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[ponder]

Recommended site for comparing CPU's?

You can look at some hardware unboxed benchmarks on yt, their stuff also gets published on TechSpot.

 

[Lupus]

https://www.wootware.co.za/evga-geforce-rtx-2060-sc-overclocked-gaming-06g-p4-2062-kr-6gb-gddr6-192-bit-pci-e-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html

Scary how this is roughly the price they were when they were released, the 3060 should be sitting in this space

 

[Lupus]

Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

 

[Soul Assassin]

Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

Yes.

 

[Lupus]

Yes.

Thanks , next would be to convince the wife.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

If you bottlenecking your gpu yes

 

[Lupus]

If you bottlenecking your gpu yes

I can never remember how to determine which is bottlenecking which? Is it if the GPU is 90% it's the GPU being the bottleneck or the other way around?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

I can never remember how to determine which is bottlenecking which? Is it if the GPU is 90% it's the GPU being the bottleneck or the other way around?

Gpu need to show 99% usage during gaming it is does not reach 99% then there bottleneck somewhere

 

[Lupus]

Gpu need to show 99% usage during gaming it is does not reach 99% then there bottleneck somewhere

Hmmm must check that, of course on games that are more recent .

 

[PatchTuesday]

How close is the 2600 to the 3600?

 

[The Voice]

Gpu need to show 99% usage during gaming it is does not reach 99% then there bottleneck somewhere

And of course, make sure you're not playing CPU-bound games when testing.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

If you bottlenecking your gpu yes

Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

And if you have a 144hz monitor.

I suggest waiting for a good price drop, which would be around the time the 6000 series is released. Then you can get the last CPU upgrade that will work on your motherboard.
You could even then upgrade to the 5800X for more longevity (probably)

 

[Lupus]

And if you have a 144hz monitor.

I suggest waiting for a good price drop, which would be around the time the 6000 series is released. Then you can get the last CPU upgrade that will work on your motherboard.
You could even then upgrade to the 5800X for more longevity (probably)

This might be the plan, cause yeah I do have a 144hz monitor and I'm caping out at about 80fps on 1440p which is okay but it's not great. Though on older games I'm hitting the 144hz and it's amazing to play them at that refresh rate.

 

[airborne]

Yeah this is about it for the 2-5k price range. Then its 7k+ for the next range up (Ryzen 7 etc).

https://www.wootware.co.za/computer-hardware/cpus-processors
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Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

The 5600x is a beast, you won't need to upgrade that for a long while.

What is a safe overclock on a 5600x, what GHz can you easily achieve without hardcore cooling?

 

[Lupus]

The 5600x is a beast, you won't need to upgrade that for a long while.

What is a safe overclock on a 5600x, what GHz can you easily achieve without hardcore cooling?

That's what I'm looking for, cause the jump from 2600 to 3600 was actually quite bit but the jump to 5600x was even bigger. I mean the 2600 is only just hitting about 3 years old and already it's feeling really archaic

 

[Neoprod]

Is the jump from a 2600 to a 5600x worth it?

https://www.techspot.com/article/2201-four-years-of-ryzen-5-gpu-scaling/

Looks like for GPU's slower than a 3070, a 5600x isn't required at resolutions higher than 1080p.

 

[Neoprod]

The 5600x is a beast, you won't need to upgrade that for a long while.

What is a safe overclock on a 5600x, what GHz can you easily achieve without hardcore cooling?

Static overclocks are going the way of the dodo, sadly (or maybe another way of looking at it is that it's a good thing for people who don't tinker).

Modern CPU's are programmed to maximize their frequencies under different workloads much better than a fixed frequency / voltage can do. All that happens when you use a static overclock now is that you lose performance in lightly-threaded workloads where the built-in boost algorithm would have used higher clocks.

They're still fun to tinker with like undervolting and playing with power limits though.

 

[Lupus]

https://www.techspot.com/article/2201-four-years-of-ryzen-5-gpu-scaling/

Looks like for GPU's slower than a 3070, a 5600x isn't required at resolutions higher than 1080p.

GPU would be next, one day when prices stabilise.

 

[saor]

So budget for a decent PC is around R20k then with the current price of GPU's. I was naive thinking 10k would get anywhere if buying new.

 

[Lupus]

So budget for a decent PC is around R20k then with the current price of GPU's. I was naive thinking 10k would get anywhere if buying new.