I have a dilemma and need some advice.
I bought a new ultra-wide display (34”/3440x1440) and a new graphic cards to go with it (GTX1080). Although the difference from my previous system is staggering, I was surprised to see that I was still not able to play some AAA games at Ultra or even very high and had to lower a lot of the graphical settings such as textures etc.
I am thinking of either getting a second graphic card and SLI or get at new CPU - which means I’ll have to also change my motherboard. Price-wise it is roughly the same to go CPU or GPU.
What do you think? Is my CPU the bottleneck since it’s a few generations back? would getting a second GPU increase my performance by a lot or is it simply the high resolution that is the main issue?
My Rig:
CPU: i5 4690k 3.5Ghz O/C to 4.6Ghz
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080FTW2 Gaming iCX
Monitor: 34 inch @ 3440x1440 Asus ROG PG348Q
Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme 4
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-D14
PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V
RAM: G.Skill - Ripjaws X - 16GB (DDR3 2133)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Windows 10
I bought a new ultra-wide display (34”/3440x1440) and a new graphic cards to go with it (GTX1080). Although the difference from my previous system is staggering, I was surprised to see that I was still not able to play some AAA games at Ultra or even very high and had to lower a lot of the graphical settings such as textures etc.
I am thinking of either getting a second graphic card and SLI or get at new CPU - which means I’ll have to also change my motherboard. Price-wise it is roughly the same to go CPU or GPU.
What do you think? Is my CPU the bottleneck since it’s a few generations back? would getting a second GPU increase my performance by a lot or is it simply the high resolution that is the main issue?
My Rig:
CPU: i5 4690k 3.5Ghz O/C to 4.6Ghz
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080FTW2 Gaming iCX
Monitor: 34 inch @ 3440x1440 Asus ROG PG348Q
Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme 4
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-D14
PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V
RAM: G.Skill - Ripjaws X - 16GB (DDR3 2133)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Windows 10
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