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1800X To 8700 K 1440P Gaming ?

Not a lot to be gained from CPU, OP mentioned 1440p and 4k gaming, so sideways upgrade at best, your money better spend on second GPU, SLI scaling will get you more in a majority of games than a CPU ever could.

Don't listen to the multiGPU is dead crowd, its death is wildy overstated. Will there be games with zero benefit, yes, but that is the same problem you face upgrading your CPU.
 
sandys said:
Not a lot to be gained from CPU, OP mentioned 1440p and 4k gaming, so sideways upgrade at best, your money better spend on second GPU, SLI scaling will get you more in a majority of games than a CPU ever could.

Don't listen to the multiGPU is dead crowd, its death is wildy overstated. Will there be games with zero benefit, yes, but that is the same problem you face upgrading your CPU.
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But multi-GPU is dead.
 
Grrr.... :D

I’ve just ditched SLI due to the high prices of GPUs and being able to get silly money for my 1080Tis would rather have all that dough as it is rare you make any money on secondhand hardware :D while one heavily clocked 1080ti was okay for 4k and would clearly be fine for 1440p SLI was awesome, CPU upgrade is fine if you want a million fps at 1080p, GPU is better you actually want to drive a big screen res.

Example for OP this review shows the increase for a 1070Ti vs 1070ti SLI, some good gains even at the 1440p low res but its main thing is the gains at 4k where a CPU can do nothing.

https://babeltechreviews.com/the-50-game-gtx-1070-ti-sli-review/3/

Downsides are that SLI is rarely supported on new titles until a couple of months down the line and even after that time a game you like may still not work with out you digging around in the inspector etc and doing custom configs, or not at all, still generally better than a CPU upgrade in every way that matters gaming wise.

Of course whether you can find a card for a reasonable price is another matter but even at £1150 from Nvidia, £s for performance versus a platform shift I reckon it is probably going to work out better.
 
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Looking at the recent leaks I don't think Intel will have to cut their prices. AMD have priced themselves on par.
 
Steveocee said:
Wait 2 months and get a 2800X. Less upheaval and although performance figures aren't out yet chances are the multithreaded will still be better than the 8700K
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He bought a star wars GPU, he can afford to do anything he wants. Have both systems?
 
gavinh87 said:
I went from a 1700 to 8700k and the difference is certainly noticeable if you are aiming for 144hz. Is it worth the cost? It was in my eyes, I got tired of the lack of single core strength in ryzen.
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Truth, same here used ryzen 1700 for 10 months and then moved to 8700K difference is very noticable and also using 1440p.
Before buying ryzen i sold my 7700K wich was basically a big waste of time.
 
Dicehunter said:
Got the hardware itch, 1800X running stable at 4GHz to 8700K a silly upgrade ?

I game at 2560x1440P and 4K so not exactly CPU limited resolutions, GPU is a Titan Xp, Do the odd bit of Premier Pro.
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You are getting the hardware itch because manufactures and box shifters are trying to shift stock with offers to temp you before new products come out. Ask yourself do I really need that extra little bit of performance in exchange for a lot of money.:D
 
Although you might see a bump in gaming performance, only the OP can justify whether the cash outlay is worthy it to them.

If they have the disposable cash and can justify it do it.

Personally I wouldn't do it as the 1800x is plenty fast for gaming. It's best to wait a while for a more meaningful upgrade.

At the very least a year.

As time goes by the Ryzen line up especially the 8 cores should improve as more games tap in to the increased parallelization of future generation CPU's.

My 1700 is performing handsomely at the moment for example.
 
Strange I thought I had my say here. I went from 1700 to 8700k and saw a large boost in BF1 at 1440P with a 1080ti. Around 30fps which ment 144hz was stable the entire time of playing mutiplayer. However as some have said, personally would only do it if you have money to burn and want that extra squeeze of gpu power.
 
Techen said:
Strange I thought I had my say here. I went from 1700 to 8700k and saw a large boost in BF1 at 1440P with a 1080ti. Around 30fps which ment 144hz was stable the entire time of playing mutiplayer. However as some have said, personally would only do it if you have money to burn and want that extra squeeze of gpu power.
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Agree, did the very same thing. This is my hubby, I don't drink (much) or smoke, so buying kit then selling on to buy different kit is fine by me. I have to say, big difference between a Ryzen 1700 @3.9 and a 8700k @ 5.1GHz. And I game at 1440p.

Before anyone say, you be a fan boy - not at all. I will probably switch this kit for a Ryzen 2.0 (proper 2.0) when they come out to have a play with that too.
 
People try to make it out to be somesort of important investment or whatnot, but its just 500€ or so, so nobody really cares, having used both I can say 8700K is a way better option for gaming, even on 1440p. Dont belive me, then try it yourself.
 
oldbanana said:
People try to make it out to be somesort of important investment or whatnot, but its just 500€ or so, so nobody really cares, having used both I can say 8700K is a way better option for gaming, even on 1440p. Dont belive me, then try it yourself.
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For less than half that you get 90% of the gaming performance. no one is doubting the 8700K is better for gaming on very high end GPU's, is it actually worth it? for most ordinary people no its not, it doesn't even off better gaming performance on less than the best gaming GPU's, there you get the same performance.

People try to argue the only thing you can buy is an 8700K or any other Intel CPU are clearly just not serious people or people who should be taken seriously, clearly not.
 
As I said above your better off doubling up GPUs for the most part, much higher frame rates at 1440p and beyond.
 
Interesting thread, so we established a 1080ti is wasted on ryzen due to bottleneck. Is that down to resolution op wants. Would that disappear if he had a 144hz monitor or a 4k?
 
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