I'm using a 3060 Ti right now alongside an i7-11700K, and I'm planning to upgrade pretty much everything except for my graphics card. I'm thinking about getting a 7800X3D and a B850 motherboard. Will this upgrade really enhance my gameplay in CS2, DayZ, and BF6, or will my GPU hold everything back?
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The 7800X3D can pull over 200 FPS on BF6. While your GPU might bottleneck some of that potential, you should still see around 120 FPS at 1080p on low settings. If you're willing to tweak config files, you might even push that to around 160-180 FPS!
A good way to check is by recording your FPS in those games (look at average and 1%/0.1% lows). Play as you typically do, note the FPS, then drop the graphics settings to minimum and resolution as low as possible, and play again. If the frames stay similar or improve slightly, a CPU upgrade will help. But if there's a huge jump in performance, your GPU is likely what's bottlenecking your setup.
Take a look at your GPU utilization while gaming. If your GPU is maxed out near 100%, a CPU upgrade won’t dramatically improve your average frame rates, though it could help with consistency. Upgrading is still worthwhile, but you might not see its full potential until a GPU upgrade down the road.
CS2 is pretty CPU-intensive, so if you're aiming for high-level play, cranking up the graphics might not be necessary. You could always upgrade your GPU later if you want to enhance visuals!
I'm at 1440p right now and getting around 70 FPS on BF. To me, BF feels more GPU-bound, while CS and DayZ lean more on the CPU.