I have an Intel i7 12700F, 2 x 16 GB of DDR4 RAM (32 GB in total), and an RTX 3070 (8 GB).
I play on a 2K 165 Hz monitor, and occasionally on a 4K TV.
I can't get to 165 FPS in most games, and I have to play with DLSS enabled to get the games to feel good (with graphics set to medium).
The games I'm playing the most right now are:
Battlefield 6 (I get around 80 FPS on medium to high settings using DLSS, and on some maps textures look extremely low poly, likely due to VRAM limitations)
Arc Raiders (sometimes I get around 70–80 FPS, but it can drop below 60 and I get some stutters)
Cyberpunk 2077 (it runs pretty well, but I can't use any ray tracing)
Starfield
Stellaris (an upgrade here would mainly be about the CPU, to better handle the endgame)
Helldivers 2 (similar to Battlefield 6, except I don't seem to have VRAM problems in this game, at least not that I've noticed)
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero (I have to lower its resolution scale to 50% when playing on my TV because it runs poorly—I know my card isn't really meant for 4K)
I also have a Meta Quest 3, I'm still new to VR gaming, but I can see that most of the latency comes from coding and decoding (RTX gen 3 isn't compatible with the new encoding Quest 3 uses, AV1, so I have to use other encoders which may be less optimized for this application in particular)
So, right now I have the money to buy a new PC. I would build a new one reusing my storage, and I’m thinking of buying an RTX 5080 and an AMD processor with 3D V-Cache (I’m not sure which one yet).
The thing is, I don't know if I should wait for the next generation of GPUs.
Maybe if I wait a bit longer, I could buy something like the next generation of the 5070 ("6070"), which might compete with the current 5080 but also include new features like updated DLSS versions?
I also know DDR5 RAM is more expensive than ever, but I don't think that's going to change soon...
Should I upgrade now, or wait?
If you think I should upgrade now, can you give me some recommendations?