What do I do????

[VikramKumar]

My current rig is

AMD FX8320(OC to 4.4)
Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard(ver 1.0)
16GB Ram(Gskill Ripjaws 2133)
Corsair H110 Cooler
Seasonic X1050 PSU
Crossfire HD7970 non GHZ but OC to (1050 core)
Adata 240GB SSD
Sandisk Extreme 480GB SSD
WD 2 TB Black for storage.

1. Should I jump on the R9 290X or should I just wait before upgrading? I intend on playing BF4, Ghost and prob all the newer games coming out? I only game at 1080P. Am I good for the next 2 years or so?

2. I have a Maximus VI Hero and intel i5-4670K. Should I swap out for the AMD? I really have no issues with the FX but will the intel squeeze out more FPS out the 7970's?

Thanks.

 

[King Kii-1359598]

your intel processor is plenty powerful enough. and either way, quad and hexacore cpu's from intel and AMD usually never amount to more then a 5 fps difference in any game, between eachother. and if you have crossfire 7970's, then yah bro, your good for a few years. like seriously, especially at 1080p, you dont have to worry about having trouble running a damn thing. cuz you wont.

 

[VikramKumar]

Sorry for the confusion. I currently have the AMD FX8320 installed and I am wondering if I should make the move to the intel i5-4670K?

 

[King Kii-1359598]

oh, hahaha. well then id say yes. its a very powerful chip. and it wont be for quite a few years, were talking 3-4 before hyperthreading becomes commonplace in gaming. so i would say definitely. here, READ THIS. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

 

[VikramKumar]

Here goes the upgrade tomm. Looks like I will be putting an Intel rig tomm. Hate that I have to reinstall the OS and all just for a processor and MB replacement. Oh well.

 

[anti-painkilla]

^ King Kii Best Answer.

You could get a bigger monitor. I do think the Intel would run cooler, but if you do not care about heat and power consumption then swapping it out hardly seems worth it.

 

[photonboy]

Hi,

1) While it's TRUE that many games will benefit from the INTEL CPU, it's a question of VALUE. It's a lot of money as you'd need a new motherboard, CPU and a new copy of Windows (W8 is transferrable, W7 OEM is not).

Since you mention the Asus Hero your cost to upgrade would be:
a) $200 motherboard
b) $240 i5-4670K
c) $100 Windows 8 64-bit (unless you own W8)
d) $5 START8 from Stardock (for W8)
TOTAL: $545 plus tax/shipping (about $650)
MINUS: whatever you can SELL your motherboard/CPU/Windows for so upgrading might cost about $300 or so.

2) It will only IMPROVE things if you can't maintain 60FPS already for a game.

3) For the games it CAN improve (below 60FPS and CPU-dependent) a little tweaking can likely produce nearly the same experience.

*My advice is don't do the frequent upgrade thing. Tweak your system to maintain 60FPS, enjoy what you have, then upgrade when the difference is truly SIGNIFICANT.

Tweaking advice:
1) Start FRAPS
2) Start GAME
3) Turn (or force) VSYNC OFF
4) Tweak quality settings for best balance to maintain 60FPS at least 90% of the time
5) VSYNC ON
6) FRAPS OFF

OTHER:
There are OTHER ways to spend your money that would benefit gaming far more. Better audio, high-res monitor etc.

High-res monitor:
I advise you WAIT at least six months if interested as prices are due to come down a lot (and many 2560x1440 monitors have issues currently). Here's some info:

a) I LOVE the large screen and often have two programs in split-screen.
b) You must increase the DPI for desktop (I use 25%) and use a good addon for Firefox/Chrome for the best experience (I use "NoSquint" for Firefox which pre-scales things but remembers my choice per site).
c) My desktop is 2560x1440 but I game mostly at 1920x1080 as many games look nearly identical but the higher resolution has an impact of about 30% on performance (comparable visuals).

d) I game at 2560x1440 for games like Starcraft 2, Torchlight, CnC3 etc which have SMALL TEXT/HUD elements and these games DO look much better. Quite a huge difference actually.

e) Even at 1920x1080 games do look better as I don't notice the pixel gap.

Cheers.