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Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

Orangey said:
The future is so uncertain right now. All the foundries are grinding to a halt, it looks like even GPUs will stall within a couple of years. There's promises of a breakthrough a few years down the line, but it may prove just too hard.

A 2500K might be a contender or a bum in 2020.
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Look how long the i7 920 lasted!

i think my hanswell e will last me another 5 years until a cpu can beat it 40% clock for clock
 
The upgrade itch is strong atm, haven't changed anything bar GPU and PSU except from some fans and what not for over 2 years now. Will probably grab a 6700k and a new mobo, although a 5820k or 5930k is a possibility if DX12 is going to take advantage of 6/8 cores. By the time DX12 is in the majority of titles though there'll be new processors by then so not sure it will factor in to my decision much.
 
TheF34RChannel said:
I hear you! Still future proof is not really a thing since Sandy Bridge+ - all of it is still relevent today (depending on usage). However if one insits on the idea of future proof still being a thing currently, wouldn't X99 only be future proof until Skylake-E...?
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Agreed. I've upgraded GPU's (expensive on a custom water setup) every year or so but have had my 2600k since launch. I mostly use it for gaming and there is very little need for me to upgrade my CPU right now.

I would consider myself an enthusiast but I would rather spend my money elsewhere on new GPU's, Monitors, SSD's.

I could be tempted to buy a new CPU but it would need to be a lot faster clock and overclock well.

Agree with the others above re 5ghz. I would say that Sandy was the last chips that we saw regularly clock to 5Ghz on air (2500k's).
 
Orangey said:
The future is so uncertain right now. All the foundries are grinding to a halt, it looks like even GPUs will stall within a couple of years. There's promises of a breakthrough a few years down the line, but it may prove just too hard.

A 2500K might be a contender or a bum in 2020.
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They have been at a halt for the past two years. Sure we get a 10% every new release but it's truly nothing unless your line of work requires you to push it far.
In terms of GPUs some games are poorly designed.
Hopefully that will change once more and more companies start to bring in 4k without spending a fortune.

Yes my 2500k is still running like a tank at 4.4GHz+ :D>
 
1kiwi said:
Agreed. I've upgraded GPU's (expensive on a custom water setup) every year or so but have had my 2600k since launch. I mostly use it for gaming and there is very little need for me to upgrade my CPU right now.

I would consider myself an enthusiast but I would rather spend my money elsewhere on new GPU's, Monitors, SSD's.

I could be tempted to buy a new CPU but it would need to be a lot faster clock and overclock well.

Agree with the others above re 5ghz. I would say that Sandy was the last chips that we saw regularly clock to 5Ghz on air (2500k's).
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I was going to go Skylake but now I'm in doubt. Replaced my GPU and PSU, got an SSD and got the CPU to 4.4GHz, which is all I need. So maybe I will keep my money in my pocket. Sandy still is an awesome part! It's more of an itch than a need thing.
 
Sandy is still awesome but visibly slower then the others already. Looking at this test https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://pclab.pl/art64700-19.html&usg=ALkJrhhROKRypT-8RoprekcPrF08ZNCsow
to i5 broadwell clock to clock (4500MHZ) 2500k/2600k are loosing already like 30% in GTA V (TW3 2500k-20%, 2600k-10%, watch dogs 2500k-30%, 2600k >5%). Unfortunatelly they don't have broadwell i7 to compare directly with 2600k. Skylake must be faster than that (I guess/hope :) ) which is gonna give even bigger difference.

Also a bit weird people always say i7 doesn't make visible difference, but in this test it does (some games). It's only 1080p but in 4k might be even more beneficial? Even if it's 10-20% it's worth it imo (10% here, 10% with OC graphic card....).
 
I play tw3 with 52-60+ FPS on ultra (hair works off) and even better with gta5; I don't need the extra percentage tbh. Also, I don't think it won't make much of a difference, other locations not show not much difference I recall.
 
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haszek said:
Sandy is still awesome but visibly slower then the others already. Looking at this test https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://pclab.pl/art64700-19.html&usg=ALkJrhhROKRypT-8RoprekcPrF08ZNCsow
to i5 broadwell clock to clock (4500MHZ) 2500k/2600k are loosing already like 30% in GTA V (TW3 2500k-20%, 2600k-10%, watch dogs 2500k-30%, 2600k >5%). Unfortunatelly they don't have broadwell i7 to compare directly with 2600k. Skylake must be faster than that (I guess/hope :) ) which is gonna give even bigger difference.

Also a bit weird people always say i7 doesn't make visible difference, but in this test it does (some games). It's only 1080p but in 4k might be even more beneficial? Even if it's 10-20% it's worth it imo (10% here, 10% with OC graphic card....).
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Is that 30% more FPS? Got a link? I wonder if that would be consistent @ 4.7ghz or are you talking about stock?

I realise that clock for clock Skylake will be faster but will it make a huge difference in games @ 4.7Ghz? I would assume (excluding SLI) you would be GPU bound at that speed.
 
Dave2150 said:
HBM/eDRAM and the like will mean X99 won't last as long as X58 did.
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Only if u feel the need to swap.

Ive just gone from my i7-950 at 4.4 to a 5820k at 4.6. The extra threads are handy and it is faster but mainly moved to get the board features.

Was my 950 struggling with anything? Nope.

So i think i will be happy with my x99 for 4/5 years until there is a board feature i must have.
 
TheF34RChannel said:
Fake I'm afraid, look at the 8 threads cpu-z area.
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8 Threads because he did it with all cores and HT enabled, it does say that in the article. Only one DDR4 module. (However I guess it could still be fake I have no way of knowing)

The other benches I saw recorded the temp of the 6700K at 55-65 degs against 90 deg of a 4790K (different article on WCCF) It will be nice to see some "official" testing soon and then we can all make an informed decision.
 
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