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I5 4670 vs i7 4790k

Twincam

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Will going from the i5 3.4mhz stock to the i7 4690k 4.0mhz stock give me a performance boost in games?. I'm guessing it won't in some games but say games with a heavy cpu usage?. Really hoping to find another 5 or so fps in games.
I don't overclock the cpu (don't know how too!) so I would be leaving the 4690k stock too.
 
I didn't notice any thing going from 2500K to 4770K in gaming but when using progs like encoders an photoshop the difference was noticeable.
 
troops said:
Why buy a K if you wont use it, tbh i would just keep the 4670
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Because it's 4ghz base clock is faster than the 3.8 boost of the i5. And it boosts to 4.4. So I'm getting an extra 600mhz and hyper threading. Surely that will make a difference in games???
 
Depending what the rest of your system is, i would still say hardly worth forking out £250 for a few extra fps.
 
^ This

I went from a 4670k @ 4.6 to a 4790k stock and haven't noticed a difference (missus inherited my old PC so wasn't wasted money)

If you have £250 to spare, look to your GPU
 
What GPU, what screen res, what games?

You might get a few FPS improvement doing this, but performance might actually go down as some games struggle with hyperthreading. It's a very bad value way to get more game performance!

In most cases a 5-10% GPU overclock should get you there easily and is free.
 
Using a gtx 980 and will probably upgrade to a 980ti soon. I Overclock the cards.
And I really don't mind the bad value for fps it's part and parcel of upgrades. Although at £250 I would want some improvement even if it's just a few more min fps.
I feel an i7 and a 980ti will just about get me to a level I'm ok with. Next year when the new gen of cards come out it will be a whole new PC upgrade for me.
 
Twincam said:
Surely that will make a difference in games???
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Not one that is noticeable to you as an end user in real world applications unless you play your games with the FPS counter showing and watch it intently while playing said games.

A post I made earlier this month about the same topic.

The TL;DR = if you're a gamer you're not really going to notice unless you're making a huge architectural leap over a couple of generations or tick tock cycles. But if you're into charts and graphs, hyperthreading is always going to look impressive.

If your plans are to do a whole system upgrade next year, then I would just wait and do the lot in one go.
 
I dont think OP has the correct upgrade mentality. Fair enough if you get the itch and want to upgrade but you wont see any noticeable gains from this upgrade, so if fps is what you are after, i would look at the either going for a ti or a second 980. Also unless you are really upping your GPU power i cant see the point in planning a full PC upgrade next year when you have a 4670k now and are planning to put in a 4790k.

Do yourself a favour and read a 'how to' guide on overclocking Haswell chips and you will see more gains from that than swapping out the i5 for an i7 and keeping it at stock.
 
Twincam said:
Because it's 4ghz base clock is faster than the 3.8 boost of the i5. And it boosts to 4.4. So I'm getting an extra 600mhz and hyper threading. Surely that will make a difference in games???
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Nope i went from 4690k to 4790k and 1-2fps extra. Games (most) are way more GPU dependant and a 4690k is no way going to be the bottle neck on a single GPU. spend your money on a GPU you will get many more FPS for you £
 
For a single card setup a i5 is more than enough and going to a i7 with a single card won't likely net you much performance increase. Maybe the odd game that utilises more than 4 threads which isn't many ATM!! (Dx12 may change this)

If you had a multi gpu setup then you would need the extra threads to feed two gpu's rather than just one which is why many users go with a i7 with mgpu.

Games are more about core performance rather than threads atm. well when they are cpu intensive which is mainly down to how DX11 is setup and causes a big cpu overhead. You get great performance gains for games when upgrading the GPU rather than cpu in your case OP

If you had a i3 however then it would be a different case.
 
Twincam said:
Will going from the i5 3.4mhz stock to the i7 4690k 4.0mhz stock give me a performance boost in games?. I'm guessing it won't in some games but say games with a heavy cpu usage?. Really hoping to find another 5 or so fps in games.
I don't overclock the cpu (don't know how too!) so I would be leaving the 4690k stock too.
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the single most stupid upgrade ever for 5fps.
Dont take this the wrong way but i call boohocky.
 
What's wrong with wanting to upgrade? There's been some odd comments from people.
I'm not saying it's the best upgrade but that's why I was asking opinions. I now have them and unless there is a game that really uses the hyper threading I will just stay with the i5 for now I'm getting a 980ti anyhow, just wanted to make my PC as strong as possible.
 
Haswell is still a very powerful platform for a gaming rig
well priced too. I recently switched from a 4790k @4.7ghz on a Maximus 6 formula, a pretty high end board. 5820k now, yes its at stock for the moment, but I'm not seeing much difference for gaming tbh.
 
Probably comparable, I went from a 3570K to a 3770K (both at 4.2Ghz) and the gaming difference was not noticeable. Even in games that are known for threads the difference wasn't felt and I'm an FPS counter beast.

When I came out of the games and started using "real" stuff like photoshop and sony movie studio the difference was noticeable.

Lets face it though, it's not a £250 upgrade as you'd sell your i5 to recoup some cost. If you've already gone 980Ti then good on you but that itch won't go away as you'll end up with an i7.
 
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