Best GPU upgrade for i7-7700k with 1070GTX?

[falken_gt4]

I was looking at getting an RTX4070 Super but I would have to spend another £600 upgrading the rest of the PC so was looking at a card for a stopgap between builds. I currently have a 1070GTX and want to get something that is going to be the right balance so as not to be bottlenecked by my 7th gen i7. DCS is the only thing I really need it for as the only other game I play is COD WW2 from 2017. 

I have the following Hardware setup.

Gigabyte Z270 Board
Intel i7-7700k 4.2GHz CPU
48Gb DDR4 RAM
Asus 1070GTX Dual OC 8Gb GPU

Edit: Running at 1440p

I was looking at a Gigabyte RTX3060 Eagle 12Gb model for £289 which a couple of people have recommended but was wanting to know people's experience with DCS. Am currenlty running Multithread DCS 2.9 patched up to date and am unsure what the RTX3060 will bring to the table with increased FPS and DLSS?

Cheers

falken_gt4

Edited January 18, 2024 by falken_gt4

[BitMaster]

At which resolution do you intend to use that card ?

[diego999]

52 minutes ago, BitMaster said:

At which resolution do you intend to use that card ?

This is important.

Before knowing the answer, let me suggest a 3060ti. It has only 8GB of VRAM, but it's better in every measure. Those 12GB in the regular 3060 are kinda useless as the GPU doesn't have the raw power to utilize that much memory.

 

[falken_gt4]

I forgot to mention! 1440p

I know that helps with the bottlenecking over 1080p for card selection in most games.

[diego999]

2 hours ago, falken_gt4 said:

I forgot to mention! 1440p

 

I'd go for a 3060ti then.

 

 

[falken_gt4]

Yeah, I don't mind spending another £50 on the 3060Ti if it's not going to get bottlenecked by the i7-7700k.