Question RTX 4080/5080: upgrades needed?

[Akeyiro]

Fellow gamers, I need your tech expertise and knowledge to clear a doubt I've got.

I'm gonna get either an RTX 4080 or 5080 and I'd like to know if I'll need to upgrade my CPU and motherboard as well or not.

I've got a Z390 AORUS ULTRA (motherboard) and Intel Core i7 9700K (CPU): do I need to replace them with something more powerful ? Or can they sustain the above mentioned GPU?

Thanks a lot in advance for all your answers.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi, its probably worth upgrading CPU. What kind of games are you playing and what monitor do you have?