CPU upgrade worth it ???

[Ygovec Jason]

i have g4560 and gtx 970 i am thinking of cpu upgrade is necessary at all as some games shown to have same fps even with these two different cpu D:< should i upgrade and does it worth the performance?

 

[coolcole01]

NOPE unless your thinking about an upgrade to the gpu soon. Your pretty well balanced. That cpu is very decent.

 

[The Paladin]

depending on your motherboard it may be worth looking at I5-4xxxK series to get more threads and overclocking.

 

[dontlistentome]

Drop your resolution to 720p and medium settings, then run the game benchmark and note the framerate. Now raise the resolution to 1080p, leaving the settings the same and run the same game benchmark. Is there a big difference in framerate? This will tell you what that game needs. If the framerate is much higher at 720p, you could use a videocard upgrade. If the framerate is pretty similar no matter which resolution, you could use a CPU upgrade. This only applies to this game you benchmarked, you'd have to repeat this for each game you are wondering about.

For certain games, having a real quad core as opposed to hyperthreading will increase your framerate. The problem is that increase might not be all that much at 1080p using that 970, so it might not be worth the cost. In my opinion, going from not really playable to playable is an example of 'worth it'. Going from 50fps to 60fps is not 'worth it' since for most people playing most games they won't be able to tell the difference.