Question Ryzen 3600X with an RTX 4080 ?

[Drew P]

I've heard of potential bottlenecking issues with this combo and wanted to see what you would think? Currently trying to drive a 3440x1440 144Hz ultrawide monitor with my setup and my 3070 misses the mark most the time for the higher settings in games. If possible, I wanted to just get a 4080 and not have to upgrade anything else (besides my power supply) including my ryzen 5600x. Would this be a suitable upgrade, or would it be recommended to upgrade to say the 5800x3d or 5900x. Just trying to save money here where possible.

On the other hand, I have been considering the 4070ti or 4070, just not sure if those cards will be able to hit the high/max settings I'm looking for at 144Hz. Either way I'd like a second opinion on the cpu, thanks!

 

[hotaru.hino]

Run all the games you want to play at the lowest settings, including resolution. If the computer can't push 144 FPS, then you need to upgrade the CPU.

If you can afford it, the 5800X3D is a good option. Otherwise the 5600X is a good budget friendly pick.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

I would say save up and get the 5800X3D and the 4080. with that resolution, the 12 gb Vram might be insufficient. the 4080 with its 16gb would be the right choice.

The 5800X3D would be a single time upgrade and would be well worth it for running the upcoming games as well.

 

[Why_Me]

I've heard of potential bottlenecking issues with this combo and wanted to see what you would think? Currently trying to drive a 3440x1440 144Hz ultrawide monitor with my setup and my 3070 misses the mark most the time for the higher settings in games. If possible, I wanted to just get a 4080 and not have to upgrade anything else (besides my power supply) including my ryzen 5600x. Would this be a suitable upgrade, or would it be recommended to upgrade to say the 5800x3d or 5900x. Just trying to save money here where possible.

On the other hand, I have been considering the 4070ti or 4070, just not sure if those cards will be able to hit the high/max settings I'm looking for at 144Hz. Either way I'd like a second opinion on the cpu, thanks!

The 5700X would be a significant upgrade from the 3600 and it's less than $200 USD.

 

[ananniamul]

I've heard of potential bottlenecking issues with this combo and wanted to see what you would think? Currently trying to drive a 3440x1440 144Hz ultrawide monitor with my setup and my 3070 misses the mark most the time for the higher settings in games. If possible, I wanted to just get a 4080 and not have to upgrade anything else (besides my power supply) including my ryzen 5600x. Would this be a suitable upgrade, or would it be recommended to upgrade to say the 5800x3d or 5900x. Just trying to save money here where possible.

On the other hand, I have been considering the 4070ti or 4070, just not sure if those cards will be able to hit the high/max settings I'm looking for at 144Hz. Either way I'd like a second opinion on the cpu, thanks!

The Ryzen 3600X is a great CPU for gaming, but it may bottleneck the RTX 4080 at 1440p and lower resolutions. At 4K, the CPU is less likely to be a bottleneck, but you may still see some performance gains by upgrading to a newer CPU like the Ryzen 5 5600X or Ryzen 7 5800X.

 

[artk2219]

At 4K you should be good, any lower resolution and you may want to consider a new CPU.

4 Years of Ryzen 5, CPU & GPU Scaling Benchmark

We want to see how the Ryzen 5 1600X, 2600X, 3600X and 5600X compare in half a dozen games using the GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3070, Radeon...

www.techspot.com

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ that comment was suitable when GPUs couldn't handle more than 60fps in 4k. We have got 4k 120hz monitors now...

 

[artk2219]

^ that comment was suitable when GPUs couldn't handle more than 60fps in 4k. We have got 4k 120hz monitors now...

The linked article in my comment had an rtx 3090 as the test GPU, the 4080 is only around 30 % or so faster. It's not such an improvement that it would meaningfully skew the results, sure it's still possible you're losing some frames, but maybe 5% or so, not huge. Also, even the rtx 4090 still isn't guaranteed to be able to fully push a 144hz display with the latest games at 4k. Games are only getting more demanding so it'll give even lower performance with newer games in the future, shifting the focus even further back to the GPU and away from the CPU. Even now, we are still a generation or two away from the CPU being the main bottleneck for 4k gaming.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Valid comment if you have ray tracing at 4k ultra. And even then not in all games.