My rig:
Asus ROG STRIX B550-F
Ryzen 5600x
EVGA RTX 3080TI
4X8 gig Crucial Ballistic DDR4-3600 (cl 16) in DOCP mode
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME
Western Digital Blue 1TB (storage)
1000 watt PSU
LG 27850 (144Hz native)

My dilemma is with BF 2042. I am getting frame drops from 120FPS down to 80 fps with regularity. All settings on low. When there are a lot of explosions or just other players near by I stick on textures, and stutter horribly.
I am thinking of upgrading my CPU to a 5900x . With Christmas around the corner it is very doable. So my question is.....will more cores help to make this game smoother. Right now I have my frames locked at 100, which seems to help a bit, but far from what this hardware is capable of. I a, also aware that 144 fps in this game is not really a reality at this time. a consistent 115 to 120 fps would be nice and make the game more enjoyable. Your thoughts?