Need some PC expert help... Gtx 1080???

[setsunatenshi]

ps3-sales! said:

setsunatenshi said:
The most important question is, what monitor do you have, which resolutions are you trying to achieve?

As others pointed out, if you buy a gtx 1080, that CPU will bottleneck you like crazy. I would suggest the following, unless you're really hurting for a new machine, give it a few months and see what AMD comes up with both on the CPU and GPUs (Ryzen and Vega).

The rumors are pretty strong that the IPC improvements will make them the better choice against the latest from Nvidia and Intel. Especially on a price/performance analysis.

Also, there's no such thing as future proofing a PC. You should always buy the most balanced machine you can afford for the display that you want to use.

I have a 144hz AOC monitor. 1080p. 

Yeah... I am just impatient lol. I shouldn't have gotten this pre built pc. should have built my own xD. 

I just want to play games at 60fps at 1080p at close to max settings. Is that too much to ask for?? heh.

Another question... if i wanted to keep my rx 480 could i just outright upgrade my cpu? would that help? another guy suggested throwing in an ssd which most people highly suggest.

Awesome, thanks for clarifying that. 1 question though... If you have a 144Hz monitor why is your target 60 fps? You should be looking at 144 really. 

 

So let me save you some money... Don't buy the 1080 for 1080p gaming. In some games you wont achieve the 144fps but the limit there will be your cpu, which for that case, buy a gtx 1070 and a really good cpu.

 

The i'm saying this only if you really do have a lot of disposable income and/or an absolute need to upgrade. Failing this I sincerely think you should wait for Ryzen and Vega. I bought my new rig last september and i would have waited as well if my graphics card hadn't died. I really needed it for bf1.

 

So yeah... Wait a couple of months if you can, and if not just go gtx 1070, you'll be throwing cash down the toilet for a 1080 in 1080p gaming