What should I upgrade?

[dantestellarjr]

System Specs:
Ryzen 5 1600
8 gb ddr4 2400
stock CPU cooler
RX 550 2gb
tomahawk B350 motherboard
EVGA 550 gold power supply
Windows 10 pro 64 bit

Lately when I run Fortnite, there has been a lot of lag, and frame rate drops from 80, to like 20 fps, and the loading screens occasionally take a very long time to load. I was curious if this was do to me not having enough ram, or the GPU. (I am somewhat confident it is the second one) However I wasn't sure if it was do t there not being a lot of ram, because I know some games like PUBG require a lot of RAM to load textures. Anyway, please respond ASAP with an answer.

Thanks

 

[The Paladin]

there has been a lot of mention on forums about fortnite being producing lower FPS since last update.
if you feel you need an upgrade, then suggest 16GB ram and or a better video card.

 

[king3pj]

More RAM is always nice but I think a better GPU will make a much more noticeable difference. A GTX 1050 Ti is a nice budget card that is a step up from your RX 550. A RX 580 or GTX 1060 would be a great upgrade if you can squeeze them into your budget though.

 

[dontlistentome]

You have enough ram for Fortnite. Besides possible issues on their end, that RX 550 is not really a gaming card. I mean, it's not terrible but consider the RX 560 to be the entry level gaming card. I'd try running at 720p for now. So if you're into AMD you're looking at a 1024 stream processor 560 or a 570 as possible upgrades, depending on how much of an upgrade you want. Or a 1050 to 1060 on the Nvidia side.

 

[dantestellarjr]

You have enough ram for Fortnite. Besides possible issues on their end, that RX 550 is not really a gaming card. I mean, it's not terrible but consider the RX 560 to be the entry level gaming card. I'd try running at 720p for now. So if you're into AMD you're looking at a 1024 stream processor 560 or a 570 as possible upgrades, depending on how much of an upgrade you want. Or a 1050 to 1060 on the Nvidia side.

Yeah, I am also looking at upgrading to either an asus strix or evga SC 1070 card, or even a 1070 founders edition, but I don' know what to get. Which card should I get?