Help me pick my next GPU

[Citizen Cook]

Current Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Nvidia 3080 RTX (12GB)
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB RAM (DDR5 6000MT/s)
Western Digital Black SN850 NVME (2TB)

I play primarily on a large LG C2 OLED TV at 4K resolution (using DLSS 2) with a controller with Big Picture.

I was wondering what the best GPU I could pair with my CPU before the CPU would become a bottleneck. (Remember I’m playing at 4K, not 1440 or 1080p)

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

There is no point worrying about bottleneck with modern CPU like this, get the best GPU you can afford for 4K.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I would wait for the Nvidia RTX 50 series if you go with Nvidia.

[Citizen Cook]

Origineel geplaatst door Rumpelcrutchskin:

There is no point worrying about bottleneck with modern CPU like this, get the best GPU you can afford for 4K.

So you’re telling me that a 4090 wouldn’t bottleneck my CPU?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Origineel geplaatst door Citizen Cook:

Origineel geplaatst door Rumpelcrutchskin:

There is no point worrying about bottleneck with modern CPU like this, get the best GPU you can afford for 4K.

So you’re telling me that a 4090 wouldn’t bottleneck my CPU?

Yep. in 4K the GPU will be doing the lion`s share of work anyway.

[Citizen Cook]

Origineel geplaatst door Rumpelcrutchskin:

Origineel geplaatst door Citizen Cook:

So you’re telling me that a 4090 wouldn’t bottleneck my CPU?

Yep. in 4K the GPU will be doing the lion`s share of work anyway.

That’s interesting. I know we don’t know the specs yet, but I do wonder if a 5090 would bottleneck my CPU at 4K.

[Illusion of Progress]

There is always a bottleneck. That's a result of parts not having infinite performance, so something will always be the slowest link in the chain.

What part the bottleneck is, and by how much, constantly varies (as it's workload dependent).

You're better off not worrying about the overemphasized buzzword of the 2020s, because it can not be avoided. It's only time to worry if performance is below your desired levels, and if it is, then you find out what the bottleneck is and upgrade it.

With an RTX 3080, I don't think anything short of an RTX 4090 is worth it (and even that I think is pretty questionable given pricing). But since this is 4K, sometimes every little bit matters, and the RTX 4080/7900 XTX might be worth looking into if you find your current performance too low.

[Tiberius]

The one you can afford

[Χάρης]

Origineel geplaatst door Citizen Cook:

Origineel geplaatst door Rumpelcrutchskin:

Yep. in 4K the GPU will be doing the lion`s share of work anyway.

That’s interesting. I know we don’t know the specs yet, but I do wonder if a 5090 would bottleneck my CPU at 4K.

Just wait for the 5080/5090 series to come out. The prices of 4090's a slowly dropping and they will probably drop even more once the new GPU's arrive.

[Sigma957]

Bad time to buy. Prices are inflated. Wait until 2026 or after if you can.

[GGcake]

get a RTX 6090 ti when it comes out.

[Brutalness]

Rtx 4090

[Introverted Gamer]

RTX 7090 or 8090

[Introverted Gamer]

or 9090 or wait until Nvidia Reset the name again.

[⛧jakey⛧]

4090, i'd switch to Intel.

[BionicSeaSerpent]

7900XTX