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

 

[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

 

[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?????

 

[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.

 

[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.