GPU improvement would do more for you.
Do you do a lot of VM work? Other stuff that's CPU heavy?
AMD open source drivers are great on linux tho I used nVidia for a long time with Fedora and had no issues
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Not really, I do use VMs but not normally just 1 or 2 at a time, and I don’t think I’ve ever run into cpu issues with them (usually it’s disk usage if anything) Maybe the occasional bit of emulation but nothing that’s caused me any issues so far.
I’m still struggling between Nvidia and AMD on the gpu side, I’m looking at the 4070/ti/super vs the RX7800 XT, and the Nvidia cards seem to win in everything except VRAM and Linux compatibility. And there’s not much of a price difference between the standard 4070 and the RX7800 XT
Games simply don't benefit enough for the cost of a new processor, let alone new motherboard and ram.
A new GPU will almost always the best bang for your buck improvement in games.
Then you should definitely go AMD. There is literally no reason not to unless you are already using cuda or ray tracing a ton. AMD is the best value for the money by far, has a MUCH better software interface (never thought I would say that), comparable or less driver issues than nvidia now, and it also works flawlessly on Linux, including full undervolting support (important on any GPU, but on AMD it is much easier).
That being said, if comparable performance GPUs are the same price in your region and you use windows, nvidia is also fine to grab.
Always undervolt your GPU. My 5700XT that ran on 200W before now maxes out at 150W and usually is at 140W with a 1% performance difference. That is like a 9C temp difference.
Yeah it seems like a CPU upgrade isn’t worth it at the moment. I’m still a little unconvinced over AMD vs Nvidia though. I don’t use ray tracing much as it seems to basically function as a lag mode, but I am expecting it to be much better on a 40 series card. No idea if I use cuda or not as I’m not really sure what it is. However DLSS seems to be a lot better than FSR, and I haven’t run into any issues on Linux with my current Nvidia GPU. They also seem to be roughly the same price for the equivalent models here in the UK so AMD don’t even have price going for them. I would basically be choosing AMD for the Linux compatibility despite still doing a lot of my gaming on Windows and not having any driver issues anyway
Raytea ing on a 4090 is a great experience but you need to fork over a lot of dough to experience it.
Yeah I definitely can’t afford a 4090 at the moment lol
You definitely don't use CUDA then. That is hardware accelerated machine learning basically.
For you usecase then it doesn't make much of a difference. DLSS 3.0 is indeed better than FSR, but there are few games that use it i guess. DLSS 2.x and FSR are about on par with each other and FSR is enabled in all games. . Many/most of people don't even realize that DLSS/FSR is disabled when gaming as the vast vast majority of games don't even have it and and most don't think about it, I have no idea if you are in the same boat, but then it makes no sense to base a decision based off of features you don't use, in my opinion.
Yeah I didn’t think I used cuda! Most reviews/benchmarks seem to place the 4070 ahead of the RX 7800XT though. The only reasons AMD is still tempting is the extra VRAM and better Linux compatibility. I’ll have to have a think about it, thanks for your help though!
I'm in the same boat, with an 3700X. Upgrading my Vega 56 will be the first thing and I'm sure that the CPU will still be just fine for that. 1-2 years after the GPU, I'll probably invest in a new platform.
No
If you intend to keep this platform for a while longer then for sure grab a Vermeer x3d. I think you'll feel a pretty decent improvement in 1% and .1% lows
With that said, I'm not sure if cyberpunk in particular will benefit too much from this. If that's your primary motivator for upgrading, then maybe hold off until you want to move on to a DDR5 (or later) platform?
Yeah I can’t justify a whole new PC at the moment, and with a cpu and gpu upgrade to something like a 4070 I should be able to get several more years out of it.
Cyberpunk wasn’t my only reason for an upgrade but it was one of the main ones, I’d heard the newer dlc content is quite cpu intensive. However I’ve just checked the steam page and the recommended requirements seem to have gone up again to a 7800X3d
For phantom liberty? I don't really see how it would be. Seems to have run fine on my 5800x3d + nv21 at 1440p
Seems like I’m probably better off leaving it for now or just upgrading my gpu instead