Question cpu upgrade/overclock advice needed.

[walnutter]

I have an Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz and just upgraded from a 3070 ti to a 5080 because the 90s don't exist and im not really seeing an fps upgrade in the games i play on medium settings (1920 1080) and im trying to figure out why. am i being bottle necked by my cpu or how do i check? i know the 5080 shouldnt be like 10 times better than the 3070 but i was hoping for more than 10 fps difference.
should I just upgrade my cpu if so to what or if anyone knows how i should overclock my cpu and can explain it to a caveman id appreciate it.

Thank you.

 

[Lutfij]

just upgraded from a 3070 ti to a 5080
Did you run DDU to remove all GPU drivers(intel, AMD and Nvidia) in Safe Mode, to manually install the latest GPU driver sourced from Nvidia's support site in an elevated command, i.e, Right click installer>Run as Administrator?

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[walnutter]

My apologies
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz
CPU cooler: corsair Titan 360 rx aio new
Motherboard: Asus prime z590-A
Ram: Corsair Vengeance pro 32gb (4x8)
SSD/HDD: two samsung 2gb ssd &
GPU: Asus tuf Geforce rtx 5080
PSU: Corsair rm1200x brand new
Chassis: Corsair 7000x atx
OS: windows 11
Monitor: sceptre 24 inch 144 hrz

forgive me but i am not very pc knowledgeable and am unfamilar with DDU but i used the nvidia app program to update the driver after i swapped them. and ill try and figure out the bios version here in a moment.

 

[logainofhades]

I would say your CPU is starting to hold you back. Frankly there is no reason you shouldn't be able to do ultra 1080p with that GPU, which would help alleviate said bottleneck, but it will still be present. What is the speed of your ram? It can also be holding you back if it is slower ram, and/or XMP is not enabled.


You have some upgrade options, but it depends on your budget.

 

[thestryker]

When you're playing with lower graphics settings you're placing much more of the load on your CPU. The 5080 should be around twice as fast as the 3070 Ti when not facing some sort of bottleneck. As long as your video card is getting all 16 lanes of PCIe from the primary slot the CPU is the most likely suspect for performance limitation.