[SOLVED] When, and on what Games, will I see a difference ?

[Imacflier]

I am making a massive upgrade to an HP EliteDesk 800 G5. I am upgrading the CPU from a i5-9500 to an I9-9900K. I am also upgrading the video from on-chip video to either an RTX-3050 w/8GB or an RTX-3060 w/12GB. There will be no CPU overclock....possibly a graphics overclock.

Will the amount of system ram make any difference?

Now back to the title: When, and on what Games, will I see a difference that depends on the card chosen (both cards are open box and there is only a $50 difference in the price)?

I will play up to 3440 x 1440 @144hz and both cards are Gsync compatible.



TIA,

Larry

 

[Aeacus]

Will the amount of system ram make any difference?

Yes.

When, and on what Games, will I see a difference that depends on the card chosen (both cards are open box and there is only a $50 difference in the price)?

In all games.

I will play up to 3440 x 1440 @144hz and both cards are Gsync compatible.

RTX 3050 is nowhere near powerful enough to be gamed on 2K, especially ultrawide, especially 144 Hz.
RTX 3050 is good 1080p GPU, with 60-100FPS.

RTX 3060 can do 2K with ~60 FPS, but it will struggle on ultrawide, especially at 144 Hz. Or in other words, for most games, RTX 3060 will not give you 144 FPS on your 2K ultrawide monitor.

Here are 2K results for both GPUs, across 13 games. Do note that you have 2K ultrawide, so results (FPS) will be even lower than in TH review.

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review-evga-xc-black

If you want 144 FPS on your 2K ultrawide monitor, minimum you should look at, would be RTX 4070 Ti, while RTX 4080 would be better.

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-review-a-costly-70-class-gpu/5

Only GPU, that can give you 144 FPS at 2K ultrawide, would be RTX 4090.
Here are 4K results. 2K ultrawide is less taxing on GPU, so average FPS is higher, ~130 FPS or so.

 

[Imacflier]

Aeacus
WOW,,,,just WOW!!!
That has to be the best, most thorough, most comprehensive answer I have ever read on ANY subject!!!

Thank you so very much!

Now, I currently have 16 GB of system ram installed. How much should I install?

Thanks, yet again, and, very warm regards,

Larry

 

[Aeacus]

Now, I currently have 16 GB of system ram installed. How much should I install?

Depends on what you use your PC for.

Current gaming, for the most part, can live with 16GB, but latest AAA titles are RAM hoggers, so 32GB would be better. But if you do 3D rendering and the like, then 64GB would be minimum for comfortable use.