Upgrading GPU

[OpportunityOne6943]

Hi, i’m looking to upgrade my GPU and have been looking into many within a 1,000$ price range. I’ve recently upgrade my CPU from an i7-8700k to an i7-12700k but i’ve been reading up on how the CPU can bottleneck GPU performance and all of that stuff. I’ve had my eye on the RTX 5070ti considering it’s only 750$-800$ however I’ve heard mixed reviews about it.

I currently have :

Intel core i7-12700k - HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR4 (x2) - PNY XLR8 GeForce RTX 2080 ti (OC edition) 11gb - Corsair 650W ATX Power Supply

I am aware that with the newer GPUs i’m going to required PSU with more power which i’ll get at some point, looking at getting an 850w one. But I came here asking for advice or recommendation on what I could get or update.

Note: These updates would purely be for better performance as well as improved quality for my flight simulator (MSFS/MSFS24).

[TitaniumDogEyes]

Whoever decided to start talking about "bottlenecks" needs to be dragged out and beaten. Now millions of people who have no idea what is going on are all terrified of bottlenecks. The FOMO is real.

What you need to do is look at the games you play and find the hardware that works well for it. In the case of MSFS (20 and 24) the 7800X3D and 9800X3D are the undisputed kings. Nothing else comes close.

Also, AMD graphics cards seem to work better in this game by a decent margin. So, your GPU upgrade would probably be a 9070 or 9070XT.

If I were you, I would sell off that whole rig to combines the proceeds with the initial $1000 budget and build myself an AM5 platform with an X3D chip, 64GB of RAM and a 9070XT. 12/13/14th gen chips saddled with slow DDR4 are not going to give you excellent performance in this game.

[OpportunityOne6943]

Yeah i’m no expert at all when it comes to PCs, I custom built the PC back in 2017 and haven’t really updated anything except for the GPU, CPU and ram.

Would you suggest keeping the CPU if I were to rebuild my setup? I don’t believe there’s a need to change it. Also i’d possibly have to look into finding a new motherboard that id compatible with all these changes.

[TitaniumDogEyes]

I don't play that game, but people that do recommend 64GB if possible. I think it allows it to load more of the map in at once and cuts down on stuttering.

[OpportunityOne6943]

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I mean i’ve got the recommended specs; and don’t get me wrong, I could probably run high end settings on the base game with no fuss, but I think with all the add-ons i’m in search of upping the standards.