Hi, I'm currently debating if I should upgrade or not.
My current rig is
CPU: I7 4790k
Mobo: H81m-c
Ram: 8gb DDR3 1600mhz
PSU: Corsair 600w platinum
GPU: Gigabyte 2060 OC
The issue I'm having is I noticed I wasn't able to reach a solid 144 FPS on my old 1060 in the games I played (R6, CoD MW, WoW etc) so I looked at benchmarks and saw the 2060 can ultra most of these at 144, so in turn I bought an RTX 2060 and a 1080p 144hz monitor. However when I installed the GPU, booted up windows installed drivers etc, both R6 and CoD where only hitting about 120-130 FPS with everything uncapped, on lower settings than I had on my 1060, this is also lower FPS than on my 1060, although my monitor is now 144hz and my GPU is a newer generation, I'm getting lesser FPS with a kit that should frankly be so much better.
the only games I predominantly play are R6 and CoD MW - and with my 1060 I was able to run them on medium at about 100fps @1080p on my 144hz monitor, however now I've switched to my 2060 and set the display to 144hz I get about 120 at lower settings with insane drops in fps from 130 to 1fps, so I took a look in the task manager and saw my CPU and RAM was hitting 100% usage at the exact times I was dropping. I can see why my RAM may max out as its old and slow and not that much now adays. But how come the 4790k - I've seen it fairly compete fairly well still - especially regarding FPS in games, when swapped out for new chips there only seems to be a 2-3 fps increase from what I've seen.
Would upgrading to the Ryzen 7 3700x stop this bottleneck issue or not really? - this upgrade would inturn lead to 16GB DDR4 3600mhz? or would a 3800x be a more worth choice? Thanks.
My current rig is
CPU: I7 4790k
Mobo: H81m-c
Ram: 8gb DDR3 1600mhz
PSU: Corsair 600w platinum
GPU: Gigabyte 2060 OC
The issue I'm having is I noticed I wasn't able to reach a solid 144 FPS on my old 1060 in the games I played (R6, CoD MW, WoW etc) so I looked at benchmarks and saw the 2060 can ultra most of these at 144, so in turn I bought an RTX 2060 and a 1080p 144hz monitor. However when I installed the GPU, booted up windows installed drivers etc, both R6 and CoD where only hitting about 120-130 FPS with everything uncapped, on lower settings than I had on my 1060, this is also lower FPS than on my 1060, although my monitor is now 144hz and my GPU is a newer generation, I'm getting lesser FPS with a kit that should frankly be so much better.
the only games I predominantly play are R6 and CoD MW - and with my 1060 I was able to run them on medium at about 100fps @1080p on my 144hz monitor, however now I've switched to my 2060 and set the display to 144hz I get about 120 at lower settings with insane drops in fps from 130 to 1fps, so I took a look in the task manager and saw my CPU and RAM was hitting 100% usage at the exact times I was dropping. I can see why my RAM may max out as its old and slow and not that much now adays. But how come the 4790k - I've seen it fairly compete fairly well still - especially regarding FPS in games, when swapped out for new chips there only seems to be a 2-3 fps increase from what I've seen.
Would upgrading to the Ryzen 7 3700x stop this bottleneck issue or not really? - this upgrade would inturn lead to 16GB DDR4 3600mhz? or would a 3800x be a more worth choice? Thanks.
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