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4790k and 1080ti

leekeene

leekeene

leekeene

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Hello

i have a 4790k running 4.8ghz, 32gb ram and im looking to replace my r9 390 with something more powerful.

setups is basically 2 screens running 1080p and a rift

with my r9 390 i cant run any supersampling on the rift so thinking it might be time to get big

will the 4790k bottleneck a 1080ti?

Cheers
 
Nice to see how popular the 4790k actually is. Everyone seems to have 6700k onwards and I'm sat here rocking my 4790k at 4.6GHz! I had the same question as given the hugely underwhelming Vega launch, I might snap up a 1080ti and a 165Hz 1440p monitor...
 
Another 4790k and 1080ti owner here, I game at 1440p/60hz at the minute and GPU load rarely exceeds 50%, absolutely cracking combo. Going to go either UW or UHD when I'm back off holiday as it just isn't pushed at the minute.
Josh.
 
I'm a 4670K owner @ 4.4Ghz, currently gaming on a Rog Swift 34" ultrawide with a 1080. Even at my lower clockspeed, I've no concerns about bottlenecking and will probably go with a 1080ti shortly so I can use a higher level of supersampling on my Rift. Hard to believe my rig (excluding GPU) is 4 years old now and will probably get another year out of it!
 
GTiPUG said:
Nice to see how popular the 4790k actually is. Everyone seems to have 6700k onwards and I'm sat here rocking my 4790k at 4.6GHz! I had the same question as given the hugely underwhelming Vega launch, I might snap up a 1080ti and a 165Hz 1440p monitor...
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Got a 4790K running at stock with a GTX 1080 until I sidegraded to the Vega 64 yesterday. Everything still runs great maxed out at 1440p 144hz. No reason to overclock this amazing CPU yet!
 
malachi said:
Got a 4790K running at stock with a GTX 1080 until I sidegraded to the Vega 64 yesterday. Everything still runs great maxed out at 1440p 144hz. No reason to overclock this amazing CPU yet!
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Awesome! What was the reason for the sidegrade out of interest? I was considering jumping to 1080 or Vega from 980ti, but it just doesn't seem worth it I guess... Hmm...
 
GTiPUG said:
Awesome! What was the reason for the sidegrade out of interest? I was considering jumping to 1080 or Vega from 980ti, but it just doesn't seem worth it I guess... Hmm...
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I have an Freesync monitor so I wanted to use that feature again. So put the 1080 in my 2nd gaming PC which I also upgraded to Ryzen 7 1700. My 4970K still keeps up it in gaming. I think the 4970K will be up there with the Q6600 in CPU history with longevity.

If I was upgrading from an 980ti, I would go straight to the 1080ti if you can afford it.
 
malachi said:
I have an Freesync monitor so I wanted to use that feature again. So put the 1080 in my 2nd gaming PC which I also upgraded to Ryzen 7 1700. My 4970K still keeps up it in gaming. I think the 4970K will be up there with the Q6600 in CPU history with longevity.

If I was upgrading from an 980ti, I would go straight to the 1080ti if you can afford it.
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Yep, my thoughts exactly... I don't think I've had a single moment where I've felt bottlenecked.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Think I'll put £100 away every month until Volta and see what it gets me!
 
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