charltonheston

One of the bigger pcie 4 things related to gaming this generation is likely to be data/loading speed. The kind of loading times that we see on the PS5 are supposed to maybe come along to the PC end of things with those advancements. It's arguable how possible it will be to replicate that experience on a platform that doesn't flat out require NVME drives like a PS5 does but it's our best shot. Right now AMD has been playing in the pcie 4 space for a bit but Intel has yet to actually jump in (Q1 2021 is when they are meant to be doing so).

I would say to wait. More for the development of PCI-E 4 and whatnot on the mobo side than the CPU yields but you'll benefit on both ends by holding tight. You could go balls out and get an i9 10 series but I doubt it would have a good cost to impact ratio right now.

Also I have a 4K monitor and honestly, if I could trade out this monitor for a high refresh 1440p (or even 1080p, if I'm being real) with actually good HDR I would do it in a second. The resolution hasn't added much to my game experiences.

Dang, well I wish Jason luck o7.

Oh man, that fight is so fun though! I say just plug away at it. Same as the other bosses in DS games, you gotta get comfy with their movesets. But specifically, having a lot of endurance helped me in this fight. There's a lot to sprint/roll around. If you're around the same level I was at that point you should be able to level after wiping out the whole area before him. Also don't forget to upgrade weapons!

I missed it too. Is this it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuT5-iLLrlE

@horseman6 PSU and monitors are more likely fine too.

But yeah, I think it's time for mobo, RAM, CPU, GPU upgrade. If that's too much at once just do either GPU or the other stuff and wait for a deal later.

For reference, I have an Asus Strix GTX 1070 and can run some stuff at 4k/30 and most things at 1440/60 comfortably. That's with an ancient i7 2600k and 8 GB RAM (nothing overclocked currently). I went the route of getting the GPU first.

So feel it out, honestly if you're gaming at 1080p and have no desire for 1440+ it might make sense to just get a 1060 or 1070 now and see how that goes. Also research the games you're playing, some are going to be more CPU intensive (Forza for example).