3060 with an i7 9700k?

[FXL Force]

I’m wondering if I should upgrade my rx 580 to a 3060, but I have an I7 9700k and I’m wondering if my cpu won’t be able to handle it. I have 16gb of ram, a 750W PSU, and play on 1080p. Would a 3060 be a good purchase for an upgrade or not? The I7 9700K is the best cpu I could get with my motherboard.

[_I_]

yes
3060 is not super strong

depending on the res, if running 1440p or 4k it will be gpu limited on demanding games
but at 1080p high refresh rate, it may be cpu limited

[Bad 💀 Motha]

3060 isn't even a good choice for 1440p or 2160p (4K)

But yea that CPU would have no problems along side a RTX 3090 / 4070 Ti / 4080

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

RX 6800 would be better option. Wont cost that much more and easily beats RTX 4060 Ti.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

^ Yes, also good choice; 6800 or 6800 XT

[lailaamell]

Originally posted by FXL Force:

I’m wondering if I should upgrade my rx 580 to a 3060, but I have an I7 9700k and I’m wondering if my cpu won’t be able to handle it. I have 16gb of ram, a 750W PSU, and play on 1080p. Would a 3060 be a good purchase for an upgrade or not? The I7 9700K is the best cpu I could get with my motherboard.

Dont get an low end barly 1080p gpu its barly able to play most of the newer games

[Tonepoet]

I wouldn't but that's just because I'm anticipating Battle Mage later this year, and possibly sooner rather than later.

An RX 580 is good enough to at least meet minimum requirements for most games which aren't exclusive to ray tracing for now. In this list of the top 20 most graphically demanding games right now, the only four have minimums requirements that exceed the capabilities of an RX 580[www.thegamer.com], which are Starfield (GTX 1070 ti), Dragon Dogma's 2 (RX 5500 XT), Ark Survival (5600 XT) and Alen Wake 2 (RX 6600). Even then, the RX 580 is only just barely worse than the 5500 XT so you'd probably take a chance on Dragon's Dogma 2 working anyway first. Granted, 1080p30 on Cyberpunk 2077 isn't sounding so hot if you're only aiming to meet minimum, but meh, that's playable.

When I do upgrade, I'd want it either be as recent of an upgrade as possible or at the steepest discount for the given part possible. It's worth seeing how battle mage will shake up the market, since Intel is competing in the sub $300 price range.

Plus at this point in time I might consider an Intel Arc A770 over an RTX 3060 anyway even if I wasn't going to wait for battlemage.

Originally posted by smallcat:

80% faster , 4GB VRAM more , draws less power . The CPU can handle it .

Maybe 4 Gigs. more V.R.A.M. Some variants of the 580 have 8 gigs. of V.R.A.M. Most recent ones in fact. We haven't been told how much V.R.A.M. this 580 has.

Oh, some variants of the 3060 have 12 gigs of V.R.A.M. Others only have 8 though, so still only maybe 4 gigs more.

[Viking2121]

I ran a 6800xt on a stock 9700k, it did really well, I sold it though so I can't really comment on performance now with it. The 6800xt is faster than the 3060 so you'd be fine with the 9700k.

[lailaamell]

just make sure get anything with more than 12gigs of vram for 1080p gaming

[Iron Knights]

Intel + Nvidia is a better mix than Intel + AMD. Though the RX-580 can still hold its own, the newer RTX 3060 is better, might even play 4K at a lower FPS. But if you can afford it why not 3080 ?

[Viking2121]

Originally posted by Iron Knights:

Intel + Nvidia is a better mix than Intel + AMD. Though the RX-580 can still hold its own, the newer RTX 3060 is better, might even play 4K at a lower FPS. But if you can afford it why not 3080 ?

No..... It doesn't work like that, if you think so, post proof

[Kerozen1973]

I agree with you buddies. But be careful with 3060 12gb or 8gb

[_I_]

Originally posted by Iron Knights:

Intel + Nvidia is a better mix than Intel + AMD. Though the RX-580 can still hold its own, the newer RTX 3060 is better, might even play 4K at a lower FPS. But if you can afford it why not 3080 ?

just because amd makes cpus and gpus does not mean its any worse to mix intel cpu with amd gpu, or amd cpu with nvidia gpu

thats just dumb, why would either cut off about half the pc market because they want to give better performance depending on the other components?

there are always bottlenecks, some cpus cant prepare frames faster than the gpu can draw them, or the reverse, does not make the mix any different if you swap cpu/gpu for similar performing from amd/intel/nvidia

some lower end gpus are limited to 8x pci-e 4.0 lanes
which does cut their performance on older pci-e 3.0 cpus and boards
best to avoid products like that if you can
4060 and 3060 are limited to 8x pci-e lanes, on 3.0 board they will not perform as good as they do in pci-e 4.0 boards

anything can play games at 4k, even intel hd/uhd, but not at a playable fps
so why even mention that?

what kind of world do you live in where everyone can afford a 3080 ($700usd) or better at the same cost of a 4060($300usd)?

hes running a rx 580 (from 2017), im sure if he could afford a better gpu sooner he would have done so already
rx580 is not bad, but is showing its age, its weaker than a 1660, close to 1060 6g but more vram

[jphendren]

I’m using a 9700k with a 4090, works great. I’m gaming at 4K, so CPU isn’t much of an issue. Previously I used it with a 2080 Super and a then a 3090. This CPU has gone the distance.

[_I_]

the problem is with older cpus, that they are pci-e 3.0
the 4060 and 3060 are pci-e 4.0 but with 8 lanes

using them with the older cpu/mobo is they will be forced to run at pci-e 3.0 at 8 lanes forcing a bottleneck there, when they starve for data

3070/4070 and better have all 16 lanes and not harmed by pci-e 3.0

[_I_]

yea, but its still going to slow it down at some times
the cpu/mobo do have 16 lanes, but the gpu can only use 8

an i5/i7 will show off the gpus pci-e bottleneck more, never max out gpu when its starved for data