Gpu Recommendations'

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  1. azzax333

    azzax333 Well-Known Member

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    Hello there, I recently started to get blurry textures on the PC, however I'm using a 2080 RTX GPU (8GB) & AMD Ryzen 3700X, 32GB of RAM it holds some modern games and it's not too bad in medium/low settings. I usually have my settings in TSW medium/high.

    However just only recently (2 months ago) I started to see some blurry textures, I was playing GWE remaster which it was using 5.4-5.6gb/8GB. I'm not too sure how much headroom the GPU should ultimately have, so it doesn't go through any extreme stress or pushing the boundaries with the GPU.

    I know it's probably end of era for this particular GPU but I thought I had about 12 months before I fully upgrade.
    My motherboard can only support up to a Ryzen 5500X3D as the highest CPU and RX 7800 XT (16GB) for the GPU. I believe these parts and the 32GB of RAM that I own should be enough to help me run the game in Ultra/High.

    I'm seeing if this should be false proof for few years or so.
    If anyone has similar builds please let me know how you've been getting on!
     
  2. Es4t

    Es4t Well-Known Member

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    An 8gb 2080 is really the bottom end of what you are able to get away with. Until recently I was running the game on a 10gb 3080 just fine with most settings on a mix of high and ultra. Subsequently I've upgraded both my CPU & GPU to a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and a 5080. so there's a bit of headroom for the next few years.
     
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    azzax333 Well-Known Member

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    Oh nice one, yeah to be honest I should've upgraded for this sequel of the game, but yeah it's starting to get a tiny bit laggy in places. That's good to know a 10gb can do the job also. How much headroom do you think the GPU needs to have before it starts to decrease in performance?
     
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    jesper2805 Well-Known Member

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    You need to upgrade both your CPU and GPU. If you only upgrade your GPU, you will definitely experience a bottleneck. Your CPU is too old to handle more modern GPUs.
     
  5. azzax333

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    Yeah I've mentioned that'll be upgrading the CPU to a 5500 X3D. I think that'll sort it out for a few years fingers crossed.
     
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    jesper2805 Well-Known Member

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    Why not a 5700x3d or 5800x3d? Those are the top tier am4

    https://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=5588372
    Choose this one. Is the best am4 at the moment
     
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  7. Es4t

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    That’s a tough question to answer in all honesty. No-one really knows where TSW is heading. I mean the more headroom the better but as a minimum I would say 20% and I’m sure others will disagree but that figure gives you flexibility going forwards. Also, who knows what TSW7 will bring….
     

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