Question RTX 5070 / 5070ti with Ryzen 7 5800x - Bottleneck

[maxwlrt]

Hello !

I need your expertise to help me make a choice for the potential upgrade of my config. Here it is:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (8 cores / 16 threads)

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

RAM memory: 32 GB DDR4 Corsair (4x8 GB) 3200Mhz

Motherboard: MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C91)

Power supply: Corsair RM850X (850W)

Watercooling: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX

SSD: Samsung SSD 980 pro (2Tb)

This has just turned 3 years old and at the moment I'm playing in 1440p and I'd like in the future (I'm not in a hurry) to go for an RTX 5070 or 5070ti when there's stock at a reasonable price. 
I'd like to know whether my current configuration could accommodate a 5070 without having a high bottleneck or not? If not, which components would you advise me to upgrade at the same time as the GPU in order to have a balanced configuration?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day!

 

[Heat_Fan89]

You could have a bottleneck in 1080p. In 2K it's about 10% which isn't real bad and it is much lower in 4K.

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I just ordered a RX 7800xt to go with an Intel 10th Gen i9-10850K which is going to replace an RTX 3080. It's going to be for 4K. Hopefully that will work and it will save me a few thousand on a new build.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

The term 'bottleneck' is misleading at best. 'Limiting factor' might be more appropriate.

Can your CPU handle the 5070? Yes. Will it play well at 1440p? Yes, it will. Will you have a good experience with it? Yes, you will. The 5800x is still a great gaming CPU. Sure, at lower resolutions other CPU's are slightly quicker. But if you're hitting 150 fps with your current CPU, instead of lets say, 170fps with a newer gen CPU, will you notice the difference? Possibly not. It does depend on other factors too though. Some games will be more CPU limited, and others will be more GPU limited.

I recently went with a 4070 Super, from a 3060ti. Now, I wouldn't ordinarily go from one gen to the next, I'd typically wait for a 2 gen gap, so it would be a substantial increase. With that said the difference is night and day. My 5600x/4070S get my monitor maxed out (170hz) with all the eye candy turned on. I do use DLSS for those games that support it. I do not use FG in games, bar one. Indian Jones. It has some RT features hard baked in the game engine, so you can't switch them off. FG can smooth out the game while playing, and because it's just a single player game, and not that faced paced at all, FG works very well with it.

 

[maxwlrt]

Hey there,

The term 'bottleneck' is misleading at best. 'Limiting factor' might be more appropriate.

Can your CPU handle the 5070? Yes. Will it play well at 1440p? Yes, it will. Will you have a good experience with it? Yes, you will. The 5800x is still a great gaming CPU. Sure, at lower resolutions other CPU's are slightly quicker. But if you're hitting 150 fps with your current CPU, instead of lets say, 170fps with a newer gen CPU, will you notice the difference? Possibly not. It does depend on other factors too though. Some games will be more CPU limited, and others will be more GPU limited.

I recently went with a 4070 Super, from a 3060ti. Now, I wouldn't ordinarily go from one gen to the next, I'd typically wait for a 2 gen gap, so it would be a substantial increase. With that said the difference is night and day. My 5600x/4070S get my monitor maxed out (170hz) with all the eye candy turned on. I do use DLSS for those games that support it. I do not use FG in games, bar one. Indian Jones. It has some RT features hard baked in the game engine, so you can't switch them off. FG can smooth out the game while playing, and because it's just a single player game, and not that faced paced at all, FG works very well with it.

Thank you very much for your detailed reply!

As far as the power supply is concerned, do you think it's enough for this GPU?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Thank you very much for your detailed reply!

As far as the power supply is concerned, do you think it's enough for this GPU?

PSU is perfect for it. You may need to use the 12VP 2x6 pin adaptor with it, but they work very well.

Edit: The power adaptor for the GPU is included with the GPU. You don't need to get one.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

Something to consider before you buy. Gamers Nexus benchmark and review.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhtVic3Vm0Y