Question GPU recommendations for a B450 Pro4 board with Ryzen 7 5800X3D and 32GB RAM ?

[Voodoo3_5800X3D]

Hello,

I am looking for recommendations on a new GPU for my machine (preferably Nvidia). My motherboard seems to be a bottleneck, but I would like to get a few more years out of this build, and the GPU seems like the best upgrade to make:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor, 3.40 GHz
RAM	32.0 GB (30.9 GB usable)
GPU	GeForce RTX 2060
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4
Monitor 1	Acer KG271 C (144 hz)
Monitor 2	HP M27ha (60 hz)
System	Windows 10 (64-bit operating system, x64-based processor)

From what I've seen, my B450 Pro4 chipset only supports PCIe 3.0. It looks like a GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080, RTX 4060 Ti, and 4070 Ti Super all seem like good options, but I wanted to see if I’m missing any other contenders. I am under the impression the 4070 Ti Super is just about the most powerful Nvidia option for my Mobo. I'm only 144 hz at 1080p.

Am I right in thinking a new GPU will breathe a few more years of life into this machine now that I have a 5800X3D?

Thanks!

 

[Aeacus]

From what I've seen, my B450 Pro4 chipset only supports PCIe 3.0. It looks like a GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080,

PCI-E 4.0 GPU works as fine in PCI-E 3.0. Diff is 1%-3% depending on reso.

E.g RTX 4090 tested in all PCI-E revisions,
review: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/28.html

So, you can go as high as RTX 5090, given that you have PSU to support it (easy 1,2kW unit, preferably 1,6kW unit).

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Also for contenders you could also look at amd cards like the 7600, 7600xt, 7700xt, 7800xt etc. though amd is supposed to be bringing new cards out in March like the 9070 and 9070 xt, they claim those should be better with ray tracing, they be contenders as well.

 

[beyondlogic]

Hello,

I am looking for recommendations on a new GPU for my machine (preferably Nvidia). My motherboard seems to be a bottleneck, but I would like to get a few more years out of this build, and the GPU seems like the best upgrade to make:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor, 3.40 GHz
RAM	32.0 GB (30.9 GB usable)
GPU	GeForce RTX 2060
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4
Monitor 1	Acer KG271 C (144 hz)
Monitor 2	HP M27ha (60 hz)
System	Windows 10 (64-bit operating system, x64-based processor)

From what I've seen, my B450 Pro4 chipset only supports PCIe 3.0. It looks like a GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080,
RTX 4060 Ti, and 4070 Ti Super all seem like good options, but wanted to see if I’m missing any contenders. I am under the impression the 4070 Ti Super is just about the most powerful Nvidia option for my Mobo. I'm only 144 hz at 1080p.

Am I right in thinking a new GPU will breathe a few more years of life into this machine now that I have a 5800X3D?

Thanks!

4070 super is also a good option im using it for 1440p and it does fine. pulls max 220w

 

[JayGau]

At 1080p, PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 will not make much difference, so as long as your mobo has a 16x slot and you have the psu to power it, any card will work, but a 4090 (or 5090) will likely be bottlenecked by the 5800X3D. I guess a 4070 or 7900XT would be good options for this CPU. But if I was you I would also invest on a new monitor. There are many good and affordable 1440p options on the market and a 4070/5800x3d combo is perfect for this.

 

[Aeacus]

but a 4090 (or 5090) will likely be bottlenecked by the 5800X3D.

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, FPS will always be limited by what CPU or GPU can provide, thus, there is no such thing as "bottleneck".

E.g RTX 4090 tested in all PCI-E revisions,
review: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/28.html

There's now RTX 5090 tested in all PCI-E revisions as well, whereby you can see how PCI-E 5.0 GPU fares in PCI-E 3.0 slot. Diff is negligible 4%.
Review: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/32.html

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Have a look at the Toms gpu comparison charts, see what lines up with what. Look at the reviews across sites, don’t just trust Toms, see what other reviewers think..

Check the prices for cards that seem suitable for your use case, the games you want to play and make a choice.

4070ti super roughly aligns with the RX7900xt.
The RX7900xt runs most games really well, its raster performance is excellent.

The 4070ti super has better ray tracing according to common wisdom, better upscaling, and such. Playing at 1080p the upscaling is irrelevant, maybe ray tracing is a factor but that is your choice.