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I5-4670k is it worth upgrading for 1440p

Supa Koopa

Supa Koopa

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Hi,

I know this is a daft question but my old I5-4670k is getting on a bit now and I'm contemplating an upgrade. I have a 1080ti and usually game at 1440p 75hz. A few of my games don't seem to be as smooth as I would expect and my benchmarks are not in line with ones I've looked at in reviews and such. I'm just wondering if it is the chip that is holding me back a little or if it's the lowly 8gb of ram I have. I'm happy to spend the money but I'm also concerned that an upgrade wouldn't make a difference due to the resolution. Would the processor be holding a 1080ti back?

I'm thinking of a full 8700k setup or even an X99 as the prices are very similar and available. At the res I play at would there be much difference or would you say I'm better waiting for the 8700k to come in to stock. My plan is for this to last me for some considerable time so future planning is important. It's only used for gaming, surfing and a bit of photo editing so the X99 is probably a waste I suppose.

My apologies if this has been asked before and someone takes offence to a repeat question.
 
My i5 4670k serves me fine at 1440p. Have you overclocked yours at all?

I would say your money would be better spent on a second hand 4790k if you can find one for a decent price. A new 8700k, mobo and ram is going to cost in the region £700-800 so it's a fair outlay but if you fell it'll be worth it then go for it.
 
Sorry I should've said it's overclocked to 4.2ghz which seems pretty stable it's under custom watercooling so stays cool. I'm not the best a overclocking stuff so I'm sure it can do more with the proper settings.

I'm not sure of my board though, if I try and use dual ram 1 stick in A and 1 in B it won't post, so I have to have 2 sticks in A. :(

I didn't really want to throw dead money at it as I would have to buy new ram to increase the capacity, but the 4790k is an idea. :)
 
You should be able to get around 4.8ghz with your custom watercooling if you pick up the i7 4790k and see some noticeable gains.
As mentioned previously, upgrading the ram + cpu would be much more cost efficient compared to changing platforms. Nonetheless, upgrading to the 8700k isnt a bad choice either.
 
Peronally I'd wait until Zen refresh is out to at least see what that is like first. At worst it doesn't appeal to you but by that time coffeelake will be actually available to buy, at it's proper price or even slightly lower due to amd.
 
A good clock on an i5 will run 1440 as I have done it for 5 years. But an i7 would be better option if you can.
But like I said an i5 will do fine
 
I5s would hold you back in the odd title I found that when my 3770k died and I switched to an 3570k as it was all I could find cheap, despite the i5 being much higher clocked the threads were missed, now I have Ryzen which just about matchs the OC'd i5 for single thread perf but everything is sweet again.
 
Well I've just been playing Wildlands and decided to run afterburner at the same time (I don't normally bother as the 1080ti clocks to over 2000mhz anyway) and I'm only seeing 35-40fps on 1440p. The GPU is at 60-65% load and the CPU is in the 90's. Changing settings made no difference so it looks it is holding the 1080ti back or something is seriously wrong somewhere.
 
Supa Koopa said:
Well I've just been playing Wildlands and decided to run afterburner at the same time (I don't normally bother as the 1080ti clocks to over 2000mhz anyway) and I'm only seeing 35-40fps on 1440p. The GPU is at 60-65% load and the CPU is in the 90's. Changing settings made no difference so it looks it is holding the 1080ti back or something is seriously wrong somewhere.
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When FPS doesn't change when altering settings that indicates a CPU bottleneck. Overclock or get a stronger CPU would help, maybe getting a 4790k for a decent price?
 
Supa Koopa said:
Well I've just been playing Wildlands and decided to run afterburner at the same time (I don't normally bother as the 1080ti clocks to over 2000mhz anyway) and I'm only seeing 35-40fps on 1440p. The GPU is at 60-65% load and the CPU is in the 90's. Changing settings made no difference so it looks it is holding the 1080ti back or something is seriously wrong somewhere.
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A game like Wildlands would be happier with more threads than an i5.
 
Thanks for that as it explains some of my benchmark woes. Witcher 3 is another title that is not where I would expect it to be with a overclocking 1080ti.
 
Supa Koopa said:
Thanks for that as it explains some of my benchmark woes. Witcher 3 is another title that is not where I would expect it to be with a overclocking 1080ti.
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No need to overclock your 1080ti give it an easy life and run at stock. Your i5 will hold it back in some games
 
Thanks everyone, answers in order;

I've just run the benchmark in The Division at 1440p, ultra setting with v-sync set to off. Avg FPS 100 - Avg CPU 104% - Avg GPU 74%. So if you have the Division it would be great to try that. Wildlands is strange though as the benchmark shows fps53.3 - CPU 79.6% - GPU 86.4%, but in game I get 35-40fps - CPU 90% all the time and GPU only 60-65%.

1080ti is not under water but does not drop below 2012mhz so it's not throttling.

The 1080ti is a Zotac extreme and this is all default settings, the overlocking is just the boost it goes to all by itself.
 
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