I7 6700k vs a10-6800k

[not you]

Hello
I heared they have similar performance when gaming but the i7 is much much more expensive
Why is that?
It seems like the i7 does better in benchmarks but my cousin said its only bcs intel is paying for benchmark developers so it will favor intel cpus
Is this true?

I already bought the 6700k + a gtx 970 its just that im told that it was a waste of money bcs i could have just up my a6 5400k to an a10-6800k and be set
Could have that been a better option?

Thank you for your help

 

[madmatt30]

Your cousin knows 'not a lot' - pretty much everything he's said has been wrong.
The 270x was the 7870 (not the 7770) from that time its nvidia equivalent was maybe the gtx 760.
The 970 absolutely creams any amd card apart from maybe the 290x & the new r9 390/390x - even then it's incredibly close.

 

[not you]

He said the 290x is better than the titan x and is only held back by purposely missleading software :/
http://www.eteknix.com/amd-r9-290x-goes-head-to-head-with-titan-x-with-dx12/

 

[DSzymborski]

Well he belives that only some real world benchmarks can be trusted as all benchmarks and some games development and optimization (like witcher 3) are manipulated by nvidia and intel 🙁

Literally none of the things you've reported your cousin as saying are even remotely true. Please do not listen to him - I appear to have more direct knowledge about how to become a supermodel than he does about PC hardware.

 

[not you]

So you say the 970 + the i7 6700k was not a waste of money over the hd 7770 and the a10-6800k?

 

[chilly2468]

So you say the 970 + the i7 6700k was not a waste of money over the hd 7770 and the a10-6800k?

No it was not a waste of money, your new build destroys your old one.

 

[Aefuan]

Your cousin is wrong. Very wrong. All forum is saying it to you, so trust us.

 

[not you]

Well... Ok
Thank you for the help