Question Is it worth upgrading my 10700KF at this time?
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sonofjesse
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TechyInAZ
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Depends on your needs really. Do you want higher frame rates for better-perceived motion - and you know for a fact you are CPU limited?? Do you notice stutters in your games that cause momentary dips in your frame rate?
A CPU upgrade with your RTX 3080, is really only necessary if you need higher FPS and you aren't GPU limited - as MrN1ce9uy suggested in a similar manner. The higher IPC of Raptor Lake chips, combined with the bigger L2 and L3 caches, should also noticeably reduce any momentary stutters you might find in your games.
Overall, no you won't see a massive upgrade, but depending on the games you play, there will be a subtle but noteworthy difference if you upgrade - even if your average frame rates don't change.
It really depends on how much money you're willing to blow, if you don't have a budget, sure upgrade, why not. you'll see some benefits. if you are money conscious at all though, there's no need to upgrade.
A CPU upgrade with your RTX 3080, is really only necessary if you need higher FPS and you aren't GPU limited - as MrN1ce9uy suggested in a similar manner. The higher IPC of Raptor Lake chips, combined with the bigger L2 and L3 caches, should also noticeably reduce any momentary stutters you might find in your games.
Overall, no you won't see a massive upgrade, but depending on the games you play, there will be a subtle but noteworthy difference if you upgrade - even if your average frame rates don't change.
It really depends on how much money you're willing to blow, if you don't have a budget, sure upgrade, why not. you'll see some benefits. if you are money conscious at all though, there's no need to upgrade.
zx128k
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10700KF, RTX 3080, 32 gigs of ram = totally fine for games. My 10900k overclocked is GPU bound at 4k by 100% and GPU bound at 1440p. Its only 1080p that I'm not GPU bound. I see little reason to upgrade unless there is a game you have performance issues with.
alceryes
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Depends on the game and settings for 1080p and 1440p.
At 4K you are 99%+ of the time GPU limited so I would just stick with what you've got.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us8EhtinlhA
At 4K you are 99%+ of the time GPU limited so I would just stick with what you've got.
geofelt
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Worth is something only YOU can determine.
From the reviews I have seen, at 4k the primary performance limiter is the gpu for fast action games.
For cpu centric games like strategy, mmo and sims, the cpu could well use an upgrade.
As a test,
Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.
Run the cpu-Z bench and look at the single thread rating for your 10700KF.
You should get a number like 549:
https://valid.x86.fr/bench/7gp430
13700K will be 864
If you do go to 13th gen, you will also need a lga1700 motherboard and a cooler adapter.
You can reuse your ddr4 ram.
From the reviews I have seen, at 4k the primary performance limiter is the gpu for fast action games.
For cpu centric games like strategy, mmo and sims, the cpu could well use an upgrade.
As a test,
Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.
Run the cpu-Z bench and look at the single thread rating for your 10700KF.
You should get a number like 549:
https://valid.x86.fr/bench/7gp430
13700K will be 864
If you do go to 13th gen, you will also need a lga1700 motherboard and a cooler adapter.
You can reuse your ddr4 ram.
geofelt
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Nighthawk117
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At high refresh rates there is a benefit but an upgrade in your case is far from essential. Is there something you are hoping to improve?
Nighthawk117
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Missed this, Cyberpunk is pretty brutal even on relatively powerful hardware. You should be able to run at 60 FPS though on a 10700KF. Can I ask what performance you were getting and what sort of CPU and GPU usage you had?
instawookie
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Speaking from a little experience on this one, Just left a 10700k to a 13700k. If I could do it again I would have waited, I love my new rig... but as others said gaming at 4k 144hz with a 4090 shows marginal differences. FPS wise I gained a little more stability with the 13700k, but I easily could have waited and been content just doing a cpu swap to 11900k. If you do have the itch though, it looks like 13th might be around for a bit per gamermeld, sounds like 14th gen might have some delays.
Nighthawk117
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Run MSI Afterburner when your playing Cyberpunk. You will have to configure it to show CPU and GPU usage, I think it's on the monitor tab under settings.
Nighthawk117
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That's not an upgrade worth doing, at least the 13700K is a significant step up.
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