[SOLVED] 3700x and gtx 1080? Or 3700x and 2070?

[RuffRidersEvo]

Would any of these bottleneck? And if one doesn’t would it be better than the other?

 

[logainofhades]

Either would be fine. I would choose the 2070, or a similar performing 2060s, though, for better driver support, going forward, and RTX only features, like ray tracing, and DLSS.

 

[King_V]

They're both good - The 2070 has a bit better performance and is newer architecture. I don't think the 1080 is available new anymore.

Would any of these bottleneck?

Throw the term bottleneck out of your vocabulary. When it comes to CPUs and GPUs, the term is misused so badly to the point of uselessness.

Ignore all bottleneck calculators. They are COMPLETE GARBAGE. Likewise with any "experts" who tell you to worry about bottlenecking.


It's all a matter of:

• monitor resolution
• monitor refresh rate
• if the monitor has FreeSync, GSync, or neither
• what specific games you play

For example: One game on your PC could have the CPU being the weak-link in the system, while another game on the same PC would have the GPU as the weak-link because it's far more graphically intensive.

There's no such thing as a perfect balance between GPU and CPU.

 

[Karadjgne]

The 2070 is out of production. The 2070 Super is stronger than both.
Ebay has
1080 used @ $350-$400
2070 used @ $350-$400, new @ $450-$500
2070 Super used @ $450-$500, new @ $500-$550.

The 2070/1080 are good 1080p cards, some 1440p. The 2070 Super is a good 1440p card.

 

[King_V]

I'd say they can easily handle 2560x1440. Even 3440x1440 shouldn't be a problem.

I run a GTX 1080 at 3840x1600 (kind of 75% of the number of pixels of a 4K screen). I imagine I'd need to turn details down some if I were running the latest triple-A titles, though.

 

[Pizza PowerXYZ]

if you want to stream then the 2070 is what you want
If the 1080 is the ti variant than you could get that
The 2070 is nice as i have it, but I suggest to get the super variant if you can

 

[magic pc]

Would any of these bottleneck? And if one doesn’t would it be better than the other?

go with the rx 5700 xt: same performence as 2070 super and cheaper

 

[Karadjgne]

And take your chances. It's a 50/50 shot. Not for me. Between bios issues, lack of recognition issues, 'White light' vga errors, overheating etc I'm just not sold on the idea of the 5700 series.

 

[sizzling]

go with the rx 5700 xt: same performence as 2070 super and cheaper

I wouldn’t. Personally the stable drivers and reduced chance of issues are worth the extra cost. It’s really frustrating when that game you have been waiting to play runs poorly due to driver issues. Each to their own.

 

[King_V]

Or, the 5700 non-XT. A tiny fraction slower than the 2070, and significantly cheaper.

Most problems seemed to go away since the 20.2.2 version drivers, and, it's been speculated (at least between myself and another poster, but it's only a guess on our part) that the problems with AMD drivers/cards seem to be more likely with the top-tier cards - in this case, the 5700 XT.

I went in on a 5700 (MSI Evoke OC) for my son's PC in March, figuring if it gave me headaches, I'd return the card. Used DDU to completely remove the previous drivers, shut down, removed the old card (a PowerColor RX 580 8GB), installed the new card, and installed the Adrenaline 20.2.2 drivers.

It has been completely trouble-free.

Yes, I always use DDU, even if the card I'm putting in uses the same drivers as the card I'm pulling out. I do this both for Nvidia and AMD cards.

 

[RodroX]

I have a Ryzen 5 3600 + RTX 2070 and I run 1440p @ 60Hz without an issue. Most games I tested usually gives around 75 FPS (AVG) at high/ultra details (it could be even higher, and above 100 FPS but it depends really on the game, some simulators I use like Eruo Truck 2 and Amercican Truck can be played at 1440p everything maxed out and scaling at 300% or even 400%), while 1% low is usually at around 62 FPS.

Some games I tested are Shadow of The Tomb Raider, BF5, Dying LIght, Middle Earth Shadow of War. All this while keeping discord and browser open, and with AMD PB2 (Precision Boost 2) disable, so I imagine if I enable it FPS will be even a bit better.

Im waiting for a bigger sale on Red Dead Redemption 2, I really wana see that game at 1440p

Cheers!