49" ultrawide --> upgrade GPU, CPU, or both?

Hi guys,

I am using 49" ultrawide monitor (Samsung LC49RG90SSUXEN) for simracing. I set my display (5120x1440) as a triple sceen as discussed here. I really like the ultrawide monitor. I would like to bump up my pc specs a bit, but I'm a complete beginner with that sort of stuff.

My budget is somewhere around 1000€. If it goes far beyond that, I have to think again. My understanding is that I shouldn't pay too much for the GPU if the CPU is the next bottleneck. So I'm looking for somekind of a balance, and that is what I need help for.

Currently I'm getting about 80-90 FPS with AI

My current PC specs are:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600, AM4, 3.4 GHz, 6-core BULK
• GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 2060 DUAL OC, 6GB GDDR6
  
• RAM: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) HyperX Fury, DDR4 3200MHz, CL18, 1
• HD: Samsung 250GB 970 EVO Plus SSD, M.2 2280, PCIe 3.0 x4 AND Seagate 1TB BarraCuda, internal 3.5" harddrive, SATA III, 7200rpm, 64MB
• Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450-PLUS, ATX
• Case: Fractal Design Define C, ATX
• Power: Corsair 650W VS650, ATX, 80 Plus White

ACC Video settings:

• Resolution scale: 75%
  
• View Distance: MID
  
• Shadows: LOW
  
• Shadow Distance: LOW
  
• Contact Shadows: DISABLED
  
• Antialiasing: OFF
  
• Antialiasing type: KTAA
  
• Effects: LOW
  
• Post processing: LOW
  
• Foliage: LOW
  
• Texture: HIGH
  
• Mirror quality: OFF
  
• Opponents visibility: 10
  
• Materials quality: HIGH
  
• Temporal upsampling: ENABLED
  
• Bloom quality: MID
  
• Volumetric fog: DISABLED
  
• Foliage lod quality: LOW
  
• Car lod quality: 70%
  
• HLOD: ENABLED
  
• Advanced sharpen filter: DISABLED

I guess I would have to go for better GPU, but I really don't have any idea. I ordered my current PC prebuild, so I'm kind of new to this.

Any suggestions for GPU? Or should I go completely for different route? Thanks in advance!

 

I would replace the CPU with a 5600x, then sell the current CPU and GPU and spend what I could from the total left budget on a GPU

 

I would go for the GPU First , especially with that Resolution , that makes the biggest difference as far as FPS goes, Going for a CPU will not make that difference at that resolution as the GPU is the bottle neck. Please see this video

 

Agree with the above. The CPU will be a bottleneck but then again even the fastest cpu on the market wouldn't allow that much more fps than what you currently have. With better GPU you can at least enjoy the nice graphics.

 

GPUs are still very expensive currently, while CPUs are already at a normal level. With the already suggested 5600x you get a very good upgrade, which you want anyways if you buy a new GPU, so you can do nothing wrong here now.
With some luck, you might find a decently priced GPU with the remaining budget.

 

I'm considering updating both CPU and GPU - and stretching my budget a bit. Did I understand correctly, that this is the CPU suggested?

For the GPU - do you think RTX 3060 could be enough, or should I try to find RTX 3070?

GeForce RTX™ 3070 SUPRIM X 8G LHR
GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G

 

Did you mean to add a link? Any info would help - thank you!

 

Yep, that's the CPU, not very expensive these days. If you buy that then sell your current CPU it should help fund the GPU along with selling the original GPU.
With GPU's the higher spec you can afford the better.

 

Oh yea sorry

 

It is not worth upgrading to a 3060, it is just barely faster than a 2060, it has about the same performance as a 2070.

Get either a 3060ti, or 3070.

Here is a good review of the 3060 and why it is not worth buying, if you skip to 23:30, you get the conclusion.

 

Here’s a good performance chart of all GPU’s

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

My monitor supports freesync technology. Do you think it's worth going for AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT? I don't really use my PC for other than simracing.

For my understanding RTX 3070 is a bit better, but does not support freesync. RX 6700 would be 250€ cheaper. I don't really know if fits my system or not..

 

This was very helpful for me - thank you!

 

Yes, also a good card.

The RTX cards support freesync, that was added in the drivers a few years ago. You can already use it with your 2060, in your nvidia control panel under G-Sync it is called "G-Sync compatible" (stupid marketing move).

 

I decided to go for RX 6700 XT because it was 25% cheaper than RTX 3070. I bought Ryzen 5 5600X also.

I'll have to update BIOS and delete old GPU drivers before changing those parts. Not sure if I'm going to do this myself, or ask some help from local IT maintenance workshop. I have no experience in this, and I'm a bit afraid I'm going to mess things up

 

Harmaa,

I know it's a year old but how do you like the 6700xt? I'm upgrading the CPU and MB from a a320m r5 1600 to a b550 r7 5700x this week and I'm using a 1070 so I was seeing the 6650xt was there for a decent price.