Upgrade my 1080 GTX - What recommendation?

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Bobby55

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I would like to upgrade my nvidia 1080 GTX to benefit from a 1440p 360hz monitor im planning to buy

Without changing the entire PC of course.

What are my current options - im very outdated in the PC hardware space right now.


The Nvidia 1080 gtx specs page GeForce GTX 1080 | Specifications | GeForce
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1080 GTX
  • 7680x4320@60Hz
  • DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI

My Other PC SPECS

4770k overclocked
32gb ddr4 corsair ram

Also, not intending to play modern day games.



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wow, um what game(s) are you wanting to run at that rez and refresh rate? And what is your budget for upgrades?

Also what do you currently have? Not sure if you have it behind that link you posted but i cant access it.
 
Darunion said:
wow, um what game(s) are you wanting to run at that rez and refresh rate? And what is your budget for upgrades?
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Yep and he should also post his CPU, when you start trying to hit those high frame rates you need a CPU that can keep up.
 
Trigger warning on the 2k phrasing- just refer to it as 1440 or 1440p. It’s not 2k, and that will be pointed out by someone I am sure besides me.

The rest of the system matters as much as the gpu.
 
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Bobby55 said:
I would like to upgrade my nvidia 1080 GTX to benefit from a 2k 360hz monitor im planning to buy

Without changing the entire PC of course.

What are my current options - im very outdated in the PC hardware space right now.


The Nvidia 1080 gtx specs page GeForce GTX 1080 | Specifications | GeForce
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1080 GTX
  • 7680x4320@60Hz
  • DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
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We need to know your entire pc. A video card change likely will not net you the gain you want. We know what a 1080 does.
 
Bobby55 said:
I updated my post to contain cpu and ram
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ugh, i just typed out a long thing to do but then realized you didn't have the monitor yet.

1440p at 300+fps is a tall order im sure you know, are you really trying to get to the max refresh of that screen?

With whatever games you are trying to play currently I would check to make sure you arent already maxing your cpu yet. Run HWiNFO in the background to plot it.

I game on a 1080 and only a 7th gen intel at 1440p, i dont get 165hz like my monitor but its comfortable.

Im not even seeing people getting counterstrike to get that high on 1080p.
 
Yea after seeing your cpu, you’re going to need a whole new setup to even get close to what you’re wanting at 1440p, regardless of gpu. You can slap a 4090 in there and won’t even come close.

You’re going to need an entire platform upgrade to get anywhere near that.

Personally I’d return the monitor or sell it and use that money to upgrade the platform if that’s an option.
 
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I havnt got the monitor yet and im not planning to game on it.
I work with technical drawings for 9 hours in the day, My main concern is response times of mouse/keyboard actions for fast and accurate workflow.

What about 500hz @ 1080p?

What about the following GPU upgrade choices?
  • 3090ti
  • 4090
  • RX6700XT
  • 7900XT
 
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Bobby55 said:
I havnt got the monitor yet and im not planning to game on it.
I work with technical drawings for 9 hours in the day, My main concern is response times of mouse/keyboard actions for fast and accurate workflow.

What about 500hz @ 1080p?

And GPU upgrade either a3090ti, 4090, RX6700XT, 7900XT
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I have no idea really. I've never used software like that and can't be sure it can even do 360fps or even 500 fps, or as mentioned previously how much it uses the CPU.
 
Bobby55 said:
I havnt got the monitor yet and im not planning to game on it.
I work with technical drawings for 9 hours in the day, My main concern is response times of mouse/keyboard actions for fast and accurate workflow.

What about 500hz @ 1080p?

And GPU upgrade either a3090ti, 4090, RX6700XT, 7900XT
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360hz is a new frame every ~2.7mS.

Are you just wanting a smoother mouse tail as it moves on your screen? That is all it will translate to.

So this is going to do more with your cpu than your video card. Mouse and keyboard polling speeds, which are one of the early things to notice throttling when load reaches 100%.

lol @ 500hz. That is marketing given too much freedom.
 
really it’s going to need an excellent cpu, more importantly what software do you use that supports those refresh rates? The monitor may be capable of those rates but if the OS and app do not support them, you won’t be seeing them.
 
I would also check into what software you primarily use for this. Somethings like autocad will be hard locked to 60fps, not sure what others have.
 
Can I upgrade my 4770k without changing the motherboard? As then I will likely need to replace the RAM as well and it ends up being the whole PC changed.
 
Bobby55 said:
Can I upgrade my 4770k without changing the motherboard? As then I will likely need to replace the RAM as well and it ends up being the whole PC changed.
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Usually not. Would have to know what your motherboard is to see what it supports
 
Bobby55 said:
Can I upgrade my 4770k without changing the motherboard? As then I will likely need to replace the RAM as well and it ends up being the whole PC changed.
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Not really. There is no upgrade path for LGA 1150. 4790k would be sidegrade. 5775C might be compatible with your motherboard but going from that to an already overclocked 4770k would also be a sidegrade.
 
Dreamerbydesign said:
the highest you can go on the same motherboard I believe is a 4790k which is a side grade. In order to move to anything newer you’d be changing entire platforms.
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Thats what I assumed.

I would of thought a GPU upgrade from the 1080GTX to say the 4090 is much more worthwhile than the 4770k to the 4790k
 
Bobby55 said:
Thats what I assumed.

I would of thought a GPU upgrade from the 1080GTX to say the 4090 is much more worthwhile than the 4770k to the 4790k
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I really think neither of those paths would produce anything useful to you. You are looking at a motherboard/cpu combo
 
Bobby55 said:
Thats what I assumed.

I would of thought a GPU upgrade from the 1080GTX to say the 4090 is much more worthwhile than the 4770k to the 4790k
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The 3060(non ti), Or the 6700 you mentioned is as far as you should go on that setup. An upgrade to coffee lake or rocket lake would do wonders, Even for the 1080.
 
Dreamerbydesign said:
Trigger warning on the 2k phrasing- just refer to it as 1440 of 1440p. It’s not 2k, and that will be pointed out by someone I am sure besides me.

The rest of the system matters as much as the gpu.
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There's nothing wrong with calling or referring to 1440 as 2k. :confused: 🤷‍♂️
 
so guys whats the max resolution + hz for non-gaming purposes i can get from a simple GPU upgrade.

I dont really want to upgrade Mobo, ram, etc
 
Bobby55 said:
so guys whats the max resolution + hz for non-gaming purposes i can get from a simple GPU upgrade.

I dont really want to upgrade Mobo, ram, etc
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I run my 1080 at 165hz. Maybe thats enough for ya. Get the monitor and see what you can push it to. Might not have to upgrade anything.
 
Bobby55 said:
so guys whats the max resolution + hz for non-gaming purposes i can get from a simple GPU upgrade.

I dont really want to upgrade Mobo, ram, etc
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I wouldn't bother upgrading GPU especially for "non-gaming". Your platform is 10 years old...

Personally I think 144/165hz monitors are the sweet spot and I'd just suggest a 1440p with either of those refreshes. You also greatly have to consider panel type e.g. OLED vs IPS vs VA vs TN. So buy something like that now, and upgrade your whole rig in the next few years. Then you can fully take advantage of the monitor during gaming sessions with new CPU/Mobo/RAM/GPU. And 144hz is easier to drive compared to a crazy 360hz or the even more ludicrous 500hz you mentioned. I don't know what software (or games even) you're running where you'll see a tangible benefit beyond 144/165hz.
 
The 6700XT would be my choice in your case. That system would likely get you near 144hz although the cpu would certainly be the bottleneck for it. I have a B450 Tomahawk max mainboard and 5600G cpu I will be posting here for sale soon that I'm practically gonna give away as I have no need for it anymore. PM me if interested.
 
perhaps 500hz is too quick for almost everything
What about a 360hz at 1080 / 1440p pc build?
 
Bobby55 said:
Thats what I assumed.

I would of thought a GPU upgrade from the 1080GTX to say the 4090 is much more worthwhile than the 4770k to the 4790k
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Probably not much of an upgrade. You’d be cpu bound. If your processor is not fast enough to feed the gpu what it needs, the gpu become irrelevant.
 
Bobby55 said:
perhaps 500hz is too quick for almost everything
What about a 360hz at 1080 / 1440p pc build?
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It really depends what you are doing with it, cant be answered without that information. What software specifically. Just idling at a screen, just need displayport 1.4.
 
Bobby55 said:
Can I upgrade my 4770k without changing the motherboard? As then I will likely need to replace the RAM as well and it ends up being the whole PC changed.
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Not to anything that will make an appreciable or even noticeable difference. You need an all new build to take advantage of the monitor and whatever card you decide to go with.
 
Geforcepat said:
There's nothing wrong with calling or referring to 1440 as 2k. :confused: 🤷‍♂️
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Outside the term having been use for 1080p for the longest time in the movie industry and possibly creating needless confusion ?

Wikipedia first line on the 2k resolution entry is: Not to be confused with 1440p, followed by 2K resolution is a generic term for display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of approximately 2,000 pixels

What could be the possible link between the number 2,000 and 2560x1440 ? Why not 2.5K ?

Does anyone using the term 2K for 1440p, will use 18k to talk abut 7680 × 4320 instead of 8k (if it is based on some how many time the resolution is higher than 1080p and have a K in there for some reason), I doubt it.

Has for the op, what example of old game you are trying to run at 360hz at 1440p and are you the type to not mind playing at medium-high ? Has fps goes up, CPU tend to become important even on somewhat old title.
 
LukeTbk said:
Outside the term having been use for 1080p for the longest time in the movie industry and possibly creating needless confusion ?

Wikipedia first line on the 2k resolution entry is: Not to be confused with 1440p, followed by 2K resolution is a generic term for display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of approximately 2,000 pixels

What could be the possible link between the number 2,000 and 2560x1440 ? Why not 2.5K ?

Does anyone using the term 2K for 1440p, will use 18k to talk abut 7680 × 4320 instead of 8k (if it is based on some how many time the resolution is higher than 1080p and have a K in there for some reason), I doubt it.

Has for the op, what example of old game you are trying to run at 360hz at 1440p and are you the type to not mind playing at medium-high ? Has fps goes up, CPU tend to become important even on somewhat old title.
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I get all that, But to keep it short, In our world (PC gaming, even console gaming) Givining 1440p the side name of 2k just works. I rarely see any monitors that are 2048x1080.(if ever). In modern pc gaming resolutions 4096 x 2160= 4K, 2560x1440= 2K.
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"2K monitor resolution is a term that refers to a display resolution where the width is around 2000 pixels123. The most common 2K resolution is 2560x1440, which is also known as Quad HD (QHD)3. However, some 2K monitors may have a resolution of 2048x1080, which is the standard for digital cinema12. 2K resolution is different from and better than 1080p resolution, which has a width of 1920 pixels2."
 
Geforcepat said:
In modern pc gaming resolutions 4096 x 2160= 4K, 2560x1440= 2K.
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This is what is commonly adopted by people who don't know what they're talking about. So common that even display manufacturers have jumped on it and advertise this way. Something can gain popularity and become the standard for speech and still be blatantly wrong.
Glenwing over there knows his shit.
https://linustechtips.com/topic/691408-2k-does-not-mean-2560×1440/
So why do people call 2560×1440 "2K"?

Because when "4K" was new to the consumer market, people would ask: "What's 4K?", and usually the response was "it’s four times as many pixels as 1080p". Unfortunately most people misinterpreted this and assumed that the "4" in "4K" actually stood for "how many times 1080p" the resolution was, and since 2560×1440 is popularly known as being "twice as many pixels as 1080p" (it's 1.77 times, but close enough), some people decided to start calling it "2K", and other people heard that and repeated it.

While it’s true that 4K UHD (3840×2160) is four times as many pixels as 1920×1080, that isn’t why it’s called "4K". It’s called 4K because it's approximately 4,000 pixels horizontally. The fact that it’s also 4 × 1080p is just a coincidence, and that pattern doesn’t continue with other resolutions.

For example, the 5K resolution featured in the Retina 5K iMac, 5120×2880, is equivalent to four 2560×1440 screens. If 1440p is "2K" because it’s twice as many pixels as 1080p, then wouldn’t four of them together be called "8K"? (Well, technically 7K since like I said 1440p is 1.77 times not 2 times 1080p, but that’s beside the point). We don’t call it 7K or 8K. We call it 5K, because it's around 5,000 pixels horizontally. It has nothing to do with "how many times 1080p" the resolution is.

In addition, an actual 8K resolution such as 8K UHD (7680×4320) is equivalent to four 4K UHD screens. A single 4K UHD screen is four times as many pixels as 1080p, so four of those together is sixteen times as many pixels as 1080p. But 7680×4320 isn't called "16K", it’s called "8K", because it’s approximately 8,000 pixels horizontally. Again it doesn't have anything to do with "how many times 1080p" the resolution is.

So although 2560×1440 is around twice as many pixels as 1080p, it is not called "2K", because that isn’t where these names come from. Since 2560×1440 is approximately 2,500 pixels horizontally, it falls into the 2.5K classification.
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Geforcepat said:
I rarely see any monitors that are 2048x1080.(if ever).
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1920 is not much farther to 2000 than 2048 and more importantly here so much closer to the number 2000 than 2560 is...,

What is even the link between 2000 and 2560x1440, is it because 2560 is in the 2xxx ? Does those people call 3840 x 2160, 3k instead of 4k ? Regardless of the logic that was use I really doubt people will be consistent with what the rest of the world will call 5k-6k-8k monitor
 
LukeTbk said:
1920 is not much farther to 2000 than 2048 and more importantly here so much closer to the number 2000 than 2560 is...,

What is even the link between 2000 and 2560x1440, is it because 2560 is in the 2xxx ? Does those people call 3840 x 2160, 3k instead of 4k ? Regardless of the logic that was use I really doubt people will be consistent with what the rest of the world will call 5k-6k-8k monitor
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That's something i meant to put in my response, Since 3840 x 2160 is 4K, Why can't 2560x1440 be 2K? I remember back 10-11 years ago when 4k monitors were first getting going in the pc market, there was a lot of discussion/argument over that.
 
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