Is it worth upgrading to Ryzen or Kaby Lake from 6600k?

[JayBobGamerZz]

As the title states. I currently have an i5 6600k, overclocked at 4.5ghz, and it's hitting 100% CPU usage bottlenecking my GPU (GTX 1070) and causing frame drops on Battlefield 1 at ultra 1080p, which is known to be poorly optimised for CPUs (apparently).

So I was thinking, should I upgrade to Ryzen for a wee bit of extra juice and sell my current mobo and CPU, or upgrade to an i7 7700k from my 6600k, keeping my Asus Z170m-Plus motherboard?

Also which would be a bit more future proof?
I intend on doing heavy editing of 4K video too, hence why I'd like to upgrade to a CPU that has hyperthreading.

I'd also like to know, if I go for the Intel i7, should I get a cheaper 6700k or is the 7700k a worthy upgrade in terms of performance?

Thanks everybody

 

[photonboy]

1) First, BF1 is doing quite well with modern CPU's so not sure what's going on there.

Are you using DX12? It may be causing more drops than DX11.

2) WAIT for Ryzen if upgrading. For video editing I would get at least a 6C/12T CPU perhaps an 8C/16T though the top-end one is likely $500USD+.

An overclockable 6C/12T Ryzen may cost closer to $250-$300USD but I'm still guessing at this point.

3) The i7 upgrade path only gains you up to about 30% CPU in theory but for most titles it's minimal. I'm still not convinced you'd see much gain in BF1.

 

[photonboy]

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2673-battlefield-1-cpu-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12-i5-i7-fx/page-2

"Moving down the line, the more mainstream i5-6600K at stock speeds is achieving a 140FPS AVG, landing it about 15FPS behind the hyperthreaded 6700K. This is where we see CPUs beginning to limit the GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid we selected, intentionally used to demonstrate exactly this type of performance scaling. The 6600K's performance trails the 6700K with hyperthreading by about 10%"

That's also with a GTX1080 so the difference would be even less between i5 and i7 on your system.

*again, DX12 was causing stutters so unless that's been fixed you should stay with DX11. I think DX12 is basically "tacked on" so it's not a true DX12 game which is why we get these issues.

 

[photonboy]

update:
Yeah, you'll definitely want an 8C/16T RYZEN to be messing around with 4K video, and at least 32GB of DDR4 memory.

Probably about $1000USD for CPU + memory + motherboard. Windows 10 should be transferable if deactivated correctly first (I do not know the procedure) or sell it along with the old system.

When you look into that, also take note of what BANDWIDTH you require as it only supports Dual Channel. You'd need at least a 3000MHz CL15 kit.

 

[kraelic]

I'd have to wait to see Ryzen released and properly tested before recommending or not, Judging from the history of leaked benchmarks are promising and it can only get better with optimizations hope and the failure to deliver the hype. I want it to be good, but there is no blind faith anymore.

 

[JayBobGamerZz]

Awesome thanks - I guess I'll wait til around March or so when Ryzen is released. I currently have only 8GB 2400mhz DDR4 - say I kept that amount of RAM, how much would that hinder me in terms of 4K video editing? Thanks again

 

[John_561]

Do it anyway. I'm gonna. You can never have enough CPU power or RAM. XD