Question GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK With RTX 2080?

[Johnate]

Does GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK work fine with RTX 2080?

I’m thinking to upgrade from my GTX 980 to 2080 but I’m affriad that this motherboard doesn’t support it.

 

[boju]

Compatibility is fine, however your cpu may hold it back in some scenarios.

List complete specs including psu make and model.

 

[Johnate]

Compatibility is fine, however your cpu may hold it back in some scenarios.

List complete specs including psu make and model.

‏CPU Intel Core i7-4790K

‏M/B: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK
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RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600Mhz DDr3 x2

‏SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K 240 GB
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HDD: Seagate HDD 1 TB

Cooling: Corsair CPU Cooler H10

PSU: Aerocool Gt-SG 1050W 80 plus gold

Monitor: crossover Fast 144hz 2560x1440

So do u think there will be bottleneck?

 

[Karadjgne]

980 to 2080 is a big jump in ability. Usually only those ppl looking to get value out of a 1440p@144Hz or 4k need go as high. If you don't have one of those monitors and probably aren't getting one, then most of the value in a 2080 is wasted. The exception being gaming and streaming using the gpu to encode. For normal 1080p@60Hz, a gtx 1660ti at less than half the price of a 2080 is far more than enough.

Edit: hah, fast answer. Bottleneck? Nope. The resolution will put a serious dent in gpu fps output. Doesn't affect the cpu. That i7 will be plenty. The only thing I'd be worried about is the psu.

 

[boju]

System looks good.

As said, there is a big jump in gpu power. The IPC work of the 4790k is adequate enough even better if overclocked albeit compared to 8700k/9900k probably see maybe 5~10fps less from the 2080.

Since the 2080 can do more frames than the 980 and depending which games you play, may see higher cpu usages than before as cpu needs to supply the gpu's fps demand. Open world games Battlefield Fortnite etc especially in multiplayer where there's a lot going on for the cpu, more fps pre-rendering the cpu needs to do there's a chance of stutters if cpu usage is really high. It's not a deal breaker, youll still get decent playable frame rates just keep an eye on cpu usages if you do get stutters in these types of games and look into limiting fps a bit to decrease cpu usage.

Watch this video if interested to understand what i mean.