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4790K Future-proof

As above, should last a good while yet. Broadwell is released later this year, (fits in Z97 boards). Followed soon after by skylake, which is a new socket and is supposed to use DDR4 ram. Intels last few mainstream cpu's havent really improved massive amounts, ive had 3770k, 4770k and now a 4790k in the last while and from a gaming point of view. The difference has been small.
 
i7 920s/950s and certainly 2500ks (and above) still perform at a great level in single GPU setups.

4790k will be good for up to single gpu setups for quite some time to come, even duel setups will be fine for ages.
 
Will definitely last a good while yet. Ive ran the 4770k and 4790k with 670's and 780's both in single card and sli configs. Even at stock speed the one in sig doesnt hold back a pair of 780's.
 
Its been really annoying the last few years im still happy with my 2600k i know that should be a good thing but i really would like something new. Fingers crossed Skylake is a good step up.
 
Worth mentioning that none of us can actually see into the future and so we're all guessing really - but still it's highly unlikely that it'd stop being sufficient in the next 5 years. The biggest threat would probably come from something new & game changing coming along that the platform doesn't support, rather than the actual CPU being insufficient, but there is no way of guarding against that.

As others have mentioned, second-gen i5s and i7s are still fine as are some of the better first gen ones, which came out in about 2009 I think, so I'd not worry too much :)
 
I bet there is 3-5 years life in this CPU yet, I went from a 2500k to one and well there was not that much difference in gaming, TBH im running the same clockspeed i did on my 2500k and in game its hard to really tell it was worth the cash. However i would be disappointed if this becomes a bottle neck in the next 3 years even with SLI
 
Dicehunter said:
If DX12 will work they say it will then the 4790K should last you at least 3+ years probably more though.
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On the flipside, IF it does work as well as they say, how are they going to take advantage of that?

Will the the visual quality of games increase significantly, or will the demands drop?

We're at quite a turning point being so close to the start of a new console generation, and I suspect it'll be somewhere in the middle, but closer to better looking games.

People are moaning about the visual quality of the consoles and saying they're underpowered, but you just have to look at something like The Order 1886 to realise that that is just nonsense.

So I can really see the baseline of visual quality in games, increasing significantly in the near future.
 
Visual quality should take a jump when the development focus switches to the new consoles. Most games are still currently being developed for the last-gen consoles alongside PS4 / XB1. Obviously they must make compromises when having to factor in the old hardware.

Once the user base on current gen consoles is large enough, then it should be financially viable to switch focus and develop primarily for them. PC ports of AAA titles, as a result, will likely also become more demanding.
 
If its strictly between the i5 4690k and the i7 4790k, would you say the i7 is slightly more "future proof" than the i5 (i know its a dirty phrase)? Or at least should be, with regards to its hyperthreading etc?
 
hobohouseparty said:
If its strictly between the i5 4690k and the i7 4790k, would you say the i7 is slightly more "future proof" than the i5 (i know its a dirty phrase)? Or at least should be, with regards to its hyperthreading etc?
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If a game ever needs 8 threads then yes the i7 will still be ok.

The extra cache can't harm either.
 
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