[SOLVED] Worth upgrade to ryzen 5800X from 3600 for 3840x1600 160hz gaming ?

[name68]

Hello, now that benchmarks for the new ryzen´s are out, do you think its worth upgrade to ryzen 5800X from 3600 for gaming on my LG 3840x1600 160hz monitor ? GPU is RTX 3080. From benchmarks there is almost no difference in 4k gaming. My resolution 3840x1600 should be approximatly 25% less demanding than 4k. Thanks for your help

 

[siaan312]

Hello, now that benchmarks for the new ryzen´s are out, do you think its worth upgrade to ryzen 5800X from 3600 for gaming on my LG 3840x1600 160hz monitor ? GPU is RTX 3080. From benchmarks there is almost no difference in 4k gaming. My resolution 3840x1600 should be approximatly 25% less demanding than 4k. Thanks for your help

The higher the resolution, the less important the cpu is.

I have an i7 8700k, and a 1440p monitor.

There is 0 difference if I have it at normal 4.3, or overclock it to 5ghz all cores.
Shouldn't matter in your case even more.

 

[mdd1963]

"The higher the resolution, the less important the gpu is. "

Sorry, Sir, but that is quite backwards. I'll assume a typo ensued for ya!

The higher the res, especially 4k, the GPU is 90% the dominant/important factor...

The 3600 is quite competent, and, at 4K, (where one often needs a 2080Ti /3070 or above), I'd suspect the differences in average framerates between 5600 and 3600 to be pretty darn minimal.

 

[siaan312]

"The higher the resolution, the less important the gpu is. "

Sorry, Sir, but that is quite backwards. I'll assume a typo ensued for ya!

The higher the res, especially 4k, the GPU is 90% the dominant/important factor...

The 3600 is quite competent, and, at 4K, (where one often needs a 2080Ti /3070 or above), I'd suspect the differences in average framerates between 5600 and 3600 to be pretty darn minimal.

yup yup yup sorry you are correct. it was a typo.

 

[bkmor21]

3600.... if anything your bottleneck would more likely be RAM SPEED (or latency...) than the cpu. if you have issues you might see if there's a bios update that allows oc of the non "x" cpus. amd does that on some older gen cpus. my [ MSI-B450M-ProM.2 Max ] system is running a R5-2600 and it's got the oc options unlocked even though not x model.

 

[geofelt]

How is you gaming with the 3080?
You were fortunate to get one.

I doubt you have any cpu limitation.

But, here is a backhanded test to see how sensitive your games are to cpu capability:
Limit your cpu, either by reducing the OC, or, in windows power management, limit the maximum cpu% to something like 90%.
Go to control panel/power options/change plan settings/change advanced power settings/processor power management/maximum processor state/
This will simulate what a lack of cpu power will do.
Conversely what a 10% improvement in core speed might do.