So I built my PC in 2016 and I have been using an i7 6700 since then. I originally had an R9 390 and I upgraded to a GTX 2070 Ti back in early 2018.
A bout 5 days ago I bought and installed a RTX 2070 super. Mostly so I could get better performance in RDR2. Other reason is I bought the 1070 Ti new from a seller on Amazon and it was defective right out of the box. The seller wouldn't give me a refund and they only 1 in stock and I bought it. I called MSI and they game me an RMA number and I shipped it to them and they sent me a factory refurbished one. Basically a used one. It worked fine. But performance in RDR2 wasn't great. I was only trying to play at 1080 with all high settings and some on medium. Mostly the most demanding settings.
With the 2070 super I get to use higher settings and it keeps a much better frame rate.
But I know there is a bottleneck with my CPU and I know the game isn't the best port ever.
So what would be a good CPU to use? I am leaning towards one of the new AMD CPU's with more than 4 cores and 8 threads. I am thinking R7 3700x or 3800x. I know I will need a new motherboard and that's fine.
I could go Intel as well. I am not a fanboy of one particular company. But spending $1,000 on a CPU is a bit much. Matter of fact I won't do it even if I could. lol
Maybe one of the 9th gen i7's?
So TL;DR What would be a good CPU to paid with a RTX 2070?
Windows 10 Home Edition 64 bit
ASUS H170 Pro Gaming MOBO
i7 6700
32GB DDR4 RAM (dual channel)
RTX 2070 Super
1 120 GB Mushkin SSD (OS, drivers and so on) ,1 Samsung 860 QVO 2TB SSD, 1 Samsung QVO 4TB SSD
EVGA SuperNova 750 80+ gold 750 watt fully modular
Fractal R5 case
A bout 5 days ago I bought and installed a RTX 2070 super. Mostly so I could get better performance in RDR2. Other reason is I bought the 1070 Ti new from a seller on Amazon and it was defective right out of the box. The seller wouldn't give me a refund and they only 1 in stock and I bought it. I called MSI and they game me an RMA number and I shipped it to them and they sent me a factory refurbished one. Basically a used one. It worked fine. But performance in RDR2 wasn't great. I was only trying to play at 1080 with all high settings and some on medium. Mostly the most demanding settings.
With the 2070 super I get to use higher settings and it keeps a much better frame rate.
But I know there is a bottleneck with my CPU and I know the game isn't the best port ever.
So what would be a good CPU to use? I am leaning towards one of the new AMD CPU's with more than 4 cores and 8 threads. I am thinking R7 3700x or 3800x. I know I will need a new motherboard and that's fine.
I could go Intel as well. I am not a fanboy of one particular company. But spending $1,000 on a CPU is a bit much. Matter of fact I won't do it even if I could. lol
Maybe one of the 9th gen i7's?
So TL;DR What would be a good CPU to paid with a RTX 2070?
Windows 10 Home Edition 64 bit
ASUS H170 Pro Gaming MOBO
i7 6700
32GB DDR4 RAM (dual channel)
RTX 2070 Super
1 120 GB Mushkin SSD (OS, drivers and so on) ,1 Samsung 860 QVO 2TB SSD, 1 Samsung QVO 4TB SSD
EVGA SuperNova 750 80+ gold 750 watt fully modular
Fractal R5 case
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