Question Is it true that in 1440p is when GPU become more dependant then CPU ?

[Od86x]

I am choosing between 9800x3d , 7850x and 9950x. I am majoring in cybersecurity so I will have to run like VMs machines , occasionally do video editing in DaVinci Resolve and do play Xplane12 and waiting for GTA6.
I have 10700k and 4070ti 12gb and 1440p.
Just wonder is it big difference 9800x3d and 9950x in 1440p while playing games ?
Do GPU more important in 1440p?

 

[Math Geek]

at 1440p you start to be more gpu dependent. does not mean the cpu becomes unimportant, but a lot more of the load is on the gpu for sure.

vm's will want more cores the more vm's you create as well as tons of ram to split between everything. any of those cpu's will game very well to the point it's not really worth worrying about. i'd focus on being sure it will handle the vm's and editing you want to do and that you have enough ram for those tasks.

your gpu will handle the gaming needs so long as it is up to 1440p gaming.

as a side note, every game is different in how it uses resources. so one game might tax the gpu more and another might use more cpu power. yet another might need both to be as strong as possible. so there really isn't any hard rule to what to favor.

 

[Od86x]

at 1440p you start to be more gpu dependent. does not mean the cpu becomes unimportant, but a lot more of the load is on the gpu for sure.

vm's will want more cores the more vm's you create as well as tons of ram to split between everything. any of those cpu's will game very well to the point it's not really worth worrying about. i'd focus on being sure it will handle the vm's and editing you want to do and that you have enough ram for those tasks.

your gpu will handle the gaming needs so long as it is up to 1440p gaming.

as a side note, every game is different in how it uses resources. so one game might tax the gpu more and another might use more cpu power. yet another might need both to be as strong as possible. so there really isn't any hard rule to what to favor.

Thank you very much .

 

[Math Geek]

i ended up with a 5900x and 64 gb ram for my vm needs. i also dabble in cybersecurity and it is often useful to build an entire virtual network with switches, servers, clients and so on.

think about what you may need to work with and plan accordingly now. over provision a little bit just in case, but 12-16 cores should be enough along with hyperthreading

 

[Gaidax]

I am choosing between 9800x3d , 7850x and 9950x. I am majoring in cybersecurity so I will have to run like VMs machines , occasionally do video editing in DaVinci Resolve and do play Xplane12 and waiting for GTA6.
I have 10700k and 4070ti 12gb and 1440p.
Just wonder is it big difference 9800x3d and 9950x in 1440p while playing games ?
Do GPU more important in 1440p?

Just wait a few months and get 9950X3D or 9900X3D and you will have it all.

CPU is still plenty important at 1440p, but then your 4070Ti is not such a huge superstar, so I doubt either of the options listed will be an issue with it.

Now if you'd to upgrade to 5090 or some such - then 100% anything but 9800X3D (or above upcoming options) would bottleneck it at 1440p.

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Other than that, you kind of need to be a bit real with yourself here. From what you're telling - you're not really a professional there, just a student. 9800X3D will be plenty fine to run a few VMs for practice AND game same time.

Unless you go full ham with those VMs - the biggest bottleneck is always RAM for these.

 

[Od86x]

9950x3d not in my budget .
9950x is high I can go.

 

[alceryes]

In addition to what others have said, note that the CPU or GPU bottleneck, at a particular resolution, changes depending on your particular hardware and the game in question.

Some games can still show the CPU being the limiting factor at 4K, just as others may show the GPU still being the limiting factor at 1080p.

 

[Gaidax]

9950x3d not in my budget .
9950x is high I can go.

Then just get 9800X3D and don't gaslight yourself with this nonsense as if you need zillion cores CPU to run a few amateur hour Linux VMs - as I say, you are going to be bottlenecked by RAM there long before CPU.

 

[Od86x]

Thank you, I will think about that. Thank you guys for your time .