is it worth going to the 4790k from the 4690k?

jbh110tdi · 3 Oct 2015 at 17:23

as in the title?
Ive recently just bought the 4690k but upgraded earlier than planned due to a wee bonus..

so my thoughts are next year would it be worth getting a 4790k fitted to my board? what gains will I see?

setter · 3 Oct 2015 at 17:53

You would only see gains in tasks/games that make use of hyperthreading that the i7 has. Very few games make use of this feature.

Dirk Diggler · 3 Oct 2015 at 20:10

jbh110tdi said:
as in the title?
Ive recently just bought the 4690k but upgraded earlier than planned due to a wee bonus..

so my thoughts are next year would it be worth getting a 4790k fitted to my board? what gains will I see?

For gaming, the i5 is sufficient. Your money would be better spent on a GPU or resolution upgrade.

Actually, what GPU is that?

teenwolf · 3 Oct 2015 at 20:26

HD 7950 I think

Plough your money into a new GPU

Watlinguk · 3 Oct 2015 at 20:55

Keep the i5 for sure, as said no real increase, especially in gaming

jbh110tdi · 3 Oct 2015 at 23:46

teenwolf said:
HD 7950 I think

Plough your money into a new GPU

yip its the Msi 7950 I am looking at upgrading the gpu. still not sure what to go for yet.

Meladath · 4 Oct 2015 at 08:51

If you have 2 GPU's I would recommend it. Otherwise there is no gain. I had stuttering in some games with just an i5 (very few games but it did happen) That I don't get now with my i7.

With a single GPU though i5 is fine for games.

SouthEastBlue · 4 Oct 2015 at 08:57

I upgraded from i5 2500k to a 4790k a few months back, was a solid upgrade with both running 4.5ghz I can notice a small difference but maybe not a great one.

Still having hyperthreading covers you for the odd game that uses more than 4 thread.

Dirk Diggler · 4 Oct 2015 at 09:11

jbh110tdi said:
yip its the Msi 7950 I am looking at upgrading the gpu. still not sure what to go for yet.

What's your budget?

jbh110tdi · 4 Oct 2015 at 10:32

String said:
What's your budget?

ill be looking to spend between £250 to £300 on one.

having a quick look through some cards and I'm thinking the gtx 970 would be a nice upgrade.
I was looking at the r9 3xx series but I don't know if there much of an upgrade over my overclocked 7950

Watlinguk · 4 Oct 2015 at 11:01

jbh110tdi said:
ill be looking to spend between £250 to £300 on one.

At that budget i suspect it would be a 970 or a 390

evsknight · 4 Oct 2015 at 11:11

Really isn't worth it at all. You'd be hard pressed to find a difference especially for the outlay. As others have recommended, gpu upgrade is a far bigger bang for the buck/yen/zlotty/euro/etc

nashathedog · 5 Oct 2015 at 09:15

jbh110tdi said:
as in the title?
Ive recently just bought the 4690k but upgraded earlier than planned due to a wee bonus..

so my thoughts are next year would it be worth getting a 4790k fitted to my board? what gains will I see?

It depends what you use it for.

EDIT: For primarily gaming absolutely not.

nashathedog · 5 Oct 2015 at 09:24

jbh110tdi said:
ill be looking to spend between £250 to £300 on one.

having a quick look through some cards and I'm thinking the gtx 970 would be a nice upgrade.
I was looking at the r9 3xx series but I don't know if there much of an upgrade over my overclocked 7950

Here's a good review which actually places the 390 closer to the 980 more often than the 970.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sapphire-nitro-r9-390-8g-d5,4245.html

As for how much of an upgrade between a 7950 and a 390 it is a big one. I've owned an MSI TFIII 7950 boost and an MSI TFIV 290x and when I originally got the 290x it was slower than a 290x or 390 are today (driver optimisations etc) and it was a big leap.
Sadly the different cpu will have a small effect on graphics score (very small when I compare my other examples) but even so this shows a 66% increase between the two mentioned cards on there stock clocks.
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/702093/fs/2481187

I also keep a folder of game benches which will contain pages for both cards if you are interested. but the end result is it's a good boost and personally I think it is the better choice over a 970 even for 1080p now we have vsr and dsr.
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BluD · 7 Oct 2015 at 06:56

390 or 970 would both be good, i went from 7950 to 290x which is similar to a 390. Even though my 290x cards are poor overclockers compared to my 7950s, i still got a decent fps increase.

TubbyGreg · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:52

I'd suggest to stay w/ your CPU

Sencha · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:29

I did this very upgrade.......twas a silly upgrade. Don't do it.

thedoc46 · 12 Oct 2015 at 20:41

i went from a 7950 to a GTX980, huge difference.. Fixed any stutters in games... Put the dosh into the GPU instead.

Randall8686 · 13 Oct 2015 at 16:20

Gaming on single GPU no, 2/3 gpu yes, Video encoding yes.

I done this very upgrade. It clocked slightly better so got a bit more in game but on rendering when editing videos..> my god its a monster.

jbh110tdi · 13 Oct 2015 at 18:58

Randall8686 said:
Gaming on single GPU no, 2/3 gpu yes, Video encoding yes.

I done this very upgrade. It clocked slightly better so got a bit more in game but on rendering when editing videos..> my god its a monster.

I used my 8350 for video editing back and forth ive not tried any with the 4690k yet.

I think at the moment ill upgrade my gpu and then possibly middle of next year Ill start looking for a cheap 4790k as then I could go for a second card and see the benefit of it.