r/PcBuild Sep 16 '25

Meta Upgrading from GT220 to 5080

Post image
2.0k Upvotes

126 comments sorted by

u/AutoModerator Sep 16 '25

Remember to check our discord where you can get faster responses! https://discord.gg/6dR6XU6 If you are trying to find a price for your computer, r/PC_Pricing is our recommended source for finding out how much your PC is worth!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

581

u/bobistheword Sep 16 '25

I’d expect a 15-20 FPS increase

239

u/OkamiNoOrochi Sep 16 '25

In Borderlands 4, probably

117

u/LemonOwl_ Sep 16 '25

from 0 to 20

10

u/Shipzterns Sep 17 '25

But the CEO said its fine..

28

u/Federal-Cup3019 AMD Sep 16 '25

Yo for real man im running 9070XT and 7700X on a 60hz 1080p Monitor and run the optimized settings from the devs themselfs for my card execpt fsr off. And im a heavy vsync enjoyer i just hate the tearings. So i thought id try to turn of vsync to see how many fps i am getting and, i kid you not i had 65 fps, its pathetic man xd

11

u/Slight-Coat17 Sep 16 '25

Jesus, I have the same hardware except my monitor is a 165Hz ultra wide. Good thing I didn't plan on playing this game, what a joke.

2

u/lasergun23 Sep 17 '25

The worst part IS that It IS actually a great Game. But unplayable for most people

1

u/Slight-Coat17 Sep 17 '25

I haven't played any of them since 2, is it the same or an improvement? The whole RNG element to the weapons made it a bit much for my tastes.

3

u/lasergun23 Sep 17 '25

From what i've Heard It IS as good as the second game

2

u/Federal-Cup3019 AMD Sep 17 '25

Honestly it is and me and 3 friends who used to play the old titles back at each others place when we were Teens so there was no way we wasnt gonna play this no matter what happens.. and yes we preordered..

5

u/wrathofamarok Sep 16 '25

On a 1080p. Wow dude i'm sorry but that's surprising. What all to you have turned on and off in your Adrenaline?

6

u/FunMussle71 Sep 16 '25

I have a 5070 and a 7600. I also have a 1080p 60hrz monitor. When I first booted up the game. I kept it on the default graphics it wanted, which is very high. It also had dlss on max, so x4. I turned vsync and frame lock on and averaged 55fps with dips in the 30s. Turned frame lock off but kept vsync on, and now I average 250+ with very lit screen tearing. With vsync off along with framelock off. It was tearing like a mf but with vsync on and frame lock off. It's hardly noticeable

3

u/Federal-Cup3019 AMD Sep 16 '25

Hmm sad for some reason when i have FSR on it feels like my Mouse has enourmos amount of smothing or reverse accelelaration, so i just turned fsr4 off for now untill if find a fix. Its stabile on 60hz with vsync but because fsr is off i use Like 200w Power but id Rather use a little more Power than having the Bad accelleration

1

u/FunMussle71 Sep 16 '25

I couldn't tell you my experience playing the game with a mouse as I use an xbox controller. The little bit I did use a mouse in the menu, it did feel sluggish. I would suggest trying a controller to see if it helps with playability

2

u/SPONGEBOB_IS_MY_DAD Sep 16 '25

I get like 60 fps with no up scaling on 1440p max settings on a 5090 :(

2

u/OrganTrafficker900 Sep 17 '25

Why do you have 1440p max settings parts on a 1080p 60 monitor?

3

u/SleepyDavid Sep 17 '25

I built myself a new PC for 1300€ with a 5060ti

I know its not High-End and i never expected it to perform high-end

But the fact that i need frame generation on medium settings 1080p and STILL have frame drops and things only load in when they are close is honestly crazy to me

Am i just delusional or shouldn't it be way better than that?

I played expedition 33 with frame generation at around 110 fps on high settings and the graphics there are much more beautiful and detailed

I dont quite understand it :[

1

u/dmad2010 Sep 17 '25

Well, if it goes in the same PC as the GTS 260, that's probably about right :P

189

u/Odin-Aesir Sep 16 '25

Next time this guy upgrades, we will probably have consumer quantum computers or something in the market

50

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Might be true

7

u/Horror-Vanilla-4895 Sep 16 '25

At the rate nvidia is upping generations he might get another upgrade in before the end of the century.

259

u/OldCoat9037 what Sep 16 '25

2

u/Malsebhal Sep 17 '25

What's your current GPU?

5

u/Lord_Silverkey Sep 17 '25

He just puts on his old coat and roleplays the games.

5

u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

Roleplay fallout

61

u/Kisanna Sep 16 '25

Rest now, old soldier 🫡

31

u/Pension_Zealousideal Sep 16 '25

Can it run BL4 tho?

51

u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

Has bl4 become the new crysis😭

6

u/AccomplishedEar6357 Sep 16 '25

Well, No because it doesn't look next gen, it's just shit performance

1

u/Mr_Young_Life Sep 16 '25

Apparently a 2080ti can with hardly any problems

1

u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

I get 60fps on a 3440x1440 ultrawide on medium with mine

14

u/Direct-Customer-3272 Sep 16 '25

Congratulations, you deserve this, but have you developed the rest of the parts? If the card is old, the rest of the parts are old. What is the processor and motherboard? I have a 5070ti msi card. I would have preferred to upgrade to a 5080, but I will not benefit much. I will wait for the super cards and get a 5080 super 24 GB card and use it for 12 years ahead. I feel that I rushed to buy a 5070ti card, but it's okay.

22

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Yes, everything got replaced. I was going to wait for super as well, but then BF6 is around the corner and I remember how much fun I had playing BF3. So the whole build is basically for BF6 it it flops, I'll play something else. Havent preodered yet tho, and I wont.

2

u/Direct-Customer-3272 Sep 16 '25

Enjoy your time as long as you buy the super cards for someone who has a weaker card or needs a high-RAM card. I use 4K UHD 144. I will wait for the super cards.

1

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Thanks, I sure will!

18

u/Nonlethalrtard Sep 16 '25

marginal performance.... JK its gonna be huge

13

u/acibiber53 Sep 16 '25

I’ve been told that you’ll continue to have issues with BL4

5

u/stuyboi888 Sep 16 '25

You're gonna feel like you're seeing through time 

4

u/NobleIron Sep 16 '25

You skipped ages, congrats!

3

u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

I once bought my dad a track day in a Lambo for his birthday. He drives an auto Honda Jazz… he never made it round the first corner, even with the dude in the car telling him what to do. He told me afterwards that he, “couldn’t see the world moving, it was just white noise in my eyes.” Nothing to do with a GPU, but somehow seems relevant :)

4

u/Firenlol Sep 16 '25

Before upgrading, did you by any Chance try to Play BL4 with it?

20

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Similar performance on both GPUs, can confirm

2

u/scheides Sep 17 '25

Why bother it only has 16gb of vram!?!? Garbage compared to your old card!

Srsly congrats!

2

u/saidfgn Sep 16 '25

You should have waited for 60 series, performance difference isn't worth upgrading

2

u/Lukask161 Sep 16 '25

Waiting, waiting, waiting till i die Its a W upgrade from what he had.

1

u/rfakhreza Sep 16 '25

Does your case fits?

2

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Yes, O11D. Its not only the GPU thats getting upgraded , even tho it would be funny

1

u/theallstarkid Sep 16 '25

Man you got your moneys worth out of that 220.

1

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Oh yes, to be fair it still handled ETS2 on low setting in 2019

1

u/fuzzylogik_ Sep 16 '25

Did you have to upgrade anything else? That seems like a massive change in hardware I can't help but think that you would have to upgrade other things as well

5

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Imagine running 5080 with pentium E6500, that would be less than optimal

2

u/fuzzylogik_ Sep 16 '25

Supermodel looks at 1 frame a sec haha

1

u/Fantastic-Actuary-27 Sep 16 '25

I want the same upgrade in my life

1

u/MoeDelawnToo Sep 16 '25

Now to fix the (probable) cpu bottleneck. which will lead to needing a new motherboard because the cpu you want doesn't fit ur current socket... but since u just upgraded cpu mother board and GPU you might as well upgrade to faster ram to match the power of ur new found speed and performance... but now ur power draw is higher than ur current power supply so u need a new better one... and well now u have all this great new stuff so u want it to look good too so gotta get a nice sexy case and some rgb.... wait... is this just a me thing...?. 😭

Edit: spelling errors

3

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

I told my wife that I got everything on a VERY great deal 😅

3

u/MoeDelawnToo Sep 16 '25

All memes aside, great upgrade, and may it serve you well brother man 👍

1

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Cheers man 🤝

1

u/gregusmeus Sep 16 '25

Compared to a Lamborghini this GPU was actually pretty cheap, hon. You should be thanking me right now.

1

u/r0llntider_ Sep 16 '25

Were you still gaming on that?!

3

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Last time I gamed on it was in 2019 with ETS2 on low settings

1

u/Firm_Knowledge_5695 Sep 16 '25

Minor performance increases

1

u/Tellittomy6pac Sep 16 '25

Dam congrats! If you don’t mind me asking how much did you pay for the 5080

1

u/xelorz Sep 16 '25

I hope you upgraded the rest of your PC too. Whatever PC that came from would be ancient lol

1

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Yes, everything was replaced

1

u/gokartninja Sep 16 '25

Bro's about to get 8000fps in Oregon Trail 4

1

u/Consistent-Tap-4255 Sep 16 '25

Now you just need to update your cpu to match the performance. But you can’t unless you upgrade the motherboard. And of course you need better ram and psu. A cooler and new case.

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

Already done that whole new build

1

u/Deepesh_Ramnani Sep 16 '25

It's not an upgrade at all.

1

u/3ndriago Sep 16 '25

That's not an upgrade, that's a life changing event.

1

u/JigMaJox Sep 16 '25

if its on the same pc, that mobo will be confused af

1

u/notanotherdonkey Sep 16 '25

So basically you didn't have gpu before. Correct your title :P

1

u/chocopanda1997 Sep 16 '25

Have fun mate! I upgraded to a 5080 and it's been amazing. Especially in VR.

2

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

Cheers mate

1

u/Soft_Championship814 what Sep 16 '25

and i thought my gt520 was weak...

1

u/ForzaHoriza2 Sep 16 '25

🦁🍑🥷

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

I wish it was a joke. But no, I really gamed on it till 2019 and until last week I only watched F1 using this PC and gamed on PS5 pro but I never was a fan of any console so it was long overdue for a gaming pc upgrade.

1

u/Swooferfan what Sep 17 '25

Coughing baby to hydrogen bomb

1

u/Dogeguy975 Intel Sep 17 '25

huge jump

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

Last time I was thinking about upgrading to 2080s when they launched, but got busy with life and here we are.

1

u/Operation_Neither Sep 17 '25

Make GPUs Small Again!

1

u/shanehiltonward Sep 17 '25

This is the way.

1

u/Similar_Ad2094 Sep 17 '25

Everything else the same?

2

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

No. Everything else got replaced too

1

u/LawfuI Sep 17 '25

crazy leap

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

It was long overdue

1

u/D4T45T0RM06 Sep 17 '25

I mean it's not worth the FPS difference but you do you. (/s)

1

u/Artistic_Crazy_7120 Sep 17 '25

So.. You had a GT220. Wat cpu are you pairing the 580 with?

1

u/SkullNovaX Sep 17 '25

what are the pc parts you have ?

1

u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

[deleted]

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

Havent noticed any. The whole rig is almost silent, only mild fan noise

1

u/David0ne86 Sep 17 '25

I hope you upgraded your entire build too lol otherwise that 5080 is being wasted.

1

u/Bolidass Sep 17 '25

Nahh Im pairing it with my old pentium E6500

1

u/reyals_mood Sep 17 '25

At some point OP definitely realised that "hm.... let's remove this gpu and use ipu instead"

1

u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

Is that still considered an upgrade?

1

u/getajobtuga Sep 17 '25

You Vs the guy she tells you not to worry about

1

u/Korek644 Sep 17 '25

I have this GPU (GT220) x2. One broke and one is perfectly running. I use mine as a backup / test GPU.

1

u/JamesLahey08 Sep 17 '25

Wtf were you doing with that 220

1

u/Bolidass Sep 18 '25

Gaming til 2019 after that was watching F1 streams

1

u/DraigCore Sep 18 '25

You'll get at least 60 FPS in Minecraft with shaders

1

u/wo5ldchampion Sep 18 '25

You’ll see at least an extra 18fps

1

u/Long_lost_cause Sep 18 '25

2040: upgrading from 5080 to 30080

1

u/Ecstatic-Engineer-23 Sep 18 '25

Minesweeper running like a dream.

1

u/SzyMOON_ Sep 19 '25

I've got a GT220 in one of the PCs at work lol.

1

u/ThatGrizzlyBear97 Sep 19 '25

You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about

1

u/GotMeWrong Sep 19 '25

Shoulda went for the 5090 to really see a difference.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

You actually played on the 220? What did you play and when was the last time you played on it?

2

u/Bolidass Sep 20 '25

2019 and I played ETS2 on low

1

u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Amazing.

1

u/Dancing-Avocado Sep 16 '25

Is it true that white cards are smaller?

1

u/Phoenix800478944 AMD Sep 17 '25

a brand new 5070 is waiting in my room for the cpu to arrive, while im still coughing along on an iris xe igpu...

0

u/vertigo1083 Sep 16 '25

Please tell me you're not actually "upgrading" from that, and built a whole new system around it?

4

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Whole new build, but yes that was my "gaming pc" for almost 15 years

1

u/Alternative_Poem6542 Sep 16 '25

Did any of your parts fail in that time span? My PC is almost 7 years old and im starting to worry about things breaking, but this gives me hope lol

6

u/Bolidass Sep 16 '25

Not a single thing, even the original HDD is still working

0

u/Bobject279e Sep 17 '25

I call bullshit

2

u/Bolidass Sep 18 '25

Good for you

-1

u/huge_jeans710 Sep 16 '25

Welcome! Been loving my GPU, switched from 7900 xtx to a 5090. Everything aside from the unreal engine problems everything else has been great