Question GTX 1080 and I7-2600

[Dxerid]

Hello everyone! I recently broke my monitor, so I had to get a new one. I decided to get a Ultrawide 1440p75Hz monitor. I currently own a GTX 1060 3GB and an I7-2600 (non-k) but it simply doesnt cut it for ultrawide 1440p gaming. Should I upgrade to a GTX 1080? Maybe 1080Ti? Will the bottleneck be too much? Leave your opinions below please! Help is very much appreciated, thanks!!

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I think it's worth a try (to upgrade your GPU while keeping your current CPU.) Although, I'd try for a new GPU such as an RX 6600 or similar. You will likely find your have a CPU bottleneck though. The RX 6600 is rather fast for that CPU, though it does offer a great value at $220 USD.

 

[candymancan]

Hello everyone! I recently broke my monitor, so I had to get a new one. I decided to get a Ultrawide 1440p75Hz monitor. I currently own a GTX 1060 3GB and an I7-2600 (non-k) but it simply doesnt cut it for ultrawide 1440p gaming. Should I upgrade to a GTX 1080? Maybe 1080Ti? Will the bottleneck be too much? Leave your opinions below please! Help is very much appreciated, thanks!!

If youre on a really deep budget and can only spent $200-250.. get a 1080ti.. I game at 1440P and have had my 1080ti for 5 years.. Its way way way faster than a 1070ti, and way way way way faster than your 1060.. I could still easily play most games at 1440p with my 1080ti.. A lot of games i could even play maxed out and get over 100fps.. like Doom, resident evil games, dying light, and metro exodus.. while others i had to turn down some settings from ultra high to high, and shadows down etc.. but i still didnt have an fps issue.. I just bought a 6900xt though to upgrade finally.

6600xt is nearly identical to a 1080ti and ive seen a 1080ti is a tad faster.... its only 8gb of video memory, honestly i have maxed out my video memory on my 1080ti nearly in a lot of games, to where most games average 9-10gb used.. so id get the 1080ti youre kinda limited on the video memory side of the 6600xt.. Look on ebay, youll find lots of 1080ti's for 200-250$ i just sold mine for $250 2 hour ago

 

[rcald2000]

Hello Dxerid. In order to give you a great answer, I first need to ask a few questions:

When you say " I7-2600 (non-k) ", do you mean the Intel Sandy Bridge CPU circa 2011? (https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html)

Which specific games do you play, and at which settings?

Are you looking to achieve 75 FPS? If not, what average FPS are you looking to hit.

Do you live in the United States? And if not, which country do you live?

What is the precise manufacturer and model of your monitor, and how much did you pay for it?

How much is your total upgrade budget?

Please list the full specs of your current computer; everything including the manufacturer and model of your power supply.

Summary: The reason that I've asked you to confirm your CPU (and platform) is that with a twelve your old CPU, you currently are, and definitely will, leave performance on the table with your existing and future graphics card. The reason that I ask you which games you play is because it's necessary to know that answer, to determine how much performance is needed to achieve your goal. Knowing your country would be helpful, in reference to how far your upgrade budget would go.

FYI: Purchasing a ultrawide 1440p monitor is the least expensive part of the process. The CPU and GPU needed to support that resolution can easily outstrip the cost of the display. With that being said, it's only 75 FPS, so that's not nearly as challenging as 170-240 FPS.

 

[dontlistentome]

Ultrawide 1440p and presumably wanting to take advantage of 75hz refresh rate in gaming is asking a lot of an i7 2600. This depends on the games of course. CPU intensive games aren't going to get a solid 75fps even at 1080p. You are kind of stuck between two choices. One, get the card and deal with the limited performance until you can upgrade to a newer CPU/motherboard/DDR4 system. Two, upgrade to the newer CPU/motherboard/DDR4 first and keep using the 1060 until you can afford a better card. If it was my choice, I'd upgrade the core of the system first. Here where I am, prices on CPUs and motherboards and ram are far more reasonable than prices for videocards. In time videocard prices will keep coming down. Even if I was to buy used parts, the prices for videocards are still a bit too high for me.

 

[Dxerid]

Hello Dxerid. In order to give you a great answer, I first need to ask a few questions:

When you say " I7-2600 (non-k) ", do you mean the Intel Sandy Bridge CPU circa 2011? (https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html)

Which specific games do you play, and at which settings?

Are you looking to achieve 75 FPS? If not, what average FPS are you looking to hit.

Do you live in the United States? And if not, which country do you live?

What is the precise manufacturer and model of your monitor, and how much did you pay for it?

How much is your total upgrade budget?

Please list the full specs of your current computer; everything including the manufacturer and model of your power supply.

Summary: The reason that I've asked you to confirm your CPU (and platform) is that with a twelve your old CPU, you currently are, and definitely will, leave performance on the table with your existing and future graphics card. The reason that I ask you which games you play is because it's necessary to know that answer, to determine how much performance is needed to achieve your goal. Knowing your country would be helpful, in reference to how far your upgrade budget would go.

FYI: Purchasing a ultrawide 1440p monitor is the least expensive part of the process. The CPU and GPU needed to support that resolution can easily outstrip the cost of the display. With that being said, it's only 75 FPS, so that's not nearly as challenging as 170-240 FPS.

Hello!

Yes, that's the one. the good old Sandy Bridge.

I normally play FIFA at low settings (not because of performance, the game doesn't look that awesome anyway), COD:MW2/Warzone at all low settings at 1440p, I play Valorant, CSGO, GTA V, RDR2 and Rocket League at competitive settings and Apex Legends and Forza 5 ocasionally (at medium/high settings.)

The average FPS I want to hit is atleast 60 in all games I play, but of course I would love to use the 75Hz I have.

No, I live in Portugal.

I got an LG Ultrawide monitor, I don't know which one but its 1440p75. I bought it used, I don't remember the price but it was a steal, below 100 bucks for sure

My total upgrade budget is 300/400$.

Here are my specs:

GTX 1060 3GB Single-Fan ASUS
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
16GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM
Kolink 700W KL-C700

 

[rcald2000]

"Portugal". Cool. And could you please link the site that you purchase PC parts from?

 

[Dxerid]

"Portugal". Cool. And could you please link the site that you purchase PC parts from?

No because I bought this gaming station used. Got it from OLX, its basically an European craigslist.

 

[Ar558]

Hello everyone! I recently broke my monitor, so I had to get a new one. I decided to get a Ultrawide 1440p75Hz monitor. I currently own a GTX 1060 3GB and an I7-2600 (non-k) but it simply doesnt cut it for ultrawide 1440p gaming. Should I upgrade to a GTX 1080? Maybe 1080Ti? Will the bottleneck be too much? Leave your opinions below please! Help is very much appreciated, thanks!!

I think if you are gonna upgrade you are gonna want to do the CPU and mobo too as you will be bottlenecking. I suggest at least a 12400 and B660 and a 6750XT is the best value 1440p card.

 

[rcald2000]

Understood. So my next question is: Where would you purchase PC parts from? I honestly think that your money is better invested in a new platform first (i.e. cpu/mb/ram) especially for warzone, valorant, csgo (FPS titles). I'm thinking perhaps an Intel core i3-12100 / core i5-12400 / or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 for the CPU. Whichever platform is the most reasonable cost in your region, probably makes the most sense. I personally like that the Intel LGA 1700 platform is a little more modern, however the AMD AM4 platform has been around for over five years, and there are plenty of fine used motherboard examples on the market.

** notes **

https://www.olx.pt/d/tecnologia-e-informatica/computadores-informatica/

 

[Dxerid]

Understood. So my next question is: Where would you purchase PC parts from? I honestly think that your money is better invested in a new platform first (i.e. cpu/mb/ram) especially for warzone, valorant, csgo (FPS titles). I'm thinking perhaps an Intel core i3-12100 / core i5-12400 / or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 for the CPU. Whichever platform is the most reasonable cost in your region, probably makes the most sense. I personally like that the Intel LGA 1700 platform is a little more modern, however the AMD AM4 platform has been around for over five years, and there are plenty of fine used motherboard examples on the market.

** notes **

https://www.olx.pt/d/tecnologia-e-informatica/computadores-informatica/

I could either buy the parts completely new on places like FNAC or PCDiga (PCDiga is portuguese shop, idk about FNAC) or I could go around the used market and find some deals

 

[Ar558]

I could either buy the parts completely new on places like FNAC or PCDiga (PCDiga is portuguese shop, idk about FNAC) or I could go around the used market and find some deals

If you can afford it new is better as gives peace of mind with warranties etc. If you need to you can buy used but always see the equipment in person and working before you pay up as can be difficult if it goes wrong (Ebay isn't too bad actually given their buyer guarantees).