Achieving higher FPS

[Blueyoshi03]

I want to run 60fps @ 4K and 100fps @ 1440p 21:9 with whatever GPU nvidia are going to bring out and currently have an i5 8400, do I need to upgrade to an i7 8700k to reach these frames? Or are there other reasons I need to change to i7 8700k, or is that pointless and the i5 is good enough?

 

[Blueyoshi03]

True, but would you saying using a 1080ti now could achieve a constant 100+ FPS on a 21:9 1440p display? Cos I was going to buy the 8700k but now I’m thinking it isn’t needed

 

[Blueyoshi03]

So I’ve never even gone above 60fps before so I have no idea how noticeable the jumps would be but I would prefer to be confident most, if not all games will run at the 100 area. I don’t mind paying the extra since I can sell my i5, but would you say the 8700k would be worth getting in my situation?

 

[Blueyoshi03]

No point mentioning what I have now cos it CANNOT cut it, but I intend a GTX 1180/2080, i5 8400 (or upgrade to i7 8700k/9700k depending on release times) and 16gb 3200mhz DDR4

 

[Blueyoshi03]

Yes

 

[Blueyoshi03]

Thanks everyone for the responses, it does seem clear now that I should get the GTX 1180/2080 (which should be what I need graphically) and see if that keeps up with the frames ok. As for lowering the graphics to check if my current cpu is good enough, I know in gta etc I can go well into the hundreds, just Need to see if that holds up when the new Nvidia card is released, as normally 100fps shouldn’t be hard at all for an 8th gen chip