Can I straight-swap an NVIDIA 2070 with a 3080Ti?

[NorthernMenace]

I have an ASUS Prime A320M-K motherboard, am considering doing some upgrades to my machine but have to be selective due to price. I already have 32GB RAM, M.2 nVME storage and a GeForce RTX 2070 (8GB)-based graphics card. Hoping to soon upgrade CPU to something like a Ryzen 9 5950X.

Is it as simple as swapping out the 2070 card for a new-to-me (second hand), thinking something like a 3080Ti 12GB? I use a HP Reverb 2 VR - will such a graphics card swap result in better graphics in VR or is it the VR headset that is limiting? (it is mainly things like spotting ground vehicles/ground scenery that I find difficult).

 

thanks for any info

Edited Friday at 09:28 AM by NorthernMenace

[speed-of-heat]

yep...is just another PCI card... 

it will significantly improve your FPS on the same settings , especially if you combine it with a new processor 

[NorthernMenace]

Thanks for info, that's reassuring.

 

When you say it will increase FPS.... I interpret Frames Per Second to link to stutter/glitching etc. At present, my VR experience is very smooth and I do have most of the graphics settings in DCS set to 'high', it's just that object clarity eg scenery/distance viewing/clouds isn't as good as I would want (cockpit graphics are excellent). So would the increased FPS capacity mean that I get better graphics quality overall?

[speed-of-heat]

its been a while since i had a G2, but if thats the case, then yes you can turn settings up !

also make sure if you are doing both CPU and GPU that your PSU can cope with it ... 

[Mr_sukebe]

That’s what I did one gen back.

The power connection cables might be slightly different and I seem to remember the 3080 requiring more Watts.  Otherwise, should be good

[CTB]

Yes, I recently did the same. Went from 2 x gtx1070 to a rtx 3080ti.

All you need to do is swap the card and update drivers. It is advised to delete the shaders folder in dcs so they can be rebuilt for the new card.

 

I went from about 70-90fps to 120-150fps with same settings. Probably cpu and pci-e limited.

I have turned the settings up and set a frame limit of 72fps (144Hz) monitor.

 

I killed one of my 1070 cards so am considering putting the second one in for pysX, had this arrangement previously.

 

If you are considering changing processor, check motherboard or socket compatibility first. If you need to change motherboard it needs a reinstall of windows. For me with a custom install a right pain.

But like me you may also be limited in pci-e bandwidth, so cpu upgrade (if possible) may not do much at all. You can only resolve that by changing motherboard with a newer chipset.

I’ve got z370 chipset, which is pci 3 and 8th gen cpu. Considering going on to 9th gen as it has same socket but I dont think it will give me much more as I will be pci limited, even though it has 2 more cores. Would have to go to pci 4 or 5 to resolve but i dont want to change motherboard. Some of the new motherboards are really expensive.

Changing card usually gives a noticeable increase but you have to consider these other factors. 

Edited 14 hours ago by CTB