CPU upgrade results with Dawntrail benchmark.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

4.7 is the stock turbo boost frequency, you haven't done anything but possibly lock one core to its out of the box limit. I do hope you tested each core to lock the one that is the best but with what you just said I doubt you even went that far. I wouldn't call that overclocking really.

It's been running like this happily for about six years. I've had no complaints. I didn't have much interest in trying to push five I just wanted the one core to be boosted so I set it higher.

[Azureskies01]

It's been running like this happily for about six years. I've had no complaints. I didn't have much interest in trying to push five I just wanted the one core to be boosted so I set it higher.

I'm not saying you should mess with it, as a matter of fact if your CPU is doing what you want it to and you are happy you shouldn't. That said locking the frequency to something it would achieve out of the box and calling it an overclock is a bit of a stretch.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I'm not saying you should mess with it, as a matter of fact if your CPU is doing what you want it to and you are happy you shouldn't. That said locking the frequency to something it would achieve out of the box and calling it an overclock is a bit of a stretch.

Alright, I'm not really bothered tbh. I wasn't looking to debate you on it. I was more hoping to see how others with same CPU were fairing.

[Rekh]

I'm Currently running an overclocked I7-8700K and an RTX 2070 GPU. The benchmark in maximum mode runs a score between 12,200. (Very High)

In some scenes, the GPU is at 100% load in task manager, while the CPU is around 80%, occasionally touching 100. In other scenes, it's the opposite, with CPU maxed, GPU nearly so.
Battle scenes with lots of spell effects loaded the GPU more, while lots of players strained the CPU.

For my first new system build in 9 years, I switched to a Ryzen 7800 X3d, Initial testing with my old GPU is interesting, in that the CPU is nearly idling all the time during the benchmark, and the GPU is completely slammed against the ceiling in all scenes.
Still, average FPS is up a bit rarely dropping under 60 with the new CPU.

My old system was both CPU and GPU bound depending on content, and the new CPU just shifted it all onto the GPU's back. Looks like I can't get away without buying a new GPU if I want to reach Extremely High.. (Yeah, I could have gotten by with the old system, but I needed an excuse to do a new build

Grats on the upgrade, Ryzen's the leading edge on multiplayer games these days with that X3D design.
As for GPU; yeah, while CPU will keep fps high because it can handle lots of objects on screen, the GPU will have big problems once effects starts flying on screen, which happen a lot in multiplayer games. You did the right thing to get the CPU first though but a GPU upgrade will make everything silky smooth; I suggest 4080ti or higher; just make sure it can fit in the PC case (big issue with newer cards lol).

After GPU look into nvme SSD upgrade along with an nvme SSD heatsink; just make sure the heatsink can fit with the new GPU.

[justausername]

Grats on the upgrade, Ryzen's the leading edge on multiplayer games these days with that X3D design.
As for GPU; yeah, while CPU will keep fps high because it can handle lots of objects on screen, the GPU will have big problems once effects starts flying on screen, which happen a lot in multiplayer games. You did the right thing to get the CPU first though but a GPU upgrade will make everything silky smooth; I suggest 4080ti or higher; just make sure it can fit in the PC case (big issue with newer cards lol).

After GPU look into nvme SSD upgrade along with an nvme SSD heatsink; just make sure the heatsink can fit with the new GPU.

there's no such thing as a 4080ti. They called the upgrade to the 4080 the 4080 super. And you certainly don't need something that high (or expensive) for FFXIV, even if you play in 4k. I just built a system with a 4070 ti super and in 4k I'm getting a solid 120fps on the benchmark without going below 70 with DLSS on on Max settings. And those 70s are momentary blips. Most of it is well over 80, with a solid average of that 120. If you play other games then yeah, go higher maybe. But I also ran the same settings with just a plain 4070 and was getting consistent 90 or so fps at 4k. Heck even my 3060 was getting 90fps at 1440p. You don't need a big card if FFXIV is your goal, especially if you aren't going 4k.
And I don't even have a 7800x3d, I only have a 7600x. In current game it runs the GPU at 98%, CPU at 30% on average. Again in 4k.

If you are running on an HDD or an external SSD, then yes, an NVME is also a good idea. (or if you have one that's smaller then 1TB) But don't be fooled by all the fancy read/write speeds, and Gen5 stuff. Most games you wont actually notice a difference between say, 1500 write speed, and 8000 write speed. If you do editing or production etc then you might benefit more from a faster drive. FFXIV will run plenty well off a Gen3 1600mb/s drive even with the graphics update. And depending on your Mobo, it very well might have come with a heatsink for your nvme. They aren't always the top of the line best, but for the average person, they offer plenty enough cooling for the drive as long as your CPU cooler and case flow are up to snuff.

It's very easy to overspend on a PC when you really don't need to.

[Larirawiel]

After GPU look into nvme SSD upgrade along with an nvme SSD heatsink; just make sure the heatsink can fit with the new GPU.

For games even a SATA3 SSD is enough and there is almost no difference in loading times compared to a M.2 SSD. The only game, which can take an advantage of M.2 SSDs is Ratchet & Clank, because it can use DirectStorage. But DirectStorage is buggy as hell and i guess, Micros~1 will need another 5 years to fix it.



Cheers

[Remolia]

same, upgraded my CPU to X3D, but to 5800X3D, just to be able to have stable above 110+ fps in lumsa 24/7 so I can always jump on that pillar

[SnowVix]

same, upgraded my CPU to X3D, but to 5800X3D, just to be able to have stable above 110+ fps in lumsa 24/7 so I can always jump on that pillar

i wish i'd gone with that one when i did my upgrade, but i was budgeting and buying under time pressure because my computer was actively trying to die, so i ended up going with a 5700X. still ended up with Very High, and should be good to go until i eventually upgrade to an AM5 mobo/cpu/DDR5 RAM down the line.

[Azureskies01]

Direct Storage isn't buggy it just takes around 20% of your GPU compute to load things that fast which can lead to sutters anyway as PC doesn't have a dedicated IO chip to handle loading things that quickly, unlike the Ps5.

[Kes13a]

in the first benchmark, with the same cpu, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 3080 Ti, 3440x1440 resolution, average at 186 FPS, I scored a 16693, rated as "extremely high"

if you wanted a comparison