What GPU Should You Pair With A Ryzen 7 7800x3d? - Byte Size Tech

[@_shaggyrogers_]

Spot on with the CPU bottleneck topic. I'm running a 5950x with a bit of PBO tuning and a 4080. At 1440p it's not a problem at all, especially with modern games. I've been intentionally sitting out the initial wave of Zen 4 in anticipation of the 9000 series CPU's. I try to get as much as I can out of my hardware between upgrades. As long as it's doing what I need it to do in a reasonable amount of time, I never chase every generation. I think you can get away with two generations of GPU's on a single platform.

[@C0d0ps]

I feel the same about my 5900x, I’m on 1080p, got 3 screens and almost never get above 60% cpu usage. When I was younger I was running x264 slow now I’m just gaming. - I like watching 4k KZbin on my right screen. Gaming on my middle screen. Discord on my left screen (vertical).

[@josh8oh8]

Same here. I have a 5800x and a 4080 playing at 4k 120hz and I was tempted to get the 7800x3d, but I'll probably wait till AMD 9000 series like you. The 5800x still holds up well in most games and doesn't bottleneck the 4080 too much, especially at 4k.

[@C0d0ps]

@@josh8oh8 In 1080p you’d bottleneck the 4080 in almost every game. In 4k you’re probably fine, but idk what refresh rate you’re targeting. For 144 hz I’d say a cpu upgrade could help.

[@Ornal64]

Same here I’m using 5800X with 3090 and play in 4K. There’s no need to upgrade cpu. 5000 are relatively new and will keep going strong for some time. I might upgrade GPU in future.

[@ElladanKenet]

I think a 4070TI Super is pretty reasonable. 4080 Super at the very most. 4090.... if you're on 4K and have that kind of money. But that just seems grossly unnecessary.

[@theanimerapper6351]

Even at 4k a ti super is great for 95% of games ever made. Sure it won't play Alan wake 2 at max settings with high framerates.... But nothing does 😂

[@greatwavefan397]

I wish I could pair a 4080 SUPER with a 7800X3D, but I'll need plenty of money and good enough reasons for all that power.

[@Glubbdubdrib]

I absolutely LOVE playing at 1440p with this combo. High frame rate, max graphics, decent resolution

[@sloo6425]

I have a 5800x3d and a 6700xt and looking for a card with more VRam later as well (more for eye candy) as an upgrade to 120 hz monitor at 1080p at 24 inch, mainly older games and CP2077, possibly HW3 and Buldurs gate, Starfield (maybe if it gets patched and reworked a little) and odd FPS/third person like resident evil series and lots of Civ/ especially Stellaris (Hence the 5800x3d) /HOI4... I also do other stuff like minor media editing stuff, archiving in rar/zip, zooming etc... About 50% gaming. 10% working, 40% other general stuff as above. current spec x570 tuf wifi mobo asus 5000x3d cpu 6700xt gigabyte ver Nouctua nhu14s (not looking to water-cool as I live in a cool environment for most of the time and heat saturation is not an issue) 64 gig ddr4 ram at 2666mhz (motherboard limitation on speed at 64 gig, not a biggie for me) 1080p 60hz 24 inch NVme drives x2 gen3 1 samsung 4 tb 870evo 1 Pcie intel drive (server type) iron wolf drives a few for backups and photos and media and family offsite back ups (don't have space for a NAS and I have a very small space for a pc, enough for a decent new 011Xl dynamic Lian Li tower which doubles as extra shelf for my figure display)

[@nikyclau3966]

But he already has a 6900xt🤔 thats more than enough for 1440p 165hz

[@michaelfresh1324]

How about 5800x3d?

[@sloo6425]

Yes second that what about that processor as I have that.

[@The_Watchplug]

4060 good pair?

[@notchipotle]

no, you'd be better with R5 7600 + 4070

[@ernestoortizjr.6782]

What about the 7900xt?

[@facundoorzabal8021]

Is great. If that is what you can afford go for it (I got one for my wife to go with a 7800x3D). Is a better value than all other high end VGA atm. Just know is a notch down compared to her bigger sister 7900xtx and the 4080/4080 super, and 2 notches down compared to the all powerful and expensive 4090.

[@xblue555]

What is your opinion on DLSS and FSR? My opinion is its a scam and people fell for it fully. Having to render the game in a lower resolution then stretch it to your screens resolution to get good FPS is lazy. You are not getting 100+ fps in 4k you are getting 100+ in 2k stretched. I Have 7800x3d, 7900xt combo so I can use high to ultra settings in 1080p. "Why did you spend the money on that when...?" So I don't have to use the FSR/DLSS. I am still maxing out my GPU over my CPU. I am also using 6-12Gb+ of Vram when people still say "You are only going to use 8Gb". I find it false in my real world gaming.

[@sebastianandres6802]

The upscaling shenanigans are kind of complex, the upscalers by themselves are not a scam BUT the way they are marketed are borderline scammy. Bad practices in the AAA gaming industry makes dev use basically everything they can to "optimize" games (because they have a kind of out of touch sense of good performance, mostly because of bad practices like I said earlier not really the devs fault) so the upscalers are useful for that. I also don't like this whole upscale mess but sadly is not gonna go away so we are better off testing them for ourselves and see in which case is worth using or not.

[@C0d0ps]

@@derekp3961 Is scarlet nexus an actual game you play or just a bench mark software? Generally bench marks doesn’t translate 100% to real game engines.

[@GameCookerUSRocks]

DlSS doesn't stretch the resolution. DLSS take things steps further than FSR. Essentially it's a smarter upscale. Regarding upscaling, if you have enough pixels, upscaling to a higher resolution isn't a scam. It upscales it to a higher resolution. The resolution of upscale to is the resolution that it upscale it to. It's not fake. 4K and 8K TVs do this all the time with video content. Sure, the quality of the upscale starting at like 480 and going to 1080 won't be great. But going from 1080 to 4k is fine. If it's DLSS and implemented in the games properly. It's no different than taking an old small photo and enlarging it with enhancements. The quality of the upscaler will determine the outcome. But also the resolution of the photo will also determine the outcome. But with AI you can have missing data that is filled in quite well most of the time.

[@Dankuzmeemusmaximus]

7800x3d will get the same fate as 8 GB v-ram

[@mikeramos91]

8gb vram lasted 3 generations

[@nicholasgeorge6367]

@@mikeramos91that’s true some folks don’t understand how the pc world works

[@Rayer24]

@@mikeramos91 I think he means that it caught a lot of people by surprise that 8GB VRAM wasn't gonna be enough anymore. I think it depends. If you're using a 7800x3d for hypercompetitive esports gaming then it will age better than if you're playing AAA games. I mean that's been true for years already.

[@undscvrd4990]

Just made the same build: 4070 Ti Super OC Ryzen 7 7800X3D Hope your advice is correct 😊

[@GameCookerUSRocks]

I just went out and bought some parts to build a new system. My original idea was to get a 7800 X 3D chip to pair with my RTX 4090. But micro center had a 7900X on sale for only $10 more. So the 7800X 3D was $349. The 7900x was $359. I went with the 7900x. Do you think I made a mistake? Or is having more cores more future-proof? I love gaming but I also do some editing.

[@djnohands3632]

You made the right choice for not falling for the 7800x3D hype train. The 7800x3d is only good for 1080p and thats it nothing else. You will get the same performance with 1440p gaming with both the 7800x3d and 7900x but the difference in other tasks is non comparable. The 7900x blows the 7800x3d out of town

[@GameCookerUSRocks]

@@djnohands3632 Ok. Sounds good. I'm having some issues getting the system to run well though. I'm not used to Ryzen chips. Intel I just drop in and go most times. This Ryzen chip I could not run my 6000 RAM at speed. It seems 5600 is as stable I can go with all cores clocked to 5.4ghz. I tried lower and 6000 still would not work.

[@djnohands3632]

@@GameCookerUSRocks depends on the cpu cooler and motherboard vrms. Is your cpu cooler capable of cooling the 7900x?

[@GameCookerUSRocks]

@@djnohands3632 Yes. More than enough.

[@Rayer24]

Good choice. Only a very select group of users should buy an 8 core cpu over a 12 core cpu of the same generation. Hypercompetitive gamers who care about 400 vs 500fps. The 7800x3d is faster to be sure, but as soon as you start to do anything else with your PC the 7900x will offer you a smoother experience. Even if you're "just gaming" more and more games are starting to leverage 8 or more cores to make the game run smoother. I would take a buttery smooth 100fps over a microstuttering 120fps all day long, no discussion.