should i upgrade my i5 4690K?

[MaxTehLegend]

so i play alot of games. and alot of them are demanding. but i dont see the point in upgrading since im not getting any bottlenecks with my current PC. ive been able to max out any game that i play and never have i hit below 60 fps. so i was thinking that if i were to get a new GPU would i then have to upgrade my CPU? and if so would the I7 4790K be a good option? just looking at the benchmarks it doesnt seem like the new ryzen CPU's and i7 6700k 6800k 6900k 7700k are worth upgrading as its VERY VERY slight in performance, or none at all, especially when id have to get a new motherboard, ram etc.

Games that i play alot:

CS:GO
BF1
BF3
BFHL
BF4
Overwatch
Killing Floor 1
Killing Floor 2
Arma 3
GTA 5
Rainbow Six Siege

PC Specs:

EVGA SC+ GTX 980Ti
i5 4690K
Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Quad channel Hyper Savage 16GB 2.4GHz
MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Motherboard
RM750X Power Supply

 

[harrisjb78]

You have a decent GPU. Why upgrade if you are getting good frames?

 

[ImPrettyIrish]

I have one paired with a GTX 960 and it does just fine in all those games. The one game I could recommend upgrading for is Arma because it is extremely CPU intensive. You could get by with your CPU but you would have to run it on MED-low settings.

 

[superninja12]

ur pc is fine for the next 3 years 5 if you can lower your standarts, and play on med.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

i have a 144hz monitor so id perfer to have more than 80 frames and i love maxing out games, and is my GTX 980TI still high end? from looking at benchmarks my 980TI is beating the 1070 in benchmarks and the games that i play without even overclocking it.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

also im able to play arma 3 maxing it out without dropping below 60 fps.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

so is there a reason to change CPU?

 

[Jwpanz]

A 4690k will more than keep up with current generation GPU's. The fact that you can still overclock it to push it's life a little longer should make you keep it for the next two or so years. When you start seeing the 10nm and 7nm chips rolling out then that would be a good time to upgrade. Take this time to save up now so you can buy what you really want/need in the future. Your current system is still holding it's own and will do so for a while.

 

[CrippledROBOT]

so is there a reason to change CPU?

While I personally am all about the "latest and greatest", I do not think it is sensible to do so. Save your money so that when you DO upgrade, you can go ALL OUT. Right now, the 980ti does its job quite well (when pushing pixels on a 1080 144hz or 1440p set up). If you were silly enough to go out and buy a 4K monitor like I did and expect a 980ti to cut it, then you may want to upgrade.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

No CPU upgrade from Sandy Bridge to present would come anywhere near matching putting in a 1070

 

[burtman88]

Well the FPS for Rainbow six seems to be tad off lol, I get 166 but barely. That's with my 1070 at +150 and +700 on mem, 2600k at 4.8 ghz

 

[MaxTehLegend]

No CPU upgrade from Sandy Bridge to present would come anywhere near matching putting in a 1070

that benchmark was for the GTX 1070 Gaming Z, and the 980Ti was a reference, but in actual fact the 980Ti is faster than the 1070, shown here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-FRuIvGF7U and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-SZfBkxNc

and i happen to have this 980Ti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEOUUkGR9KE

which in actual fact is much faster than the reference 980Ti and titan x.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

When testing I don't think they had your exact hardware, your exact game settings and the exact same portion of game scenes when testing. Even if they did, there would would be differences between 10 of the exact same model cards depending on the variables of the silicon lottery.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

also id like to point out, when the GTX 980Ti and 1070 are overclocked, the 980Ti gets a much more performance gain, leaving the GTX 1070 behind in most titles. hence why i opted out for a 980TI instead of a 1070. otherwise i would have gotten a 1070.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

When testing I don't think they had your exact hardware, your exact game settings and the exact same portion of game scenes when testing. Even if they did, there would would be differences between 10 of the exact same model cards depending on the variables of the silicon lottery.

that wasn't the point, the point was is which of the 2 GPU's was the fastest, and the 980TI was. so i got the 980TI.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

and also, im able to push my GTX 980Ti to 1551mhz on the core, 4001 on the memory. so im pretty sure that my 980TI is one of the fastest aftermarket 980ti's you could get. so the variation thing you were going on about with models doesnt apply to me

 

[MaxTehLegend]

You have a decent GPU. Why upgrade if you are getting good frames?

i was saying that if i do have to upgrade, would the i7 4790K be a good option to go for, instead of buying a hole new motherboard, ram etc.

 

[MaxTehLegend]

so is there a reason to change CPU?

While I personally am all about the "latest and greatest", I do not think it is sensible to do so. Save your money so that when you DO upgrade, you can go ALL OUT. Right now, the 980ti does its job quite well (when pushing pixels on a 1080 144hz or 1440p set up). If you were silly enough to go out and buy a 4K monitor like I did and expect a 980ti to cut it, then you may want to upgrade.

ok thanks for your help

 

[harrisjb78]

Sorry.
In my opinion no, because the performance isn't that much greater and that money could go towards a full new upgrade (still not worth it at this point IMO).

 

[MaxTehLegend]

Sorry.
In my opinion no, because the performance isn't that much greater and that money could go towards a full new upgrade (still not worth it at this point IMO).

ok thanks