Been thinking about a possible upgrade from my current setup, seen some reviews saying that its a good upgrade from a 2600k. Was wondering if many on here have made that upgrade and noticed much in the way of gaming performance boosts?
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Skylake upgrade..any point?
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For what? Not saying its not an improvement (it is) but it really does depend on what you do as to whether its worth it.
The people that have gone from sandy to skylake all seem pleased with the upgrade.
My friend said it completely changed grand theft auto for him with an increase of 40% on his minimums.
There is some benchmarks here http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review
My friend said it completely changed grand theft auto for him with an increase of 40% on his minimums.
There is some benchmarks here http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review
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I'd personally see what Kaby/Cannonlake bring tbh, BUT I know what that itch is like 
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I've noticed a HUGE performance increase (~15 FPS in GTA V) upgrading from a 3820 to a 6700k
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Yeah may as well wait now tbh, see what Zen & Cannonlake are like.
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Im in the same boat. I have two points to raise. Most of us on Sandy will probably have 8gb ram. Which was typical at the time to purchase. Now GPU"s as standard seem to be hitting the 8GB size it would surely be favourable to have CPU ram bigger than the GPU that feeds the GPU? Therefore time to get more RAM and part reason to not waste money old slower architecture rather putting to a newer system. Secondly we know PCI-2 has not been an issue with bandwith. But im not finding many results on 1080"S and 980ti in SLI ect just older comparisons. GPU"s are improving and are we getting to the point where it would be an issue. I think a while back someone said the 980ti was equal to 3, 680"s.
We seem to be at the ceiling of what they can do with CPU architecture. but not GPU. Are we at the point where the 2600k will struggle with 1080ti"s 1080`sli ect. So just time to move on so our systems can take advantage of other progress like in GPU for the next few years to come?
We seem to be at the ceiling of what they can do with CPU architecture. but not GPU. Are we at the point where the 2600k will struggle with 1080ti"s 1080`sli ect. So just time to move on so our systems can take advantage of other progress like in GPU for the next few years to come?
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To be honest Sandy Bridge still stands up well because technology has really stagnated and Intel have been fighting a mobile war.
Zen will shake things up, I'd wait and see now as at worst it might see Intel price more competitively. A 7700K at £200 anyone?
Zen will shake things up, I'd wait and see now as at worst it might see Intel price more competitively. A 7700K at £200 anyone?
I went from a 4.4ghz 2 500k +8gb to a 6700k 4.7ghz + 16gb. Keeping my 780 gtx.
It was a he'll of an upgrade. So much so I'm happy enough to hold off upgrading the gfx card for a few more months. Min and max frames are up 30% faster ram and more cores really adequate the difference.
It's nice for me
It was a he'll of an upgrade. So much so I'm happy enough to hold off upgrading the gfx card for a few more months. Min and max frames are up 30% faster ram and more cores really adequate the difference.
It's nice for me
sandy does pretty well still but you will notice a nice difference. regardless of what benchmarks say.
i went from a i5 3570k oc to a 5820k and the difference is night and day. some people notice the differences some dont i guess its what you do with your pc.
i went from a i5 3570k oc to a 5820k and the difference is night and day. some people notice the differences some dont i guess its what you do with your pc.
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To be fair the 5820K is quite a lot more expensive than a 3570K. For the price 2500Ks sold for any gain from getting say a 6600K is matched by the higher prices.
Have read a few reviews of 5820K though that do sing its praises.
Have read a few reviews of 5820K though that do sing its praises.
You'd be much better off maximising your current performance by sticking in faster RAM and, if you haven't got a really good overclocking 2600K, possibly swap to a 3770K.
Have a google around about the difference a RAM speed upgrade makes with an overclocked Sandybridge CPU. It isn't insignificant, we're talking up to 20% increases.
Have a google around about the difference a RAM speed upgrade makes with an overclocked Sandybridge CPU. It isn't insignificant, we're talking up to 20% increases.