Can asrock z97 extreme 6 + Intel Xeon E3-1246v3 + 16GB RAM support GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti

[Dawid Kielak]

I am a happy owner of a rig with ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Intel Z97 So.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 ATX Reta motherboard, Intel Xeon E3-1246v3 Box, LGA1150 processor, 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit RAM and 4096MB MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16 (Retail) graphics card.

I am thinking of replacing the GPU by GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti, or perhaps some other top-of-the-line GPU in the near future. My question is: does it make sense with the current motherboard and CPU? Would it make sense if I additionally got another 16 GB of RAM? Or is replacing the CPU or CPU and motherboard the only sensible thing to do?

 

[WildCard999]

It would be fine to pair it but you'll want to go with a high resolution such as 4K or 3440x1440, this way it shifts more of the gaming load from the CPU to the GPU.

 

[RememberThe5th]

Well, if you buy now top of line GPU, surley it will last you longer and you can upgrade rig in near future, but you will see bottlenecks from CPU.
For now I would see selling that rig and buying completley new one.
1150 CPU's are still overpriced still for some odd reason...

 

[Barty1884]

As WildCard mentioned, at higher resolutions, it would be fine.

For 1080p... maybe even 1440p, the 2080TI would be complete overkill - and you'd probably expect to see the GPU limited by the CPU in certain instances.

The 1246v3 is in 4770 performance territory, and certainly showing their age a little bit.

+16GB is most likely a waste too, if you're strictly gaming. If there are other memory-intensive workloads being performed too, it *might* make sense.

If I were you, I'd start with the GPU upgrade and see how you fare.

 

[Dawid Kielak]

Thanks for the helpful comments!

 

[chemmajorp53]

If you're gaming at 1080p 144hz or something, absolutely don't spend that much money on a gpu. I would say MINIMUM 1440p 144hz and 4k 60z to justify buying a 2080 ti. If you're at 1080p144 or 1440p60 then the 1070 ti at $410 or the 1080 at $450 is a much more sensible upgrade.