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9900k to 12700k for 1440p gaming
- Thread starter Jay85
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You might gain a few fps in games like WDL or facry6 but most won't really show much of an improvement especially for the money it will cost. Personally I'd hang on another year till DDR5 is matured and prices have settled down by which time AM5 and Raptor lake will be out.
Some gains, zero point.
up to 9% gains game dependant at 1440p, probably not enough to upgrade imo and would want more than a 9% uplift for £1000+ outlay
use this graph as an example , doesn't list the 9900K but does list the 10700K and the 2 processors are basically identical for gaming needs
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-12700k-alder-lake-12th-gen/17.html
use this graph as an example , doesn't list the 9900K but does list the 10700K and the 2 processors are basically identical for gaming needs
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-12700k-alder-lake-12th-gen/17.html
Thanks mate, that's helpful!up to 9% gains game dependant at 1440p, probably not enough to upgrade imo and would want more than a 9% uplift for £1000+ outlay
use this graph as an example , doesn't list the 9900K but does list the 10700K and the 2 processors are basically identical for gaming needs
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-12700k-alder-lake-12th-gen/17.html
yeah 9% is defo not worth the money. I would want at least 15-20% minimum, generation to generation leap is so minimal these days in gaming performance at the higher resolution being more gpu bound so makes these decisions rather difficult.
Yeah would want at least a 15% uplift in performance from a cpu upgrade but as you say at the higher resolutions we are not quite there yet at 1440p and its even worse at 4K ( >1.5%) so makes upgrading a CPU not an easy decision unless you are chasing the highest benchmark scores etc then there is maybe a case for it but for general gaming the thought of a £1000 outlay for such a small fps increase just doesn't make sense. What we need are quicker / more powerful GPU to actually utilize the cpu we have now at higher resolution, id be saving that £1000 for the inevitable £2000+ 4090FE which should actually give a noticeable performance uplift albeit at a ludicrous price
I'm well and truly lubing up early for a 4090 at msrp if possYeah would want at least a 15% uplift in performance from a cpu upgrade but as you say at the higher resolutions we are not quite there yet at 1440p and its even worse at 4K ( >1.5%) so makes upgrading a CPU not an easy decision unless you are chasing the highest benchmark scores etc then there is maybe a case for it but for general gaming the thought of a £1000 outlay for such a small fps increase just doesn't make sense. What we need are quicker / more powerful GPU to actually utilize the cpu we have now at higher resolution, id be saving that £1000 for the inevitable £2000+ 4090FE which should actually give a noticeable performance uplift albeit at a ludicrous price
. I was "lucky" (if you can even call it that) to get a 3090 on launch day lol. I think the biggest deciding factor on what i end up with will be whether Eth mining ends in 2022 which will decide availability to an extent! I wanted a 3080 but ended up with a 3090, i'll want a 4080 but probs end up with a 4090...I'm well and truly lubing up early for a 4090 at msrp if poss
HAHA, yeah not looking forward to the prices of the 4000 series in general but will be after a 4090 price dependant ...£3000 like the current 3090 aib are going for is a no go at all for me and will stick to a FE card and hope they don't jack up the price to much
Like yourself i was "Lucky" sort of in the fact i got a 3090 Strix from OC at launch for £1700 which at the time i thought was a ridiculous amount of money and at my limit of what i was willing to spend on a GPU but in hindsight wasn't a bad move at all considering the price they are going for now and with mining it has now paid for itself and then some ( i didn't know anything about mining prior to buying it but found out about it due to a massive thread on this forum at the time ) . We have till at least June to keep mining ETH and expect the 4000 series will be released September next year BUT i fully expect all the new cards to be LHR of some sort but then ETH may not be mineable at all by then so no idea what will happen. Interesting times ahead but regardless i will be picking up a 4090 ( again price !!!) as i want a nice uplift at 4K which it will give me ... CPU upgrade may look at Raptor Lake when DDR5 has matured etc but still wont be a massive uplift at high res gaming so i may be on a 10900K for a while yet 