Upgrade from i7 4790K?

[theufnk007]

As the title really guys, been running this chip at 4.7 since 2014.

I really getting into Total War series and believe that a number of calculations stress the CPU (hence the question).

I game on a 3440 x 1440 / 120hz panel and am running an overclocked 1080TI (150 / 500).

I have run Riva stats in the background and the game seems to 100% card but I have never seen the chip hit 100 on any core so am really wondering if I will see any gains in the game itself?

When I refer to gains I am talking more about the load times it is taking on a mortal empire campaign which is a huge map full of factions all taking turns, when I hit around turn 50 it can take a minute or the AI to take a turn.

Game is installed on a SSD as well.

Thanks for any help / suggestions (I have changed all the camera settings in game as well).

Thanks
Lea x

 

[delvey]

Hard one really. I've just gone from a i5 4670k to Ryzen 2600. I have managed to up the settings on Battlefield V from medium to ultra and maintain 75fps 95% of the time. The game also loads much quicker on the same SSD.
The 4690k could fetch you up to £200 (depending on how luck you are with selling it) so it might not cost you too much to upgrade.
But the i7 has 4c/8t, whilst the i5 only had 4c/4t so you may not see any improvement

 

[malachi]

I went from an 4790K for an 2700x back in October. Boot up times are quicker and some games runs abit smoother but that's about it.

 

[Notkipps]

Ive just been forced to upgrade from a 4790k (Z97) to a 9700k (Z390) - For a gaming point of view, I see virtually no difference - Don't get me wrong, I can see Im getting a few extra FPS in certain games, but without the FPS counter you wouldnt know. Id look to upgrade the GPU first due to your resolution
Im unable to comment on Total War though as never played it myself

 

[theufnk007]

Pretty much as I thought, seems little to no point - not sure I need to upgrade the GPU just yet I get over 100fps with ultra settings and can't really justify buying a 2080ti at current price point - lol

 

[mikeym]

I'm reading various boards/posts to get a clue what I should be looking to upgrade to for VR simracing. Currently have 3770k and potentially looking at 2700x or if something new gets announced. It's still tempting to spend a bit more on Intel but not sure it'll be worth the premium...

Id also be keeping my 1080gtx for a while longer too.

 

[theufnk007]

I'm reading various boards/posts to get a clue what I should be looking to upgrade to for VR simracing. Currently have 3770k and potentially looking at 2700x or if something new gets announced. It's still tempting to spend a bit more on Intel but not sure it'll be worth the premium...

Id also be keeping my 1080gtx for a while longer too.

Yeah I have read around and it's hard to get a 100% accurate improvement stat in-game, from what I understand CPU development has somewhat stalled in the last 4-5 years and clock speed has not really gone any higher (if anything lower) I don't admit to understanding the technical differences in the chip themselves but it would appear the common theme is you won't really notice a difference so why spend the money now.

When I was younger I had that compulsion of upgrading every generation but now realise there really is no point unless you are going to experience a significant improvement in game.

I'm sure the latest CPU's as people have mentioned would net me some minor improvement but is it worth spending £500ish?????

 

[delvey]

Yeah I have read around and it's hard to get a 100% accurate improvement stat in-game, from what I understand CPU development has somewhat stalled in the last 4-5 years and clock speed has not really gone any higher (if anything lower) I don't admit to understanding the technical differences in the chip themselves but it would appear the common theme is you won't really notice a difference so why spend the money now.

When I was younger I had that compulsion of upgrading every generation but now realise there really is no point unless you are going to experience a significant improvement in game.

I'm sure the latest CPU's as people have mentioned would net me some minor improvement but is it worth spending £500ish?????

I think if you have any if the i7 from 3770k onwards it's not worth the upgrade

 

[Notkipps]

Yeah I have read around and it's hard to get a 100% accurate improvement stat in-game, from what I understand CPU development has somewhat stalled in the last 4-5 years and clock speed has not really gone any higher (if anything lower) I don't admit to understanding the technical differences in the chip themselves but it would appear the common theme is you won't really notice a difference so why spend the money now.

When I was younger I had that compulsion of upgrading every generation but now realise there really is no point unless you are going to experience a significant improvement in game.

I'm sure the latest CPU's as people have mentioned would net me some minor improvement but is it worth spending £500ish?????

Exactly this ^^
Had my 4790k not died an overclocked death, I wouldn't have upgraded it for another 1 - 2 years at least. Foolishly I opted for the 9700k, kicking myself now as why I didnt save £100ish and go for i5 9600k

 

[Too Tall]

I upgraded from a 4770k to an 8086k.

True, the 4790k is good enough for most games, the newer boards with the NVMe drive offer considerable improvements. Personally I've seen fairly good fps increased in PUBG, World of Warships, Post Scriptum Assassins creed etc.

 

[Finners]

I went from a 4770k @ 4.4ghz to a 8700k last year and I noticed the improvement most in minimum frames.

Especially PUBG but I think it's the gain from going from DDR3 to DDR4 as much as the CPU speed and core improvement.

 

[mikeym]

I've read that simracing titles (when racing with many AI), as well as some flight sims (I'm trying to find time to get into DCS!) can really benefit from latest CPUs...

I think a lot of it depends on programming - it's amazing the difference in simracing titles in terms of graphical performance in VR on my system... iRacing and Assetto Corsa seem to be the best

 

[theufnk007]

So what would people recommend in terms of the upgrade, DDR4 RAM prices seem to more under control now?

Would need:

MOBO
RAM
CPU

I am not tied to intel but understand for gaming which is what my PC is used for 90% of the time they still lead the way in terms of performance, it's just the cost vs performance argument.

 

[mikeym]

I think I will wait for 3700x / X570 in the hope that rumours are true

 

[Mark A]

The flip side of the cpu market not moving much in the past few years is that these 4 year old cpus are still fetching almost what we paid when new... Same with the mobos and ram. I remember when I built my first pc 3200+ AMD, 3 years later when I upgraded it was almost worthless.

I'm PCless at the moment as mine died a few weeks back, but i just can't decide what to upgrade to as its a bummer to have to pay £600 for a sidegrade. I'm hoping these new AMD chips will be a decent step up in performance, but don't know if I can wait that long .

 

[theufnk007]

The flip side of the cpu market not moving much in the past few years is that these 4 year old cpus are still fetching almost what we paid when new... Same with the mobos and ram. I remember when I built my first pc 3200+ AMD, 3 years later when I upgraded it was almost worthless.

I'm PCless at the moment as mine died a few weeks back, but i just can't decide what to upgrade to as its a bummer to have to pay £600 for a sidegrade. I'm hoping these new AMD chips will be a decent step up in performance, but don't know if I can wait that long .

Yeah kind of a bummer if you don't have a rig at all, looks like I will hold out until April and see what AMD can pull out the bag - thanks for the heads up mikeym.

Yeah I guess by RAM / MOBO / CPU should make the upgrade less of a financial stretch.