Terrible FPS (20-40). Should I upgrade from a Ryzen 5 3500x (3600 equivalent) to a Ryzen 7 5700x?

[Shart Master General]

As the topic title suggests, I am getting far lower fps in this game than I should be. I run it at 1440 with a RX 6650 XT and 16 GB of RAM. Even when I lower the resolution to 1080 and use low settings, the framerate increase is negligible. When playing with bots, the framerate is much better and more stable.

The Dead Space remake runs at 75 FPS in 1440 at medium settings, about 45 FPS at Ultra settings, when I overclock my 3500x, and that game is extremely demanding. Jedi Survivor runs terrible, however, with an average 27 FPS unless I overclock, giving me closer to 40 FPS.

I guess what I'm asking is will I get a noticeable rise in FPS playing at 1440 if I upgrade?

Also, should I get the Ryzen 5 5600x instead of the 7 5700x? I'm leaning toward the latter in order to future proof any reccomended requirements for the rest of the year, until I upgrade to an AM5 board with Ryzen 7000 series.

Thanks in advance.

[Viking2121]

Well the 5700x will play this game better for sure, this game hammers CPU,so more faster threads is generally better. But your 6650xt is holding you back as well.

I'd have to say upgrade your GPU to a 6700xt 3060 range and you should see more fps, if not much in bf 2042, definitely in other games at 1080p and 1440p, upgrade the CPU later when they get even cheaper or look around for used 5600x or better.

That's how is go about it, I know I don't just play one game and a GPU upgrade would be more beneficial to you all round than just a CPU upgrade.

Good luck!

[Lord-Knight Fandragon]

Ryzen 5 3500? I have a Ryzen 5 2600 and was using a 1060 3gb GPU, was getting 30-50 FPS, the game did run like ass.

I upgraded to a 3060 Ventus 3 and FPS improved to atleast 100-120 in battles. The map Spearhead that previously, was completely unplayable due to being an absolute slide show, became more or less buttery smooth after my GPU upgrade.

Ooooh, also, also, putting your graphics on low does not put your graphics on low. Enders actually has a video on this lol....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xys4MIriKcU

Judging by the comparison clip, id say the graphics dont go lower than high currently.

[Shart Master General]

Hey thanks friend. I already ordered that Ryzen 7 5700x. I bought the 6650xt back in June and it's the most powerful 8 MB Radeon card so I'm going to hold out for a 16 MB card when they are affordable and just skip the 12 MB cards. We will see how long that sentiment lasts though but I have my fingers crossed the cheapest 16 GB (6800xt) will be under $400 by the end of the year (it is at $550 right now) during the Black Friday sales. I do appreciate your advice!