New CPU for The Witcher 3?

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Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum and I only have one question i need your guys advice on. I pre-ordered the Wticher 3 and I'll be able to play it on tuesday.
My current setup is an Intel i5-2500K overclocked to 4.4Ghz, Geforce GTX 970 and 16Gb DDR3 RAM. The GPU I got about a week ago but I've had the processor for well over a year, if not two. My question is; Should I upgrade my CPU from an i5 2500k to a i7 4790k? My processor i fell is bottlenecking my GPU quite a bit in games and I just want you peoples opinions of how I should go about?
(Oh and btw I upgraded my Motherboard yesterday to a Asus P8Z68-V if that makes any difference, since I couldn't find what sockets it has)
 
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Here's a CPU benchmark of GTAV. The 8350 would actually be a downgrade over his current 2500k. AMD has never had the best single core performance so going AMD over intel will always be a downgrade. Even his i5 at 3.3Ghz is faster than the 8350 at 4.0Ghz.

I'd say stick where you are, You'll end up dishing out all that money for a new motherboard and CPU (because the 4690 won't work in your current motherboard) and get next to no performance jump. You're...
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Shouldn't I be able to play it on ultra? In that case, what prevents it from running it on that setting? If I put on Vsync perhaps it would run at stable 40-60 fps?

 
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the programmers will be your bottleneck not your hardware. I do not own the game so I don´t know how optmized it is.. when Skyrim came out it was only useing 2 cpu cores. Great win for Intel over AMD. bf4 use alot of cores got amd back in the game..
 
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I was just thinking since I don't wanna spend several hundreds of dollars on a new CPU that won't do much difference than the one I already have. I will be spending a LOT of time into this game so I really need advice on this
 
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since the witcher 3 is a huge game and amazing graphics, im guessing you're going to need a GTX 980 to play at ultra at 60 fps. might even need 980 sli to stay at ultra. im sort of new to computer hardware so dont take my advice too seriously. i dont know what Vsync is because ive never used it before. hope ive helped.
 
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I think vertical sync or VSync is a technology that prevents pictures from previous frames to make it to the current one, it prevents the frame from updating until it's completely drawn out. That usually results in lower frame rates but at least keeps it steady. What I'm thinking of is that my CPU might be bottlenecking my GPU, and that it's not living up to it's full potential.

 
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If you're going for FX series they're all able to overclock, go ahead and buy the 8320 and oc it yourself which is the same as the 8350 (this chip is factory oc'ed).

You will also need a 970/990 series motherboard to keep it stable at high clocks and decent cooling solution.
 
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Here's a CPU benchmark of GTAV. The 8350 would actually be a downgrade over his current 2500k. AMD has never had the best single core performance so going AMD over intel will always be a downgrade. Even his i5 at 3.3Ghz is faster than the 8350 at 4.0Ghz.

I'd say stick where you are, You'll end up dishing out all that money for a new motherboard and CPU (because the 4690 won't work in your current motherboard) and get next to no performance jump. You're right where you need to be, only thing you can do is go SLI for the 970s and take a jump that way.

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i5's (22nm) are the sweet spot for gaming now, even the i5 4440 can do better than any fx chip, it will get more frames without risk of GPU blottleneck
 
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any sandy bridge or later i5 is the sweet spot. a 2500k@4.4ghz is no slouch and still a beast of a cpu. heck throw any decent noctua/phanteks 140mm cooler on the 2500k and it can easily hit 4.6ghz and likely closer to 4.8ghz. its out of warranty so lap it with $10 worth of sand paper and reduce temps by 5-10c. a $200-$400 cpu+mobo upgrade will not give any appreciable gaming performance period.

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