4k Gaming - Time for an upgrade?

rorilogan

rorilogan

rorilogan

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Hi all,

Need your help with this one...
I want to begin 4k gaming, but not sure what further spec I need to do so.

I play games on mostly ultra settings at an easy 60fps but when upping the res to 4k, around 30 fps on the same settings. I want this to be atleast 60fps.

Current Spec;

CPU: Intel I5 6600k 3.5Ghz *OVERCLOCKED; 4.5Ghz*
CPU FAN:VAPOUR-X W/ DUAL FAN 120MM CPU COOLER (Planning to upgrade this to a H75 Corsair AIO)
MOBO: Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 MOBO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 2 x 8GB
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8GB
SSD: Kingston HyperX 240 GB
HDD: 2 x SeaGate 500GB

Would appreciate any help given... :)
 
Gtx 1080ti - but don't expect solid 60 FPS on high settings , this gen not quite at hitting average 60hz for newly released AAA titles .

At 4k , it's less CPU bound for Most games, though latest AAA due like to push cores either through good coding or lots of pathway calculations .

Should be able to get little more our of your 6600k?
Not sure how much 6700k/7700k going second hand to team up with gtx 1080ti . Least that's a cheaper upgrade that can be done at any point for some improvement. The GPU is the major factor :)
As above,the 8700k might have same tough competition with 2700x Out on the 19th
 
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That CPU has enough clock speed to make CPU upgrades to current CPUs very questionable.

Anyway increasing resolution increases only stress off GPU.
Because CPU is only involved in calculating "geometry"/game state and its all graphics card's job to turn that into pixels.
And that graphics card certainly isn't anymore that fresh, which is why framerates drop at 4K.
Which requires GPU to calculate four times as many pixels per frame.



JediFragger said:
And have £2.5k+ handy...
Click to expand...
You forgot likely need to sell also arm and leg.
 
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