Hi!
So I have a chance to get a 2070super for pretty cheap, but don’t want to waste money I shouldn’t.
I currently game at 1080p and have a dual monitor set up. I get okay FPS capped at 30 with my 8700k and 1070, and was wondering if any of you have experience with this same CPU and a 2070 super? I currently don’t have means to get a 3070, and I know playing at 1080p can hog down the card, but I’m happy with a 10 or 15fps increase, plus the 1070 is getting close to retirement.
Do you think this would be possible? Should I upgrade to a 9900k as well so it utilizes the GPU better?
Thanks!
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I was running the sim on a much worse CPU and a 1080ti which appears for have similar performance as the 2070super, at 4k and was getting 30-40 fps. It is my opinion that you would get quite a bit of a boost to your average framerate, with the CPU limiting you in large, high traffic areas whilst on the ground.
You can chase frame rates, or you can chase picture quality.
The first can be very expensive but you don’t need a flight simulator to see the results,
just a freeware frame rate benchmark with numbers that you can stare at all day.
Otherwise, you can switch off the frame rate counter and marvel at the picture quality,
easily achieved with lesser hardware than you have now.
Here is some advice on whether or not to upgrade the CPU
I had a 2070s and ran three 1080 monitors on it with a low level i7 and I think at 2070s is underrated, it was good for me.
There is a fundamental misconception, fostered by the makers of the hardware, that as soon as the latest card comes out, all previous graphics cards become inferior and not worth having.
The 1080 ti was a superb card and it still is and always will be.
So is the 2070 and the 1070 mentioned in the OP is very good too.
It is also worth bearing in mind that very few people spend many hundreds of their currencies on new hardware and then take to forums and admit that the result is either unchanged or sometimes worse performance than before.
Unless you are using VR, or you have exceptional eyes that can detect a variation of a few frames per second without any numbers on the screen, 30 fps is good enough for most and reasonably easy to achieve, without too much sacrifice of picture quality.
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I`m running a 2070 Super with an i7 on three large 1080 Monitors and two small ones for Instruments. The Performance could be better, but its ok and playable
I have a 9900kf and 3070 ti and barely get over 35 fps in 1080 p so consider upgrading to an even more powerful cpu.13th gen will release this week 
I have built a new rig half a year ago around an Intel 12700K, DDR5 RAM, etc., but I chose to temporarily keep my RTX 2070 because of the insane GPU prices at the time.
My G-sync monitor’s vertical resolution is 1440p - locked at 40 FPS in NVCP - and I don’t use VR. The 2070 is definitely capable of rendering those 40 frames consistently with almost everything at Ultra.
This is with DX11. Haven’t spent much time testing DX12.
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I just upgraded to a 3060 ti card from a 1080 ti card. running on an i7-6 with 16 gigs of ram. It works great, has given me 16 more fps, and looks just as good if not better then the 1080 card. In hind sight, I probably should of just kept the 1080 ti in the machine and had an extra $445, but the card was old and I had the extra $445 so I figured WTH.
2070S is a great card. I have had mine for a couple of years and it works well with my i9-9900k. I sim mainly in VR these days and am getting pretty smooth performance with mostly high settings.
This is great and all, but I’m not chasing 60fps. I’m chasing consistent 30FPS. Me being capped at 30 only means that’s my max FPS, but still dip into the 20’s at time and that’s what I’m looking to avoid.
Until a few months ago I used a GTX-1060 together with my current CPU I7-7700. Of course my GPU had to work very hard to maintain acceptable performance, but it managed to keep reasonable visual quality.
Recently I bought a RTX-3060ti which is comparable with a 2070 super. My I7-7700 can handle the High/Ultra settings I’m using on dual monitors (1440p + 1080p).
With recent developments in FS like enhancement of DX12 and DLSS I’d go for the 2070-Super and retire the 1070.
Good luck, and have fun with your choice.