SANDY VS SKYLAKE = Gaming

[Reaper17]

ok guys skylake is out with the main i7 6700k ,,and by curiosity i was wondering how much gain would it have over the i7 2700k in gaming only.................open for ilumination

 

[azca]

very little difference especially if your 2700k is overclocked well

 

[spentshells]

I would select best answer for you op but I was instructed not to do so.


It is a total waste. get a new gpu instead

 

[Vitric9]

yes, agreed. most games will not see a big improvement in average fps over a stock clocked i5 2500k or i7 2700k with the current haswell skus.
One interesting thing about the skylake i5 and i7 K series samples is the stock TDP is 95w. typically we have seen Intel reducing the power and heat output with each new architecture or die shrink*. Intel could be catering toward the enthusiast , overclocker or gamer in that these will overclock like Sandy Bridge,
Maybe, since Intel has put their Tick-Tock release cycle on hold... Speculate here.

*Haswell is rated for a higher TDP than it's predecessor IVy Bridge

 

[nikoli707]

sandy bridge is still going very strong. until you see a gaming benchmark with a high end graphics card that shows meaningful fps gain between sandy and skylake then it would be better to stick with what you have. put that money toward a flagship graphics card like the 980ti.

 

[azca]

you forgot to mention other similar cards to 980ti, such as R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, R9 295x2

sandy bridge is still going very strong. until you see a gaming benchmark with a high end graphics card that shows meaningful fps gain between sandy and skylake then it would be better to stick with what you have. put that money toward a flagship graphics card like the 980ti.

 

[spentshells]

even just a 980 but I havent looked at those prices, a little out my league

 

[nikoli707]

you forgot to mention other similar cards to 980ti, such as R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, R9 295x2

sandy bridge is still going very strong. until you see a gaming benchmark with a high end graphics card that shows meaningful fps gain between sandy and skylake then it would be better to stick with what you have. put that money toward a flagship graphics card like the 980ti.

correct, those are all very powerful high end cards as well.

 

[Reaper17]

ok from digital foundry bench i saw that sandy can handle a titian x sufficently ...the question is what about pascal,,,i;ve read pascal is x10 better than maxwell