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How much longer will a 4770K @ 4.4Ghz remain a viable CPU for gaming?

I did prefix a think in there lol
Yea I went had a look at this presumption and yes you are correct, Arma is not using all the cores. Sorry I didnt update after viewing but it was mostly a few iffy russian test vids on youtube with OSD but obviously people will check anyway, no harm done

Its not using 8 cores, it seems to be fine with 4 ? If you got a good link Im interested.

Some are building rigs with ex serviced amazon server cpu. The xeon will do Dual-CPU, so he'll have 16 cores 32 threads ? His use is encoding and streaming so more relevant.
I guess there is no game that could utilise this as its hard to build into the flow of a game.
Someone mentioned next gen engines such Squad is based on might use extra cores. Disclaimer: Im not sure
 
Yea I have a conroe still going but not for games. On balance he asked about running top GPU where the amount of information has increased a lot with 4K gaming possible. Conroe cant handle that

His CPU is 12% ahead of even the latest games recommended requirement. I presume its considering the stock clock not OC

So he is good but its all red for even a quad conroe generation cpu. A modern duo released last Sept is not good enough either so its a fairly high test I guess
http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/inde...re-i3-6300-3-8ghz-vs-core-2-quad-q6600-2-4ghz
 
CEUOTC said:
If I knew what I know now, l would still be rocking my 2700k :)
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sometimes it more the board features that forces an upgrade rather than the cpu eg usb 3.1, usb C, M2, pci-e lanes etc.

Been the only reason i changed my cpu the last two times.

Dont think games any faster than when I had a 5Ghz Q9650 cpu.
 
Zen might shake things up I think, but the software needs to utilise the hardware so I would say keep playing on it until you see issues, could be 3yrs, could be 10. Upgrade when you are having issues, not when you see benchmarks.
 
The trend is for greater res (21:9, 4k), so the onous is on the GPU to do the leg work, there really isn't a fundamental draw on CPU power once you hit the older gen i7s. My 2600k is still loving life with a 980Ti @ 4k.
 
zen wont shake anything up.

intel got it sown up.if anything was going to challenge it would have by now.look at the gpus by amd. same deal. they sell to who they make money. high end isnt there concern.they after budget market.

as to how long your cpu will last no one knows really but most games are made for consoles.the latest consoles will be around for years yet so a decent quad or i7 should be good for 2-4 years most likely.
 
I'm running a 4770k at 4.4Ghz as well and I don't anticipate needing to upgrade for at least another two years. Intel is focussed more on efficiency than outright performance at the moment, so the 4770k and previous gens should remain viable for a while yet.
 
Im still waiting for keifer. 32 cores by 2010 at the latest they said, lead me to the pc promised land I said :(

Dont think games any faster than when I had a 5Ghz Q9650 cpu.
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Thats not your normal oc :eek:, I do wonder how those bench now vs maybe a stock i5
 
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Sandybridge coming up to 6 years old and still going strong.

I wouldn't bet against the 4770 still being relevant 6-8 years from now.

As sad as that is.
 
Sad? I kind of like it, it certainly makes running a gaming PC cheaper. Not having to upgrade your CPU, mobo and RAM every year or so. And graphics cards are already doing their best to chew our wallets up more and more every year.
 
I'm still running an i7 920 from 2009 accompanied by 680. It's been overclocked at 4ghz (original 2.6) for its entire lifetime and I'm doing fine with all current titles. 7100 on firestrike. You have without a doubt at least another 4 years left in yours. Lifetime wise and performance wise.
 
silversurfer said:
Im still waiting for keifer. 32 cores by 2010 at the latest they said, lead me to the pc promised land I said :(



Thats not your normal oc :eek:, I do wonder how those bench now vs maybe a stock i5
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No used to run at 4.8ghz for day to day use. It was an amazing chip.
 
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