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the i7 2600k won't hold the graphics card back at all, why don't you put a good overclock on it. They all easily hit 4.6 at least.
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Even though its an i7 that 2600k will hold back a high end card somewhat esp SLI.
I doubled my min FPS in many games going from a 5GHZ 2700k to a stock 4770k (crap clocker) with same GPU at that time which was a GTX 680 4GB.
Talking out your butt, you provide no data or mentioning of what games and resolution you were playing at for a comparison. Either there was something wrong with your system or your operating system.
Here's a cpu bound game http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/01/intel-core-i7-4770k-cpu-review/6
at 1080p using would you believe it a 680,
And guess what a 4770k and 2600k at stock and overclocked doesn't show gains like you claim. Now as most games are gpu bound at 2560x1440 and above the difference in minimums between intel processors will be even smaller.
So I'm calling you out on your 5ghz 2700k that was holding back your 680, aswell as your claim that a 2600k will hold back a high end gpu.
Fully agree with your post.

Talking out your butt, you provide no data or mentioning of what games and resolution you were playing at for a comparison. Either there was something wrong with your system or your operating system.
Here's a cpu bound game http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/01/intel-core-i7-4770k-cpu-review/6
at 1080p using would you believe it a 680,
And guess what a 4770k and 2600k at stock and overclocked doesn't show gains like you claim. Now as most games are gpu bound at 2560x1440 and above the difference in minimums between intel processors will be even smaller.
So I'm calling you out on your 5ghz 2700k that was holding back your 680, aswell as your claim that a 2600k will hold back a high end gpu.
Stop making up rubbish. And thank god you have nothing else to say on the matter.
haha maybe he was playing at 640*480Fully agree with your post.
jh30uk do you have an links I can look at? I'm not saying you're lying or anything I just want to see it myself as I am on a 2600k and it would be interesting to see if it would be worth changing my CPU.
An other insulter, get lost also.
Nope I am done as there is 3 smartasses in here who thing its all BS as they know better.
I was not a member of this forum so there is no posts of it and I would not bother anyhow as I do not have anything to prove.
I know what I gained and I did say some games and MIN FPS but I think some of the smartasses do not grasp that and I was surprised myself, you can even use my nick and search and see I mentioned it many times and others backed it up with their findings.
I never said a 2700k was holding me back, the AVG and Max FPS were not that much less.
Let them use search and go and pick all other peeps posts who clamed the same.
There is a big difference from a 680 to a 980 about 2x the power so I will matter even more today.
Sorry to not be much help but trying to helps peeps here gets you insulted 9/10 esp by one of them who does not even know the final clock speed of a 4770k.
I regret building the Haswell so late in the day (Jan 2014) as the SB was good enough but the itch finally got me.
So was it worth it, not to me NO.
The part about low RES = CPU and High RES = GPU (someone hints at above) is a rule of thumb that does not always matter as the game engine can be CPU or GPU bound for example F.E.A.R was all about the GPU.
If that was set in stone then today at 1920x1080 and above we would all be fine with a CPU running 1.0GHZ but all sites for years now during reviews have clocked the CPU's up a good bit to try elevate/remove bottlenecks when showing game reviews/benches.
From memory COD Ghosts would have been a new game I was playing before and again after the 2700k to 4770k swap (Xmax-Jan)
I was playing at 2304x1440p so not a low RES, that game was bugged at launch I know but it did double the MIN FPS after the 4770k.
I actually played it a 2nd time after March when swapped the 680 4GB to a 780Ti.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
Here are some benchmarks
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/56005-intel-core-i7-4770k-22nm-haswell/?page=14
Here is some more
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/1111
You can compare yourself and see minimum frame rates.
What part did you not read that I was not member here so did not post anything?
I do not care what you think as no doubt you never did the same swap and I have nothing to prove.
Since you are on a mission go and use search and pick all the thread where peeps say the same.
You seem to be hung up on the speed of the 2770k, its a different architecture than the Haswell that is why there is a difference.
The manner in what you replied does you or the other two no favours in me even bothering.
I will not be replying to you.