Question Interested in buying a 4070 super, wanted to know if it would bottleneck with my current CPU

[zalanka]

I've recently became interested in buying a 4070 super and I currently own a Ryzen 5 5600x

Would there be any significant bottlenecks with a Ryzen 5 5600x and should I consider getting a better CPU or not really?
I've also read that the 4070 super requires a PCIe express 4.0 while my current mobo has a PCIe 3.0

 

[kanewolf]

I've recently became interested in buying a 4070 super and I currently own a Ryzen 5 5600x

Would there be any significant bottlenecks with a Ryzen 5 5600x and should I consider getting a better CPU or not really?
I've also read that the 4070 super requires a PCIe express 4.0 while my current mobo has a PCIe 3.0

Worrying about "bottlenecking" is asking the wrong question, IMO.
You should ask "Will I get a performance boost from a 4070ti?" Or "Will I notice a difference from my current X000 graphics card?"

 

[hotaru.hino]

The better question to ask is does the 5600X perform to where you want it still? You can test this out by running games at their lowest quality settings, including the resolution. If you don't like this value, upgrade the CPU. The CPU determines the actual performance you can achieve. The GPU is just there to make the frames look pretty.

Otherwise just upgrade the GPU until you no longer see any performance improvement.

 

[Unolocogringo]

My combo works fine for me.
5600X and 4070.
Plays Rust, RDR2 ,DCS, MFS, Warthunder, high,max,or ultra settings.
Am I missing 10% of the frames (130 instead of 143) ?????
I cant tell to be honest between 100-130 so 143 is nothing to be concerned about.

Download and install Ryzen master.
open it and run Curve optimizer for all core and per core.
Will take a little while to finish all.
Make note of the lowest setting for all cores and single cores.
Reboot into bios.
Go to AMD overclocking.
Curve optimizer.
Enter a value 2 or 3 lower than the software lowest setting.
For example if you got 30 enter 27- 3 less.
If you got 20 enter 18-2 less.
Save and exit.
Your CPU will now use less power and boost to higher speeds with less voltage.
This can eliminate that 10% performance hit from not upgrading the CPU.
My 5600x with Curve optimizer performs like a stock 5800x for single core. Which is most important for games.
You can check my CPUZ validation below.
Of course your results may be better or worse.
Luck of the silicone lottery.

 

[zalanka]

My combo works fine for me.
5600X and 4070.
Plays Rust, RDR2 ,DCS, MFS, Warthunder, high,max,or ultra settings.
Am I missing 10% of the frames (130 instead of 143) ?????
I cant tell to be honest between 100-130 so 143 is nothing to be concerned about.

Download and install Ryzen master.
open it and run Curve optimizer for all core and per core.
Will take a little while to finish all.
Make note of the lowest setting for all cores and single cores.
Reboot into bios.
Go to AMD overclocking.
Curve optimizer.
Enter a value 2 or 3 lower than the software lowest setting.
For example if you got 30 enter 27- 3 less.
If you got 20 enter 18-2 less.
Save and exit.
Your CPU will now use less power and boost to higher speeds with less voltage.
This can eliminate that 10% performance hit from not upgrading the CPU.
My 5600x with Curve optimizer performs like a stock 5800x for single core. Which is most important for games.
You can check my CPUZ validation below.
Of course your results may be better or worse.
Luck of the silicone lottery.

Thanks, I will definitely try that, appreciate it a lot