Anyone do a CPU upgrade AFTER using a GTX 3080/3090? (I.e., should I spend the money

[NeoKingRthur]

If you enable devmode and display the FPS counter. Is it saying you’re limited by main thread? If so, this post might help you.

[Solved - Disable hardware virtualization] Limited by MainThread but not a single core is close to 100%

Good news! I was comparing my setup against a friend’s one with a very similar system (but he was getting much better CPU frametimes) and the only thing different was he had virtualization turned off. Guess what? I disabled SVM in BIOS and I’m now getting much better core utilization. That main core is now on 90% instead of 70, 75%. My CPU frametime dropped from 24ms to 17ms (paired with my GPU’s) and the FPS increased from 38 to 52 around the same spot. Here’s a new screenshot, more or less…

If this doesn’t work, then yes you might need to upgrade to a more powerful CPU. But the current-gen CPU has a brand new socket. So you might need to replace your motherboard as well.

But I think it’s better to wait for another month with the Xbox release and DX12. Hopefully that should improve your FPS without needing to upgrade your CPU, otherwise upgrade it as a last resort.