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David230

David230

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Just upgraded from an ivybridge system (3770k @ 4.5) to a 7700k running at 5.1ghz and all the games I use to have slowdowns and inconsistent frames are now completely smooth. This chip for gaming alone made the upgrade worthwhile.

Once I get delidded and on water I might push it past the 5.1 but not entirely necessary I don't think.
 
I am happy with my 5.1ghz clock. I noticed a huge difference in american truck simulator although I wasn't expecting to if i am honest. I get huge slow downs on my ivybridge system with this game in particular but my kabylake with a single 980ti @ 4k runs a solid 60fps at ultra settings. I dont expect all/many games to be this responsive to the system refresh but being able to run both systems side by side meant I could literally see the difference in front of my eyes in this game.
 
Its more a general thing I have found with games. I've tried a few more games now and one probably worth mentioning because of its "newness" is resident evil 7. On my old system with the 3770k clocked at 4.5ghz I use to get tiny snippets of stutter or slow downs. Now on the kabylake setup running 5.1ghz there seems to be a solidness or fluidity to the gameplay. I run a constant 60fps @ 4k and maxed out.

As I said it seems a general thing with minor hiccups being 90% eradicated from games. I guess the new system is providing me with just enough extra headroom to keep me pegged at 60fps. Although not sure why seeing as I run 4k. Either way the system is performing very well and cooler on my new kabylake system.
 
One thing I will say though is my kabylake at 1.31v runs almost same temps as my 3770k delidded @ 1.23v so wether I would see any discernible difference delidding the 7700k is not known/possibly not worth it.
 
KingDazza said:
For me I only ever upgrade when I love a game but need more performance. As per usual its often a war strategy like Total War. Despite having a GTX 1080 it still needed something more. The i7 7700k gave that. I had also assumed that all Forza issues were down to the game coding regardless of my cpu. Upgraded and I now run it totally maxed and never stutter anywhere including Surfers Paradise. In many games I'm sure Ivy was and still is fine, but there can sometimes be that one game that needs the extra grunt. The faster RAM will likely be helping too. :)

EDIT: And in fairness, what a cpu Ivy was, lasting me 4.5 years!
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I still use my ivybridge in a different rig. Its done me proud for 5+yrs aswell so its now seeing out its retirement age in a general purpose rig at a more sedate speed and undervolted.lol

What res and settings do you use for forza? I guess this can only be horizon 3 you are talking about? Mind you I've only tried the demo so far!
 
Just tried battlefield 1.. Very nice results @ 4k ultra with 980ti sli and 7700k @ 5.1.

70+ fps.

digitalx said:
GTA V for me is the killer atm, with my graphic mods etc.
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What mods do you use? I need to load this game up again seems to respond well this game to system improvements.
 
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