I5-4670k is it worth upgrading for 1440p

[Supa Koopa]

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.

 

[Supa Koopa]

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.

 

[Supa Koopa]

That's also a valid point. Trouble is with these sort of things is I get something in my head and then lose all patience.

 

[Supa Koopa]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Supa Koopa]

@P4Clock - I mentioned this in my earlier posts. Unfortunately only 8gb of ram running at 1600mhz both in slots A, for some reason the board refused to boot one day when one was in A and one was in B so in dual channel mode even though it had been working fine for years. It's now really only running as single channel I guess. They were a kit so a matched pair.

 

[Supa Koopa]

Thanks Geordiejc, that's helpful and really appreciated. I don't have a image holding account so I can upload a grab but on 1080p I get fps:52.57, CPU:78.3%, GPU:78.0% so something isn't adding up.

Unfortunately something strange happened to dimm slots as I'm not able to run dual channel have and have the board post. I used to have one stick in each of the red primary slots and everything worked fine. Like I mentioned one day I went to switch the pc on and it wouldn't post and the diagnostisc on the board pointed to memory. I changed the slots around so both sticks are on the right hand side of the slots, one in red one in black and it posts and works fine. It's been like that for well over a year, probably 2.

I've decided I'm just going to get a new setup as this one has lasted me a fair few years so I could do with an update. I just have to decide whether to go for a 8700k if/when they become sensibly priced and in stock. Either that go for a 7700k to save a small amount of cash but forever think I should've just bought a 8700k.

 

[Supa Koopa]

Thanks everyone, but as I said I've decided to just get an upgrade anyway. I've got the bug and the money is sitting in the bank. I was only looking at spending circa £600 but with CPU prices being so stupid and ram prices being ridiculous it looks like I'll have to spend more. I've looked at a 7700k system which will be closer to my budget but I'll just wish I'd waited and bought an 8700K, so I'll wait for things to settle a little and then order everything.

Once again thank you to everyone for their support.

 

[Supa Koopa]

Overclockers UK the place to find an argument over tech since 1989. Haha

So true!

8700k is £359 when not even remotely sensible, £379 definitely pushing it, £399 Seriously?
Z370 Board is realistically £250
Ram 16gb of 3200 is £190

So by my man maths that's £799 No offense to anyone else who has bought lesser chips but I don't want to be in the same situation in a couple of years time so I'm looking at the 8700k. I'm happy to spend now but I want it to last a good 5 years or so. The rest of the time will be gpu upgrades. There's only pcie 4 that will put an end to that idea.