9900k to 12700k for 1440p gaming

[Jay85]

Is there any point or gains to be had?

Scratching my head whether investing £1k into a new platform is at all worth it?

Disregarding everything else and basing it purely on gains.

 

[Jay85]

Right cheers, will stick to my decision to wait then and see what 3D V-Cache brings.

 

[Jay85]

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

Thanks mate, that's helpful!

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.

 

[Jay85]

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 poss . 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...