I'm currently using a 1070 Ti, and it's starting to feel outdated. I'd love to upgrade to a 5070, which costs around $520, but I'm on a budget and don't want to do a complete system overhaul right now. My setup features a Ryzen 1700 processor with 16GB of DDR4 RAM on a B350 motherboard, and I made sure to get a solid power supply (750 or 850 watts) when I built the system, so that's not an issue. Given my current GPU situation and concerning future price hikes on graphics cards, is it crazy to consider this upgrade?
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Upgrading individual parts has always worked for me. Sure, your CPU might bottleneck the 5070 a bit, but it’ll still be a noticeable performance boost compared to your 1070 Ti. If down the line you decide to swap in a Ryzen 5600X or something similar, you’ll see even better gains without the need to replace everything.
How much of a bottleneck are we talking about? I mainly play less CPU-intensive games like RDR2 and Cyberpunk. Sometimes, my new OLED makes the lower quality graphics hard to watch.