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CPU upgrade or wait?

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So I'm pretty happy with the 4790T, single core performance is @ 3.9ghz, and a multitude of clocks over all the cores depending on how many it uses, synthetics running all 8 threads drops it to 2.7ghz across all 8.

Question is whether it's costing me any gaming performance? I have beat some benchmark scores with the same GPU clocked similar to others but with whom are running a clocked 5960X(!) and yet some benchmarks clearly show a bottleneck.

I'm unsure how to correlate whether or not the CPU is a bottleneck in day-to-day gaming :confused:

Do any of the options make it worthwhile to swap? Either utilizing a full fat Haswell 4790K or swapping to Skylake, I'm not sure I'd go with a 6700k, maybe one of the 6400 i5s OC'd via the bclk.

Only reason I ask is that if the Pascal Titan turns out to be a decent card then I'm likely to go for one, but not if the CPU will bottleneck it.
 
I can see it being a bottleneck especially in games that use more than one core. This is the cpu that has a max turbo of 3.3Ghz with all cores in use isn't it? As you have a Z97 board a 4790k would be a nice upgrade, especially when overclocked to 4.5Ghz+. Skylake isn't worth the expense for the tiny performance gain. Out of interest, why did you go for a 4790T anyway? It just seems a strange choice to put in a Z97 board.
 
Some games will utilise ht on the 4790k, also they clock pretty ok too. Both mine which werent great tbh easily hit 4.7ghz on safe 24/7 use voltage. However, theyre quite hot chips even in normal use. So good cooling is required, therefore you may have to live with a bit more noise than what you are used to.
 
Why dont you wait a few weeks, I think Kaby Lake is very close now. I believe they are already being shipped to some device manufacturers. I could be wrong though. But I'm sure we'll see them pretty soon.
 
robfosters said:
Why dont you wait a few weeks, I think Kaby Lake is very close now. I believe they are already being shipped to some device manufacturers. I could be wrong though. But I'm sure we'll see them pretty soon.
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Hi, I'm building a new LGA 151 VR/Gaming PC ATM. I'm torn between getting an i7 6700k or waiting for the new Kaby Lake CPUs.
MY dilemma was compounded by my Oculus Rift arriving a month earlier than expected(still in the box), so my PC build has been hard to put on hold...waiting for new CPUs.

My question is, where did you hear about its imminent release?
They say "good things come to those that wait" lol its killing me though!
 
VirtualHobbit said:
Hi, I'm building a new LGA 151 VR/Gaming PC ATM. I'm torn between getting an i7 6700k or waiting for the new Kaby Lake CPUs.
MY dilemma was compounded by my Oculus Rift arriving a month earlier than expected(still in the box), so my PC build has been hard to put on hold...waiting for new CPUs.

My question is, where did you hear about its imminent release?
They say "good things come to those that wait" lol its killing me though!
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Well I had already ordered a Skylake bundle to upgrade from my 2500k and cancelled as I realised I might as well wait for Kaby lake. I can't wait to cannonlake. Just a bit too far away for me.

Will be pairing the Kaby lake with a 1080ti when released and a new high res monitor for a banging gaming rig.
 
Not much point in waiting. I doubt we're going to see much improvement now until the next major breakthrough. Which might not be until graphine chips. So years away yet.

I barely noticed a difference between a 5 year old 2600k and a 6700k already. None at all in some games.
 
I'm sure Kaby lake will see me through the next 5 years or so like my 2500k has.

Graphene just seems like science fiction to me atm. 427Ghz lol!
 
robfosters said:
I'm sure Kaby lake will see me through the next 5 years or so like my 2500k has.

Graphene just seems like science fiction to me atm. 427Ghz lol!
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same position as you

my 2500k has served me well and i almost pulled the trigger on the 6700k but decided to wait for Kaby Lake might even end up with the 6700k if the price falls a little
 
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