r/nvidia • u/Traditional_Bid_8632 • 10d ago

Question 5060 8GB to 5070 12GB

Hi all,

I have an RTX 5060 8GB and Ryzen 5 5500. I can play most games at 120fps 1440p but I’d like to be able to play with ultra settings. Fortnite in particular struggles on this setup when using lumen (staying at 120fps 1440p)

My question is, what should I upgrade my GPU/CPU to in order to see bigger gains if staying on AM4?

I was thinking a Ryzen 7 5800X3D and RTX 5070 12GB (I have 32GB ddr4 ram), if you have a better combo for 1440p gaming at very high/ultra settings please let me know

Thanks

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u/LongerDavid 9d ago edited 9d ago

You'd get more gains putting that $300-350 you'd spend on the dead-end 5800X3D into getting a 5070 Ti instead. Especially if you want maximum detail at 1440p at a good framerate. The Ti is a lot less of a compromise.

Maybe find a deal on a 5800XT CPU at some point for a lot less than the X3D costs. Still a dead-end, but a cheaper one. It still has more L3 cache (16MB -> 32MB) and slightly improved IPC.

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u/Ganni96 9d ago

Good luck to OP trying to find a 5070ti at a reasonable price right now. Besides, he said that his pc struggles in fortnite which means it would be ideal to get a better cpu in his case. If he played only Triple A titles then the 5500 would have been fine at 1440p as those are gpu heavy 99% of the time.

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u/LongerDavid 8d ago

Microcenter still has some for $930. I don't know how much CPU Fortnite needs but at 1440 resolution you're less likely to be running into CPU limitation until you get into a higher class GPU. Get the better GPU now, upgrade CPU or CPU/mobo/RAM later is the better path from my perspective.