Man of Honour
I went from 920 @ 4.2 (basically same chip) to a 4770k at 4.4 and I notice a massive difference. Worth it if you can get it cheaply.
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Gpu usage would be useful to know. As an example my 670's wouldnt go over 75% in my 930 setup. That was at 1920x1200, at 2560 x 1440 or so card use would be higher.
So....
Worth it or not?
IMO not worth it. Better off waiting for Haswell-E and DDR 4 and shelling out on that. An upgrade to a 4770K would set you back £400 +, likely a lot more if you buy a decent Mobo rather than a cheap and cheefull one. Thne figure in a RAM upgrade and you are talking 600 notes.
For the marginal performance increase its simply not value.
Is It worth upgrading i7 950 @ 4.2ghz to a i7 4770k?
Yes, / thread.
I agree with this, I would wait for DDR4 systems to appear. It's a big outlay for something that you probably wont really notice.
But when you get an itch its nice to scratch it hey lol
for the money I say /no thread.
4770K (OEM) £250
Decent motherboard say GB OC or Asus Maximus around 150 quid
so thats 400 quid already
chuck in some budget 2400 RAM = £70
so even going cheapish you are looking at nearly 500. If you went for retail CPU for the 3 year warranty and a top end(ish) board and RAM then you are closer to the 600 mark.
CPU = retail = £270
Board = Max VI Impact / Sabretooth £200
RAM = 8gb of corsair / avexir = £100
I'd take that 500 quid and stash it away and save up more in anticipation of Haswell-E. That will probably be double in costs but you are making a very significant jump in performance over just going to a 4770K
You can get some cracking deals on mobo's from the b-grade section...
I'm getting 98% load on all cpu cores in BF4.
All settings are Utra.
Is that good or bad??