacus]

My Question is Will adding a 4080 or 4090 cause a Bad Bottleneck with an 11600k at Ultrawide or 4k

In your mind, how do you define bottleneck?

4k of everything i throw at it in the high 60s to 80s Stable

This is about right, of what RTX 3080 can do.

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-review/3

 

[Enderfect]

Basically if i add a 4080 or 90 Will i See the improvement i want aka more FPS or will there be any kind of negative balance lol

PC is strictly for gaming not streaming or anything[/QUOTE]

 

[Aeacus]

Will i See the improvement

In GPU bound games - Yes. In CPU bound games - Not so much.

Overall, improvement is still there, since there aren't any modern games that only utilize CPU or GPU. Both are utilized, but depending on a game, either CPU or GPU is favored more.

For example:
CPU heavy game - Cities:Skylines. <- With this game, it doesn't matter how good of a GPU you have, you're still limited with the FPS your CPU can provide.
GPU heavy game - Crysis <- With this game, CPU is used little, while GPU is used heavily. Here it doesn't matter much what CPU you have, since FPS is limited what GPU can provide.

No matter how you look at it, you'll always be limited by what CPU or GPU can provide, thus, there is no such thing as "bottleneck".

 

[Enderfect]

But my 4k resolution will benefit more from GPU so upgrading will see a significant boost? Cause I noticed in a lot of games dying light 2 GPU was at like 95% and cpu was really low

 

[Aeacus]

so upgrading will see a significant boost?

Yes. ~double the FPS or so, if going with RTX 4090.

 

[Enderfect]

sweet and I’m assuming 4080 would give it a good buff and increase stability nice won’t have to rebuild just yet

 

[Aeacus]

and I’m assuming 4080 would give it a good buff

No need to assume, just read review;

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-review/4

On average, RTX 4080 is ~65% better and RTX 4090 is ~100% better from RTX 3080 @ 4K Ultra gaming.

and increase stability

What stability exactly?

Since if you go with RTX 4080, you better have 1000W (1kW) great quality PSU, to power it.
And with RTX 4090, better look towards 1600W (1.6 kW) PSU.

Three 1.6kW kings (any of these will do),
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/cJbwrH,2BcRsY,tFvdnQ/

 

[punkncat]

The 11600K is still a very relevant and powerful CPU. It has more than enough performance to drive a more powerful graphics card and particularly when you move to 4K.

I would comment that for money that has already been spent, there is not really any viable economic reason to consider upgrading further in 11th gen unless you come across a deal. I personally saw quite a nice increase in frames moving from an 11600K to the 11900K but that pricing has to be to the side of insane good to consider as opposed to a platform upgrade.
I say that in that, if you are going to update to a graphics card, alone, that costs more than ever other part of a top line system update you should be sure what your future plans are. A 3080 is certainly not outdated or incapable hardware today...

 

[sonofjesse]

If I had a dollar for overtime I heard of bottleneck.

Game and be happy, when you have a problem address it.