upgrade itch. i7 3770k @4.8GHz

[Chaos666]

Hi everybody :>

as title says i have a very nice i7 3770k that runs 4.5GHz @1.2 or 4.8GHz @ 1.34
it sits in a Maximus V Extreme. I play on 1440p 60hz monitor. I can usually hit 60fps in all modern games.

I'm thinking about getting i7 7700k but i cant really justify the cost. I feel the upgrade itch but I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed cause there wont be any real gain.
I watch Digital Foundry's comparison videos and it shows better fps in some games with newer CPU's but they do all their testing in 1080p with titan x.
Obviously in 1440p the gap will be smaller. Right? :>

please help me decide

my 3dmark scores
http://www.3dmark.com/spy/2148677

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/13247947

 

[Chaos666]

I was thinking about getting a 1080 .... 1080ti is to expensive.

 

[Chaos666]

Question is if Intel will change the price

 

[Chaos666]

I read somewhere that it's confirmed that coffee lake will work in z270. My worry is that once intel starts selling 6core i7 cpus my 3770k will loose a lot of value

 

[Chaos666]

For the OP though, he is after higher resolutions. 1440p and 4K will make you GPU bound a lot more. That's where you want to have the best graphics card you can get hold of.

Yes I do have higher resolutions in mind. My. Monitor is 1440p and I also play on my 4k TV sometimes. I'm just wondering if I'm loosing a lot of frames with my cpu.

It seems that the best thing I can do is buy a 1080 or 1080ti now and change the whole platform after coffee lake launches

 

[Chaos666]

Games like Witcher 3 don't run on max settings at 1440p. FPS goes down to 48-55 in some scenarios. But it's probably still gpu that can't keep up

 

[Chaos666]

I'm not saying its always bellow 60.. just certain areas/situations.
I''ll try without hairworks... although lowering detail from uber to high is giving me stable 60