1800X to 7700K ?

[Dicehunter]

Ok so, I play a lot of games and especially in WoW even with the 1800X at 2560x1440P, 25FPS is not uncommon and that's not in raids, That's just in the countryside or in towns, I get such extremely low CPU and GPU usage and I can guarantee the CPU is the bottleneck here.

Would I be nuts going from a 4GHz 1800X to a 5GHz 7700K if it's just for gaming and some light encoding now and then ?

 

[Dicehunter]

Use MSI AB, put all the threads on overlay and play as normal. Observe what's happening during gamepla PER CORE not overall CPU usage. WOW has crap engine, it will slow even lower CPU usage on a 16 core CPU!!!!

Also what's the speed of your ram and GPU? How's your VRAM usage when the performance tanks?

CPU is at 4GHz, Ram is at 3000MHz, Vram usage stays around the same, General GPU usage is around 40% in wow with CPU usage going as low as 5%, I've tested the GPU in an Intel based system and all is fine so my presumption is the CPU is holding it back.

Something must be wrong here, my 1700 with a 1070 could do 60/70 at 1080p in busy towns, I no longer play but it certainly wasn't as bad as you are experiencing.

I play at 1440P maxed settings, AA makes no difference though, I've tried with it on and off and the frame difference is negligible.

Here's a screenie of in town and outside of town -

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