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4070 or 6800XT? Upgrade CPU or nay? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/pcmasterrace

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Hi guys! So I'm considering upgrading my...veteran PC. Currently, a Core i7 6700 with an Nvidia GTX1070, 16GB RAM running from a Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 (PCIe 3.0) mobo. I'm currently considering to upgrade the GPU to a 6800XT, although I saw the 4070 for a bit cheaper, maybe ~80USD less. I've posted this earlier, and got a helpful reply making me aware both of these cards are already PCIe 4.0, and while the CPU might be a bit bottlenecked, it should be a noticeable performance increase. I've got an additional comment saying otherwise, that even currently with the 1070 the CPU would be bottlenecking. I was not able to reply to these, as my post (on FOSS gaming community) was removed. I guess this is not FOSS enough... So, PCMasterrace, what do you guys think?

Additionally, this veteran mobo would support a slight CPU increase to a 7700, which on the second hand market it wouldn't be all that much money (for what I reckon, not that much performance increase, either). What do you guys think? What should I do?

Thanks!

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[–] iopq 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both run great, Intel runs hotter but has more cores so it can do a lot of multithreaded tasks faster.

AMD has the best watt for watt efficiency in gaming due to excessive cache in the x3d series. Something like 60W in gaming beating 150W+ is kind of amazing. If you don't have a beefy cooler or PSU you can save money going with AMD

Below the top end honestly both can be good, Intel is very cost competitive and offers a combination of good gaming perf and multi-core performance. But I do love AMD's long term support for their platform. AM4 was pretty amazing, I could upgrade my 3600 to a 5800x3d and double my FPS in RTS games.

If it's not too much work, look at what motherboards you would go with and see if that affects your decision.

[–] uranibaba 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Yeah, the LTS options is very attractive. If a can find a motherboard I am happy with, I would prefer not to have to replace it when I upgrade CPU the next time.