Upgrade my CPU or GPU? And which CPU?

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I am planning to upgrade my PC, the specs are:
Ryzen 1700
Asus GTX 1080 Strix
16gb RAM

I am thinking of upgrading my CPU to an i7 9th generation that is coming soon, or my GPU to an upcoming GTX 11 series.

Since these will cost a lot (for the CPU I'll even have to change the motherboard), I can't afford both. Please help me choose.

For the GPU I am certain that I'll use a GTX, but for the CPU I don't know if I should use an i7 9th gen or the next gen Ryzen. I heard that Intel processors are better for gaming, and I use my PC only for games. If there are other better choices, please tell me.
 
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As you push the resolution higher, the CPU matters less.

A 1080 is a little shy of being a consistent 4K 60Hz or 1440p 144Hz card, at least not without lowering settings.

If that's truly what you want, I'd lean more towards the top tier 11xx series cards if/when they launch.
A 1080TI isn't going to net you those results definitively today.... and SLI 1080's isn't worthwhile due to lack of support.
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Realistically, is there anywhere you feel your existing system is letting you down, specifically?

While yes, an Intel chip typically does have the edge in gaming, the 1700 is no slouch itself.

I don;t see any need to upgrade anything, based on what you've said so far....
 
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Honestly, it could just be me being too greedy, but I have two monitors; a QHD monitor and a 4K one. I really want a constant 144 frames on the qhd and 60 frames on 4K, and my PC struggles a bit especially with the QHD monitor with 144 frames. It usually stops tops at 80~100 fps with games like Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Rainbow6Siege, PUBG...
A 60 fps with the 4K monitor also doesn't happen often. But these days I don't use it and just stick with the QHD monitor as frames are more important for me.

Looks like I posted twice the same thing. Sorry.
 
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As you push the resolution higher, the CPU matters less.

A 1080 is a little shy of being a consistent 4K 60Hz or 1440p 144Hz card, at least not without lowering settings.

If that's truly what you want, I'd lean more towards the top tier 11xx series cards if/when they launch.
A 1080TI isn't going to net you those results definitively today.... and SLI 1080's isn't worthwhile due to lack of support.
 
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you could sell your 1080 on ebay, get some money back, and get the 1180.
you could also SLi your 1080 to achieve a higher frame rate.
and you could sli the 1180 when it comes out.

go through this review to see the differences in ryzen in video games and make your own judgement call - https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-1700-cpu-review,5009.html

it sort of is you just wanting more or "being too greedy" since you have a top of the line set up. however, if you want higher frames on higher resolution with the highest setting, i personally would SLi it with either two 1070, two 1080, two 1170, or two 1180.

we don't know the performance of the 11 series yet so can't tell specifically. if you want to sli your 1080, try picking up a used graphics card on ebay. if you don't like the set up, resell it on ebay. used graphics cards are fine nearly every time. also, choose the same model and brand when picking for sli.

edit: depends on the person for sli. barty says sli isn't worth the set up, potential issues, or lack of support, meanwhile i personally am fine with sli. up to you.
 
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SLI support is lacking evan.... Even a title with "good" support will rarely exceed +50% gains for +100% more money.

Personally, I only view SLI as a worthwhile option if you need more performance than the current top-tier card offers.
Ie. If you currently had a 1080TI and needed more power. Your only option then really, is to SLI.

SLI 1070s or 1080s would certainly show gains if the title supports it - but the OP has listed specific titles.

Witcher3 and Fallout4 have some pretty good SLI support from what I can find.
R6S, YMMW
PUBG, I'm not sure about. According to Nvidia at the beginning of the year:

The official release of PUBG is not multi-GPU friendly. If the game developer releases a patch later on that makes the game multi-GPU friendly we will reinstate an SLI profile.
Click to expand...

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1032142/geforce-drivers/official-388-71-game-ready-whql-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-12-20-17-/post/5262323/#5262323

I know there's been numerous patches since, but can't find any that comment on SLI support.
 
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To be honest I would definentely go with a gpu upgrade. Even though intel have better proccessors for gaming I don't think that you have to upgrade the proccessor for quite a long time, especially as more games are supporting using more than 4 cores.
 
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I play Rainbow Six Siege on my primary desktop(Ryzen 7 2700x, 32gb ddr4-3200, gtx 1080 ti oc). Playing @ 1440p with graphic settings turned all the way up. CPU usage on that game averages about 20%, GPU usage will spike as high as around 50%. So basically this setup is more then enough.
 
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