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Which CPU for high-end gaming?

Orangey said:
This is for a rig I'm building, the GPU will be AMD 9950 xfire or 9970 depending on what happens (if they even release a 9950 / it warrants the cost). I have a 144hz monitor, not a fan of multi-monitor.
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The AMDF GPU's will not be called that!!! 4770K is the best CPU period for gaming no matter how many cards or monitors.
 
james_2k said:
this. try telling that to some x79 owners though.
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Haha, I think most X79 owners aren't just gamers though tbf. If you're doing workstation type stuff X79 can be very good when extra cores are needed. Straight up gaming / media PC use. 4770K is best.

I sold my 3960X after seeing just how good / cheap and lower power consumption the 4770K was. It's strangely under appreciated though. All that performance for around £250 is awesome. I think Intel shot themselves in the foot a bit launching the 4770K before 4960X. Unless that was the plan to ship more mainstream parts?
 
Boomstick777 said:
Haha, I think most X79 owners aren't just gamers though tbf. If you're doing workstation type stuff X79 can be very good when extra cores are needed. Straight up gaming / media PC use. 4770K is best.

I sold my 3960X after seeing just how good / cheap and lower power consumption the 4770K was. It's strangely under appreciated though. All that performance for around £250 is awesome. I think Intel shot themselves in the foot a bit launching the 4770K before 4960X. Unless that was the plan to ship more mainstream parts?
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quite often see threads asking which cpu, degenerating into 'buy the most expensive one (3930,60) as its better'. even gaming builds. reasoning like more pcie lanes etc. and also that its futureproof.

id argue its just as futureproof as the 4770k, by the time more threads are needed, there will be far far faster and cheaper cpus out there.

but whatever, people will have their opinions ;)
 
I think it's just down to cores and PCI-E lanes. 1150 is artificially limited to prevent it cannibalizing business from workstation sector.
 
The x79 cpus have bigger cache and support virtualisation, neither of which is needed for gaming. People complain about limited 4770k overclocking but it's very fast at stock and most overclocking these days is done for bragging rights, not cos the cpu is too slow.
 
Well.
I have a 3570K, oc'ed to 4.4, 2xSLI gtx 660ti + 16gb ram and have no problems with games.
BF3 have 60FPS most of the time on high/ultra, some other games I play don't go below that either. Only FPS drops so far were in Shogun 2 huge battles (few k vs few k), especially when I did close-ups to ground level. Then it was dropping to 35-45 fps.
And why a Radeon?
Their current prices cut close to 780s. And I will always choose Intel/Nvidia over AMD - had one rig from them and was disappointed (sold it after few months).
 
MOOGLEYS said:
I have yet to see any ingame difference between anything from the 2500k up running with a decent overclock (4.5Ghz) and even running a pair of Titans.

Tbh I would have kept the 2500k if it clocks well and spend the cash on other things.
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This was my reason for keeping my 2500k in the end. I got mine at 1.270v @ 4.4Ghz on a custom loop. I could up it more if needed but tbh it seems to handle games at 1440p completely fine. Its paired up with one Titan which is also watercooled :D

I really don't see the need to upgrade to Haswell. I thought about it but I will wait for Broadwell and see what that offers.
 
james_2k said:
this. try telling that to some x79 owners though.
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Gotta say, I'm a x79 user and game as well as 3d/design/multimedia work and compared to a friend who has 4770k i find it better for what i do. Gaming wise probably wont see a different as said. but work wise is a beast.
 
Adam_101 said:
Gotta say, I'm a x79 user and game as well as 3d/design/multimedia work and compared to a friend who has 4770k i find it better for what i do. Gaming wise probably wont see a different as said. but work wise is a beast.
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Agree. I have to say in very specific situations, I have noticed my X79 rig is much more effective than my previous 2500k (@4.6 GHz) with twin GTX 670s. The 2500k system bogged down quite badly in games like WoW especially in 40-man raids particularly in open world (sub 10fps). With X79 (even with the 670s) my minimum frame rates increased hugely.
 
With 40-man raids and all the settings turned to max during boss fights in open world, few systems can cope in Wow. Probably down to the awful age-old coding but certainly minimum frame rates improved for me.
 
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