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I think most will be quite peasant.
I'm only on a 2560x1080 60hz screen.
With a 290x, what am I meant to do? Any monitor improvement wants a new graphics card. AMD haven't got any graphics cards out really to suffice
I'm not buying Nvidia either.
I'm only on a 2560x1080 60hz screen.
With a 290x, what am I meant to do? Any monitor improvement wants a new graphics card. AMD haven't got any graphics cards out really to suffice
I'm not buying Nvidia either.
Still rocking my 2500k with a 1070 on an x34a monitor. 
I'm sure there would be an improvement going to ryzen for instance but I'm not sure it's worth it for me personally. I don't sit there benching or looking at frame counts. Not going to lie though I would quite like the new shiny shiny just for the sake of it
I'm sure there would be an improvement going to ryzen for instance but I'm not sure it's worth it for me personally. I don't sit there benching or looking at frame counts. Not going to lie though I would quite like the new shiny shiny just for the sake of it
Still rocking my 2500k with a 1070 on an x34a monitor.
I'm sure there would be an improvement going to ryzen for instance but I'm not sure it's worth it for me personally. I don't sit there benching or looking at frame counts. Not going to lie though I would quite like the new shiny shiny just for the sake of it
Went from a haswell xeon to a ryzen for shiny shiny purposes
Plus with a hope of "future proofing"
The vast majority will be on 768p or 1080p at 60 Hz. Imagine all of the laptop users for a start, then every casual gamer who doesn't even know monitors with >60 Hz refresh rates exist. I bet 1440p and 2160p are more common than 100+ Hz.
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I have a dell u2515h 1440p ips @ 60hz.
I'm on a 2600K @ 4.5ghz. Running a 10-year-old vintage 24" HP monitor @ 60hz. Just can't see a reason to replace it until it goes bang, because the picture quality is great and glossy screens are rare now.
Anyway, runs everything fine. Fast system. No problems. I'm sure Ryzen would probably be a bit better but I think I'd be upgrading for motherboard features and new kit more than tangible performance.
Anyway, runs everything fine. Fast system. No problems. I'm sure Ryzen would probably be a bit better but I think I'd be upgrading for motherboard features and new kit more than tangible performance.
Me! But that's because I game on a TV. PC outputs to a 32" Samsung @ 1080P 60Hz.
I would agree , BUT.. i couldn't live with 1080p again regardless of the hz, but i've been running 1440p for 4 years now and for the last year 1440p 144hz. 1440p @ 60hz just feels slow and laggy now. Saying that anything over about 75hz and i dont really notice the difference. I certainly dont notice the difference in refresh between my old 144hz 1440p and my new 100hz Pg348q.
Yeah I'd say around 100 is where i cannot tell anymore. My lad has a 60hz in his room, even looking at him play is extremely noticeable. For people that say 60hz is smooth haven't seen a decent display or have some condition.
Anyway I've derailed this thread. 2500k is nowhere near it's modern bothers.
I'm not sure if Sandybridge is still OK.
I recently finished Doom and GTA V, while my credit card slept quietly in my wallet. Haven't really got into The Witcher 3 properly yet, but the few hours that I have played didn't make me feel the need for more CPU speed.
I recently finished Doom and GTA V, while my credit card slept quietly in my wallet. Haven't really got into The Witcher 3 properly yet, but the few hours that I have played didn't make me feel the need for more CPU speed.
I'm not sure about the i7s but the Sandy/ivybridge i5s are starting to really show their age in some games when paired with high end GPUs.
This is what i'm getting in BF1 with a 3570k @4.4 and a 980Ti @ stock on a 1440p 144Hz screen. Both are on 64 player conquest.
While the CPU is sort of ok at keeping the GPU fully utilised on the smaller infantry focused map of Argonne Forest when it comes to larger maps like Sinai Desert the cpu just doesn't have the grunt to keep the GPU fully utilised and leads to some big FPS drops, which even with gsync you feel in game.
Having said that though i've not have a major urge to upgrade to a Ryzen 7.
This is what i'm getting in BF1 with a 3570k @4.4 and a 980Ti @ stock on a 1440p 144Hz screen. Both are on 64 player conquest.
While the CPU is sort of ok at keeping the GPU fully utilised on the smaller infantry focused map of Argonne Forest when it comes to larger maps like Sinai Desert the cpu just doesn't have the grunt to keep the GPU fully utilised and leads to some big FPS drops, which even with gsync you feel in game.
Having said that though i've not have a major urge to upgrade to a Ryzen 7.
Do you want to have another go at that sentence?
LMAO I read you post and thought what is he on about? Then I read mine...... my bad. Posting on a phone is my excuse!
Just to show how much RAW BRUTE power my 2500k had in single thread operations. compared to my [email protected] and my Ryzen from signature.
Btw Lowest Sandy score is with untuned ddr3 running at 1600 highest is with ddr3 at 2133 with 40 hours of timing tuning invested
Btw Lowest Sandy score is with untuned ddr3 running at 1600 highest is with ddr3 at 2133 with 40 hours of timing tuning invested