Is it worth upgrading yet?

[avrc]

I was wondering if I'd see any benefit in moving to an 8 core AMD for gaming?

My current system is:
i5 760 @ 3.6
Noctua NH-D14 cooler
GA-P55-USB3
8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
XFX 5870
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Corsair F60 (OS/Apps) · WD Caviar Black 500GB (Games) · Hitachi Deskstar 160GB (Other)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w
HAF 932
Windows 8.1

 

[Martini1991]

Your 5870 is your bottleneck as it is.

 

[the1gooner]

As above, that 5870 is the bottleneck.

Replace it with something like an R9 280X and gaming performance will vastly improve.

I am also still running an i5 760 and my 6870 is a major bottleneck.

Christmas upgrade will be an R9 280X or 290 with aftermarket cooler, if available.

 

[beasty6]

i have just upgraded from a i5 760@4ghz to a [email protected] and extremely happy with it, tho i am running a 7990 in my rig.

bf4 is the only game ive played since owning it and ive seen FPS up to 140! thats over a 100% increase in performance for me, btw im at 1080p and may get either a 120/44hz or 1440p monitor, not decided yet

 

[almoststew1990]

I upgraded from an i7 860 @ 3.5GHz to a 4770k @ 4.4GHz and it totally was not worth it, i cant really tell the difference between the two in normal browsing. There probably is a difference in gaming but as i am not in to 64 player bf4 i don't notice it much. Id upgrade your graphics card and leave your CPU alone for a while yet.