Hello,
Currently I am rocking a Ryzen 5 3600. I managed to get an RTX 3080 which is great but I am a bit disappointed with the fps. I watched countless rtx 3080 benchmarks and barely all match. In the past, when I watched gpu benchmarks, I compared them to mine and they were on point. But not the rtx 3080. It seems that this beast of a card is not consistent with all setups/chips.
The gpu usage is hovering between 40-70% on 1440p max settings for games such as Call of duty warzone, watch dogs 2. Comparing to benchmarks, better chips than the Ryzen 5 3600 consist of higher GPU utilization so I thought maybe my r5 3600 is actually bottlenecking.
But for metro exodus and watch dogs legion (both gpu demanding games), my gpu usage is above 96%. So I figured maybe my ryzen 5 3600 isn't the bottleneck? Eitherway, bottlenecking or not the fps is a bit of a disappointment, comparing to YouTube benchmarks. I'm always lower.
It seems that Intel + RTX 3080 is the best combo, gaining 20-60 fps more than what I'm getting. And now based on early benchmarks, it seems that the new Ryzen 5 5600x beats Intel i9-9900k.
So for my situation, to pair the RTX 3080 with a better chip (since I think ryzen 5 3600 is in fact the bottleneck), would it be a good idea to upgrade to only a one generation higher comparable chip? Or is it just a waste of money going one generation higher to a 'comparable' 6c/12t chip (I highlighted comparable because it's the replacement chip, even though it may be miles better as it is claimed).
Thank you,
Currently I am rocking a Ryzen 5 3600. I managed to get an RTX 3080 which is great but I am a bit disappointed with the fps. I watched countless rtx 3080 benchmarks and barely all match. In the past, when I watched gpu benchmarks, I compared them to mine and they were on point. But not the rtx 3080. It seems that this beast of a card is not consistent with all setups/chips.
The gpu usage is hovering between 40-70% on 1440p max settings for games such as Call of duty warzone, watch dogs 2. Comparing to benchmarks, better chips than the Ryzen 5 3600 consist of higher GPU utilization so I thought maybe my r5 3600 is actually bottlenecking.
But for metro exodus and watch dogs legion (both gpu demanding games), my gpu usage is above 96%. So I figured maybe my ryzen 5 3600 isn't the bottleneck? Eitherway, bottlenecking or not the fps is a bit of a disappointment, comparing to YouTube benchmarks. I'm always lower.
It seems that Intel + RTX 3080 is the best combo, gaining 20-60 fps more than what I'm getting. And now based on early benchmarks, it seems that the new Ryzen 5 5600x beats Intel i9-9900k.
So for my situation, to pair the RTX 3080 with a better chip (since I think ryzen 5 3600 is in fact the bottleneck), would it be a good idea to upgrade to only a one generation higher comparable chip? Or is it just a waste of money going one generation higher to a 'comparable' 6c/12t chip (I highlighted comparable because it's the replacement chip, even though it may be miles better as it is claimed).
Thank you,
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