Recent content by con635

At mindfactory.de amd cpus out sell intel in August.

More cache in the i7 also helps with some titles.

In newer titles my 680 struggled, Doom 2016 was the last straw for me with drops to sub 20fps, if you play older games the likes of bf4 or arma the optimization for kepler is good and with settings tweaks it will surprise you. My rx 470 beat it and my 980 destroys it at everything with higher...

If his budget is low check the mobo support on gigabytes website and see if it'll take v2 xeon like the one in my sig rig. An i7 or 1230 v2 will still have a few years left and take a few gpu upgrades. Mine does not bottleneck my 980 in any title I've tried and I feel no need to upgrade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7BqAjC4ZCc Ouch! This must be where the new v2 board rumors came from.

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Lanes lanes lanes, amd get more lanes.....lanes no longer matter.......cinebench the once be all and end all of ipc measurement......amd catch up.......suddenly not the be and end all, ha ha, jimmy is posting emotional comments. Purch on overtime.....

The 860k will be a sidegrade at best, if anything its a worse bin than an apu, did you know there's a bug with lots of software and the temps are not read correctly? eg hwinfo package temp is wrong, anything reading 90-120c is wrong most likely if you cooler is seated correct.