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Intel to launch 6 core Coffee Lake-S CPUs & Z370 chipset 5 October 2017

JGBR said:
Now wondering if it is worth keeping the 4770k till the next generation, but I feel the platform is bottlenecking the 1080.... I don't know what else I could do to shore up the current system.
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You "feel" like it is, but is it? Check GPU usage during gameplay.
 
JGBR said:
Now wondering if it is worth keeping the 4770k till the next generation, but I feel the platform is bottlenecking the 1080.... I don't know what else I could do to shore up the current system.
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Jayz made a video on bottlenecking using everything from a Pentium to a Titan X. Nothing was bottlenecked until a small bottleneck with a Pentium / 1080 and then larger bottlenecks on 1080Ti and Titan X with the Pentium. The bottlenecking issue is massively overstated on modern CPUs / GPUs.

Have a search on youtube for it, I can't see your 4770k bottlenecking any current card on the market.
 
davisdavid said:
Jayz made a video on bottlenecking using everything from a Pentium to a Titan X. Nothing was bottlenecked until a small bottleneck with a Pentium / 1080 and then larger bottlenecks on 1080Ti and Titan X with the Pentium. The bottlenecking issue is massively overstated on modern CPUs / GPUs.

Have a search on youtube for it, I can't see your 4770k bottlenecking any current card on the market.
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True. There was also this week another video about quad cores, where anything bellow gtx1080 is equal and gpu is bottleneck, while having 1080ti at 1080p is daft but at 2560x1440 gpu is again the bottleneck.

So yes if someone games at 1080p with 1080ti might need the 8700K. Any deviation from the above narrow spec, there are far better alternatives from Intel and AMD.
 
new cpus come out and suddenly "old" cpus cause bottleneck. Maybe the "bottleneck" is between the keyboard and the chair.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
I agree on the 8400 but the higher chipset price will push it 50-100 over Ryzen which doesn't make it worth it to people wanting bang for buck which is probably 90% of the market
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Which is why I said it needs the mainstream chipset to truly compete on price. Also it doesn't require a dGPU so for those like myself that don't require one, DAW user, that reduces the price also.
AMD won't have a 6 core APU until 2019 I imagine.
 
I think upgrading to a 8700k / 8600k is worth while if like me you only upgrade every four years or so. I noticed from the reviews i probably could have just waited for the 7700k to drop in price as they are about the same just for gaming and i have servers for my virtualisation work.
Im jumping in and buying something that will be more relevant in a year or so when developers start making use of additonal cores. My hand was forced on the lack of support for my old mobo and we all know youll just drive yourself mad saying ill wait for the next gen.
The same was said for those of us that adopted quad cores early on.
Im pleased AMD forced intels hand tbh as progress stagnates when everybody sticks to the rules.
 
My 8600k was delivered today, was rather shocked to see DPD had left it by the back door. Just waiting for the mobo, ram, cooler and M2 ssd to come tomorrow, the Gigabyte Aurous gaming 7 should work nicely with it I hope! No HSF in the box for the 8600k as well!
 
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