Help With Dual-Slot Build, Please

[obsidian palm]

WOW

corsair 3500x argb, is a good case

But why a 5070 ti and a 5090 if you don't mind me asking

[native sorrel]

5090 for running games, 5070ti for all bg processes & the lossless scaling app: ngl, it would b really amazing if i could run absolute maxed out cyberpunk at good frames lol

i’m also running a 32:9 240hz 1440p primary monitor so loading all that takes up a whole lot of power lol

ngl, i would’ve just gotten the 5090 to begin with, but i bought the 5070ti when 5090 prices were 4k+ so i just got it as a temp lol; otherwise i would’ve just dual slot with the 3080

[obsidian palm]

So you already have the 5070 ti ?

[native sorrel]

yes

[obsidian palm]

Because i was gonna say the 3080 is just fine for that use

[native sorrel]

ye ik; i might actually just resell the 5070ti, depending on the prices when i get the 5090

[obsidian palm]

And 4k gaming is your target btw, because 5070 ti is enough for that, especially with the 3080

[native sorrel]

ye, ik; last i checked tho, there wasn’t one quite as large as my current one, tho. i’m also waiting for tandem to get better, now

[obsidian palm]

So 5070 ti isn't enough for your games rn ?

Tbh, i would just enjoy the 5070 ti for quite some time, then get the 5090, but also if your planning to re-sell it, the cards value will decrease, when used

Its a great card for 1440p/4k gaming

[native sorrel]

so my goal is to upgrade my motherboard & cpu rn cuz my current stuff is kinda a bottle neck and i have the 3080 sitting around so id love to b able to utilize that in a dual slot, but in abt half a year i was planning on spending a couple grand on a 5090, but it sounds like u recommend i upgrade the monitor first then the card, correct?

[obsidian palm]

100%, what are your current specs

[native sorrel]

i’m gonna b honest i don’t entirely remember 😭; i think the cpu is a ryzen 9800? the motherboard is a cheap asus one, no pcie5 😭🙏

i’m not home rn but i can get exact specs in a few hours, if needed

[obsidian palm]

ryzen 7 9800x3d or r5 9600x ?

And yep the motherboard needs an upgrade asap if you got the 5070 ti

Give me the full PC specs when you get home, and then we can see what we can do

[native sorrel]

no x3d which is killin me with an nvidia card 😭

[native sorrel]

alr, will do. thanks a lot!

[autumn sorrel]

if you swaping mobo/cpu maybe look at cpu like 265k

[native sorrel]

i thought everybody said the best amd cpu is still better than the best intel cpu tho? at the very least for x3d

[autumn sorrel]

well 265k is better in many cases and like 50% the price

[native sorrel]

not to b rude, but could u specify when? bc i just looked at some data and it looks like in many games the 9950x3d absolutely annihilates the 265k & even 285k

[autumn sorrel]

oh dont get the 9950x3d if all you do is gaming

9800x3d just better

[native sorrel]

wait how?

just frame per dollar wise or smthn?

[autumn sorrel]

its single ccd

no its just better in gaming

9950x3d is worse

[native sorrel]

wow really?

that’s surprising

[autumn sorrel]

no its not its been that way since 3950x came out

[native sorrel]

then when is the 9950x3d better? productivity or smthn?

[autumn sorrel]

back in like 2019 was it

[autumn sorrel]

its only good when workload scails past 1 ccd

[autumn sorrel]

285k is not even the best intel cpu if you just gaming

[native sorrel]

isn’t it a couple generations old? is that y u were recommending the 265k?

[autumn sorrel]

since i was thinking you where doign real work that makes uses of loads of cores not just getting scamed on 9950x3d

[native sorrel]

ye, it’s mostly just for gaming

[autumn sorrel]

9800x3d or maybe tunned raptor lake

[native sorrel]

of those two i assume the x3d better for the vram, considering i only have 16gb in my gpu?

[autumn sorrel]

what games did you say its running bad on your 9600x

[autumn sorrel]

dont run duel gpu for gaming

[autumn sorrel]

only thng x3d has is more cache

and its very much down to workload if ti scail with more L3 well

[native sorrel]

well i was only planning on running the 5070ti on the game & using the 3080 for everything else, plus the occasional frame gen with the steam lossless scaling app

[native sorrel]

o ok

[autumn sorrel]

i dont remcomed that

just run the 5070ti

and in any programs that suprot it just use DLSS

or FSR

over lossless scailing

[native sorrel]

i mean, ngl the 3080 kinda just sitting around collectin dust already so i was just planning on doin smthn with it lol

[autumn sorrel]

sell it

[native sorrel]

my favorite dev is bungie… and tiger engine doesn’t have an frame gen 😭🙏

so marathon is gonna b cooking gpus when it releases lol

[autumn sorrel]

and frame gen kind of shit in most of time

[native sorrel]

… ngl this is gon b much cheaper of an upgrade than expected. at this fuckin point, u reckon i would b able to resell everything a get a 5090 build? newegg has some ryzen 7 9800x3d with 5090 builds for only 2.5k

[iron junco]

Rog dhahab edition case.

Maybe

[obsidian palm]

Hmm. Thats a good deal, but I would say give us your specs, so we can see what you can upgrade next

[native sorrel]

sorry: started talking in https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1436626815711186974

it has the pc specs; i would love some more adivce from you!

[obsidian palm]

I felt... Betrayed 💔

Jk, np bro i will check it out

[native sorrel]

sry 😭 i forgot to tell u

[native sorrel]

alr, thasnks a lot