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I'm running a 5800x and a 3080 Ti, primarily for gaming and a bit of machine learning (for everything else I use a Mac). As I game at 4K there are definitely sc
by mrtranscendence 4y ago
I'm running a 5800x and a 3080 Ti, primarily for gaming and a bit of machine learning (for everything else I use a Mac). As I game at 4K there are definitely scenarios where upgrading would be helpful; games like Cyberpunk, A Plague Tale: Requiem, or The Callisto Protocol don't run particularly well on my setup. And ray tracing in general can be a challenge.
Of course, 4/5s of what I play are indies that would run on a potato, so it's probably not worth upgrading. I nevertheless probably will build a new computer later on in the year, and a 4080 / 5800x3D combo is awfully tempting ...
- Havoc 4y agoDoes 5800x to 3D make sense? Sounds like a lot of money for a small jump.
- scns 4y agoIt is still the cheapest jump you can make in that position. Other jumps need new mobo + CPU + RAM (AMD) or new mobo + CPU (Intel).
- mrtranscendence 4y agoOops. I meant 7800x3D.
- Teever 4y agoIt depends on how much a used 5800x goes for on marketplace/ebay.
- metadat 4y agoIs this workload really CPU bound at all?
- mrtranscendence 4y agoNot usually, but it can be, particularly when ray tracing is added to the mix. Of the three games I mentioned The Callisto Protocol is very much CPU limited (though more so with more powerful GPUs).
- KVFinn 4y agoRay Tracing is surprisingly CPU bound in a lot of games. Might just be growing pains though, something that will be fixed later.