i7-8700k at 3440 x 1440

[yoyo59]

everyone video / review / most benchmarks at 1080p

I mean who really cares about this CPU at 1080p? yes I know they use it to test it as it uses more CPU

but I have not seen any reviews on ultra wide 1440p or 4k which would be a deciding factor if I should consider this CPU or not

seems like a hell of an expensive CPU just for 1080p

 

[chroniclard]

Loads of reviews have 1440p and 4k benchmarks. Not sure there are ultrawide ones but still, you can extrapolate from the other benchmarks reasonably well.

 

[deFiniLoGy]

UW1440p has 35% more pixel than 1440p, so the UW1440p framerate should be 75% of 1440p.

 

[Brazo]

seems like a hell of an expensive CPU just for 1080p

Ironically a much cheaper one would be adequate for higher resolutions. It's more the refresh rate than the resolution.

 

[Silent_Scone]

1080p is the set benchmark due to the increased CPU overhead. It's also still widely accepted as the industry standard resolution. That said, any reviewer only focusing on 1080p isn't worth listening to.

 

[IvanDobskey]

Upping the resolution just pushes the load more towards the GPU.

If it's the CPU you are specifically benching, you want to keep the resolution fairly low.

No point in bottlenecking the CPU then benching it

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

They also test at lower resolutions to show CPU overhead which you won't be able to see at higher res due to being GPU limited. As GPU's get faster they will make more use of a quicker CPU.

 

[signal11th]

everyone video / review / most benchmarks at 1080p

I mean who really cares about this CPU at 1080p? yes I know they use it to test it as it uses more CPU

but I have not seen any reviews on ultra wide 1440p or 4k which would be a deciding factor if I should consider this CPU or not

seems like a hell of an expensive CPU just for 1080p

Probably because the vast majority of users still use 1080p....1440p/4k is still a niche segment. just saying.

 

[DragonQ]

Upping the resolution just pushes the load more towards the GPU.

If it's the CPU you are specifically benching, you want to keep the resolution fairly low.

No point in bottlenecking the CPU then benching it

Depends if you're interested in benchmarking a CPU in terms of its raw power compared to others, or if you just want to know how it performs in realistic scenarios. It's kinda the difference between synthetic benchmarks and typical usage ones.

 

[Klo]

everyone video / review / most benchmarks at 1080p

I mean who really cares about this CPU at 1080p? yes I know they use it to test it as it uses more CPU

but I have not seen any reviews on ultra wide 1440p or 4k which would be a deciding factor if I should consider this CPU or not

seems like a hell of an expensive CPU just for 1080p

Me, I still game at 1080p. And the CPU is more likely to become a bottleneck at lower resolutions anyway, at 4k it almost doesn't matter what CPU you have at all.