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i5-8400 with RTX 2070 Super...Worth upgrade the CPU?

yannis76

yannis76

yannis76

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Hi,

I have a system with an RTX2070 Super and an i5-8400. Is it worth upgrading the CPU with a used i5-9600k or i7-8700k for strategy gaming at 1440p (mainly Total War)?

Thx
 
CuriousTomCat said:
Are your games stuttering or are they butter smooth? Check your CPU usage. If it's causing you a bottleneck then upgrade it.
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Good advise! I tried checking that with warhammer II and msg afterburner software but cannot clearly understand what is going on. The game seems to be using 100% one cpu core and the GPU is not 100% utilized all the time.
 
I think indeed the only "upgrade" could be the 9700k for which I would need around 220€ (buying used at 350€ and selling mine at around 130€). Still I am not convinced I would see any big difference. Maybe after all the 2070S just isn't that much better than the 1070 for 1440p. From the Afterburner software during the battle, I do not see any of the cores hitting 100% whereas the GPU is 99%...
 
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