What CPU should I get?

[crazymzaaawn]

I just bought an rx580 and realized my i5 4590 is a bottleneck on my performance, especially on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, what CPU could keep up with the card that has the LGA 1150 slot?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Why do you think the i5 4590 is holding you back?

But the highest you can go to is the i7 4790K.

 

[crazymzaaawn]

Why do you think the i5 4590 is holding you back?

But the highest you can go to is the i7 4790K.

On one of my other posts about how my FPS wasn't changing regardless of graphics settings, someone told me that it was most likely because of my CPU if you have any other ideas feel free to share.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Why do you think the i5 4590 is holding you back?

But the highest you can go to is the i7 4790K.

On one of my other posts about how my FPS wasn't changing regardless of graphics settings, someone told me that it was most likely because of my CPU if you have any other ideas feel free to share.

Thats true but what FPS are you at?

The ONLY CPU thats faster for that socket is a i7-4790k as mentioned. And its not a huge amount faster.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

I would run a game and monitor the usage of both the CPU and GPU. If the CPU is really holding you back you'll see it in the results (i.e. CPU pegged at 100% usage and GPU usage will be far lower).

Here's a tutorial for how to do that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0nzYZkkt4

 

[volkgren]

AC Odyssey is probably doing that. It's just one of those games. It has my i7-7700K at very high usage.

 

[delaro]

An i5 4590 would defiantly hold you back in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Run MSI Afterburner and setup up the OSD to show the following.

CPU Usage and Temp
GPU Usage and Temp
Memory usage
FPS Average and Latency

At 1080p High/Very High settings you're going to see the CPU Hit 100% load while the GPU will hover around 50-60%. AC: Odyssey is more CPU dependent than it should be since it is very much unoptimized so you need the ability to overclock as high as possible. Try these settings and see if you notice a difference.

In Task Manager set Odysseys priority to high.

"Disable Fullscreen Optimization"
Go to your ACOD Install directory and right-click the ACOdyssey.exe file.

Select the Compatibility Tab and Check "Disable Fullscreen Optimization" Hit apply and close the Window.

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General Settings
Dynamic Resolution: Off
Anti-Aliasing: Low
Shadows: Very Low
Environment Details: Medium (Very taxing setting)
Texture details: High
Tessellation: Very High
Terrain: High
Clutter: Medium (Very taxing setting)
Fog: Medium
Water: Very High
Screen Space Reflections: High
Volumetric Clouds: Off.

Display
Window Mode - FULLSCREEN
Resolution - 1920x1080
Resolution Modifier: 100%
Vsync - OFF
Field of View - 100%
FPS Limit - OFF