[SOLVED] gtx 970 to a 1080

[pmase01]

currently have an asus G11CD with an intel i5, gta 970 graphics card
and 16gb of memory, looking to upgrade my card to a 1080,
currently playing flight sim 2020 and it isn't the smoothest so my question is,
if i upgrade to a 1080 am i likely to get a more smoother flight? or am i
maybe looking at upgrading the cpu and motherboard?

 

[bishopi5]

What i5 do you have??

Why a 1080? are you getting it free? second hand for cheap? 3070 is less then 1 month away and faster then 2080ti for same price as 1070

 

[pmase01]

What i5 do you have??

Why a 1080? are you getting it free? second hand for cheap? 3070 is less then 1 month away and faster then 2080ti for same price as 1070

its an i5-6400, would the 3070 fit in my machine?

 

[bishopi5]

Yes will be same size as 1080 maybe smaller

That i5 will deffintely bottleneck a 3070 or 1080, especially at 1080p, upgrading your CPU to something decent would be much more beneficial then the jump from a 970 to a 1080, if your using 1080p i feel like you wont see a great deal of performance increase with the 3070 due to your CPU

 

[pmase01]

Yes will be same size as 1080 maybe smaller

That i5 will deffintely bottleneck a 3070 or 1080, especially at 1080p, upgrading your CPU to something decent would be much more beneficial then the jump from a 970 to a 1080, if your using 1080p i feel like you wont see a great deal of performance increase with the 3070 due to your CPU

so would you say to upgrade my cpu to an i5 8400 or higher?

 

[faalin]

Sadly for your motherboard you're locked to the Gen 6 and 7 cpus from intel, so the i7- 7700(k) would be the best cpu you could put on that board.

Moving to a 8xxx or 9xxx series Intel cpu would mean you would have to change your motherboard as well.