Question Upgrading from a GTX 970 to a RTX 3060 with an i7 6700k

[Rush4K]

Hi all,

I'm about to upgrade from a GTX 970 to RTX 3060 with an i7 6700k but i've seen that maybe I will get bottleneck...

RTX 3060 is now around 290€-300€ and I know is a massive change coming from a GTX 970.

I don't play very demanding games. I play eFootball and old COD'S but I'm thinking to buy MW3 2023 when it releases...I tried MW2 with my GTX 970 and I had to put graphics very low and still not getting the fps I want.

Should I invest 300 euros with the RTX 3060 knowing that my cpu will lack my performance? I'm doubtful

I play 1080p

 

[NanoSuit3]

Well, depending on what game you'll be playing as long as it's not the CPU dependent and it's of a well compromised game you should be fine. Genral tasking is under the bottlenecking threshold but when gaming like Apex Legends which I play all the time would neck at 7.4% over the CPU. If anything I'd say go for a 2080 Ti as it's a better choice and is much faster but may cost more or get another 970 and run SLI or something. Food for thoughts.........................

 

[Nighthawk117]

I had to put graphics very low and still not getting the fps I want

What fps did you want and what were you getting?

 

[Rush4K]

What fps did you want and what were you getting?

I have a 75hz monitor and I had to put down the resolution to 900p and I was getting 50 fps on shipment map

 

[Nighthawk117]

I have a 75hz monitor and I had to put down the resolution to 900p and I was getting 50 fps on shipment map

It sounds like a GPU bottleneck in that instance, have you confirmed that the GPU was fully utilised at this time with something like MSI Afterburner?

I used a 3080 with my 6700K for about 6 months before upgrading, I would say that a 3060 would still be worthwhile. However 4 cores/8 threads is showing it's age at this point.

 

[Rush4K]

It sounds like a GPU bottleneck in that instance, have you confirmed that the GPU was fully utilised at this time with something like MSI Afterburner?

I used a 3080 with my 6700K for about 6 months before upgrading, I would say that a 3060 would still be worthwhile. However 4 cores/8 threads is showing it's age at this point.

Yes I see that the gtx 970 is too "weak" for the i7 6700k too

 

[Nighthawk117]

Yes I see that the gtx 970 is too "weak" for the i7 6700k too

I upgraded from a 1060 6GB, games like Red Dead Redemption 2 for example, will be much better with a new GPU even with the 6700K. It's just the experience would still be a better if you paired the same 3060 GPU with a more recent CPU.

 

[Nighthawk117]

To be honest, the 3060 is so affordable these days I wouldn't really think twice about it.

 

[Rush4K]

I'm about to buy the MSI 3060 299€

 

[Nighthawk117]

I'm about to buy the MSI 3060 299€

I don't think it really matters too much which one you buy tbh.