Both witcher 3 (especially in novigrad) and bf1 can easily hit 100% CPU usage on a 3570K which causes noticeable hitching and unpleasant min FPS on monitors above 60Hz. I upgraded to a 2600K and the hitching went but the min FPS wasn't great, a 5820K solved both (and then some)
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Both witcher 3 (especially in novigrad) and bf1 can easily hit 100% CPU usage on a 3570K which causes noticeable hitching and unpleasant min FPS on monitors above 60Hz. I upgraded to a 2600K and the hitching went but the min FPS wasn't great, a 5820K solved both (and then some)
With these tiny gains per generation now, we must be hitting the limit of what silicone can do. The past 6 years just seem to have been a money milking exercise for Intel.
There's still quite a high demand for used 2600ks and especially 1155 motherboards (I sold mine just a few months ago for more than I bought it for!) due to the stagnation. They are still very much a viable chip for gaming.
I only upgraded to 6700k because I found one for £275, which was a bargain. Got a MB for a good price too.
There's still quite a high demand for used 2600ks and especially 1155 motherboards (I sold mine just a few months ago for more than I bought it for!) due to the stagnation. They are still very much a viable chip for gaming.
I only upgraded to 6700k because I found one for £275, which was a bargain. Got a MB for a good price too.
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Like already said though, the 3570k is starting to bottleneck in a few games.
I run BF1 on Ultra at 1080p and my 3570k sits at 90-100% constantly.
Makes me wonder, would the i5-6700k Kaby even be worth it if you already own the likes of a 3570k? Would you see the same thing as the 3570k bottleneck wise due to no HT? Would you need to go the whole hog and go for the i7-7700k?
Will the boards come with a free tube of lube to ease the eye popping pain of Intel's pricing of their first (mainstream) 6 core i5 & i7 CPU's?
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My 3570k at 4.4Ghz is having no issues with BF1 at 1200p. (in DX11 but I think that's the API's fault not the cpu)
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It runs fine, defo will hit 100% often though! Ive seen a few reviews and BF1 kills i5's. Hey, maybe it's a ploy by EA/DICE/Intel to make us all spend more dolla!
Surely an i7-3770K would be far cheaper and more effective of an upgrade, unless BF1 rigidly only uses 4 cores.
It runs fine, defo will hit 100% often though! Ive seen a few reviews and BF1 kills i5's. Hey, maybe it's a ploy by EA/DICE/Intel to make us all spend more dolla!
kills my i5 4670k.... however I can only get it to 3.9ghz with intels boost. Can't find a stable OC above 4. Did get a 4.3mhz and it helped a fair bit, but crashed after about an hour.
I'm looking to upgrade CPU, but seeing as I am on a 1150 socket I will have to do they how 9 yards. These new gens haven't tempted me... especially seeing as it is only BF1 that I struggle with.
I'm just setting up and running on the bench this:
i5 7600K
Asus Tuf Z270 Mk2
16gb Kingston memory (single stick so running single channel)
XFX RX 480 GTR 8gb
Using a stock intel cooler currently running at 26c-27c fully open outside me case. Atm just making sure everything actually works before I start a bit of benching.
see stuff like this and just laugh.there is night and day difference.
new modern i5 is 30-40 percent quicker in many games.plus generally clock higher and run cooler.
nevermind i7 options.
Except they're not, but good try. Even the "run cooler" part is nonsense considering Haswell onwards doesn't even have a soldered heat spreader.
Riiiiggghht. So everything else being equal, 50-60 FPS in games with a 3570K means a solid 80+ with a modern i5. Sounds legit.
Sources please. Don't believe a word of it myself but am prepared to be convinced if you can provide actual evidence.
you just cant help people.
modern cpus offer a decent performance upgrade over all sandybridge and i5s of yesteryear.
some may think its worth it some dont. i have a i5 3570k rig at side of this one lol.
work it out yourself.each itteration of cpu has gained since sandy what ? 8-10 percent. factor in newest i5s will clock to 4.8. you gaining atleast 30-40 percent over a old 2500k. believe it or not.matters not to me.thats just i5s . not i7 and above.
modern cpus offer a decent performance upgrade over all sandybridge and i5s of yesteryear.
some may think its worth it some dont. i have a i5 3570k rig at side of this one lol.
work it out yourself.each itteration of cpu has gained since sandy what ? 8-10 percent. factor in newest i5s will clock to 4.8. you gaining atleast 30-40 percent over a old 2500k. believe it or not.matters not to me.thats just i5s . not i7 and above.
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Yet people overlook high speed memory kits. Those results paint a pretty clear picture.