I'm considering upgrading my old PC by swapping out my current EVGA RTX 2060 XC Ultra Gaming for an RX 9070XT, but I'm concerned about whether my Ryzen 7 3700X CPU will bottleneck the performance significantly. Here's my current setup: I have a Ryzen 7 3700X, an Asus Prime B450 Plus motherboard, 16GB of T-Force RAM (specific model is unclear), a SeaSonic M12II 620W 80 Plus Bronze PSU, and a 2TB SSD. Should I go for the 9070XT, or would the slightly lesser RX 9060XT be a better choice to avoid major bottlenecks? Any advice would be appreciated!
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Yeah, your Ryzen 7 3700X will likely hold back the RX 9070XT quite a bit. If you're looking to maximize the GPU's potential, it might be better to upgrade your CPU to something like the Ryzen 7 5700X as well. And don't forget to upgrade your PSU to at least 1000W to support everything well into the future!
That makes sense! I'll consider the CPU upgrade along with a stronger PSU. Thanks for the heads-up!