I5 4440 is it still enough for gaming?...Pls help

[Gamerscuxs]

Hey Guys I upgraded my GTX 960 2GB to GTX 1070 phoniex GS....My problem is I cannot get all out of my GTX 1070 in some CPU intensive parts of some games.....Fot example In Witcher3 Novigard I experience many CPU spikes and this results in Freezing for miliseconds and also in many games my CPU sits above 90 percent and GPU maynot be even above 80 though I get 60fps above in those cases..So what Cpu intensive settings I have to lower down to achieve full FPS from my GTX 1070...and is it worth going for I5 6500 or similar CPU...As I donot see much specs difference (quad core and no hyperthreading)...I cannot afford an I7 right now....

 

[Gamerscuxs]

Threads related to I5 4440 are prettt old and now obsolete for 2017 games

 

[WildCard999]

Lower or disable the following.
-Draw/View Distance.
-AA Settings.
-Shadow Quality.
-Any background programs that don't need to be on.

While the i5-4440 isn't the best CPU it's still decent for gaming and for most games should be fine paired with that GTX 1070. Also I wouldn't upgrade the CPU unless you move to a newer architecture such as Kabylake which will require a new motherboard and RAM.

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Threads related to I5 4440 are prettt old and now obsolete for 2017 games

Really? Well this is a tech forum. We're supposed to help with every kind and age of tech. And if we don't have info we just don't bother commenting.

WildCard999 is right, 4440 shouldn't be too bad, although you should've gone for a 1060 with instead a 4690 or 4790 I guess...
Anyway RAM could be a problem, how much do you have?

 

[Gamerscuxs]

I am waiting for ZEN cpu's ....And will have to sell the I5 4440+H97 + 16GB HYPER X so that it fills up the cost of New AM4 mobo and pair of DDR4 ram atleast....Till the

 

[Gamerscuxs]

and I will want to know what games are not fit for my I5 4440

 

[WildCard999]

Just lower the game settings until Zen is released, its only about a month or so away. As for upgrades I would wait until Zen benchmarks are out so you can save up. From there you can determine if Zen will be a better upgrade or if Kabylake would be a better choice.

 

[Gamerscuxs]

Ali Tausef....GTX 1070 is more futureproof....And in near future I will have too change my CPU

 

[Gamerscuxs]

If Zen comes out to be pointless...I would have to wait one more year to afford a kabylake I7....I am only 15yo lol....Ok thanks guys anyways.....But I hope my I5 holds its nose till then

 

[Gamerscuxs]

And last question is it worth going from an I5 4440 to kabylake or skylake CPU like I5 6500 and i5 7500....I guess they are almost same....With less power req

 

[WildCard999]

Just adjust/lower the settings I mentioned above, it should help. Also there's a way of getting a CPU similar to a i7 for much cheaper and that is the Xeon. The one I'd recommend for your H97 MB is the Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz, it has a higher boost clock and the extra hyper-threading like a i7.

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You will want to check your motherboards CPU compatibility to ensure it will accept this Xeon.

 

[Gamerscuxs]

I heared Xenon are not good in gaming...Sry but I have never used them

 

[WildCard999]

There technically a server CPU but there just as effective as a i7, the only difference is most Xeon's don't have a iGPU (onboard graphics) but that doesn't matter since you have a dedicated GPU. If I didn't get such a good deal on my 4770K I would of gone with that exact model Xeon.

 

[Xmasholiday300]

just punch your computer a couple times it may or may not run better nah lol jk dont try this at home

 

[Gamerscuxs]

That deserves to be the best answer

 

[Xmasholiday300]

lol glad to make ya laugh for what its worth on the gaming sometimes its not the computer maybe its just the game
with it having glitches or not being updated enough or whatever I dont know if you ever looked up a game called assassins creed unity but when that game came out didnt matter what system you had was a or how powerful that game was like a glitch/error fiesta

 

[Xmasholiday300]

here's a time in the life of assassin creed unity
http://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-unity-has-the-best-glitches-1657939797

 

[Gamerscuxs]

Is it true that cranking max Graphics details reduces CPU load and gives all frames that GPU can offer.. And at low settings CPU bottlenecks GPU by giving lower FPS then GPU can hold?