What should i upgrade first?
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- Apr 22, 2009
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Unless you're having issues with the CPU or GPU being able to give you the framerates you want at your screen resolution, I would go for either a bigger HDD or a SSD or both. That CPU/GPU combo should handle those games nicely at 1080p/60Hz as is. Are you playing at a higher resolution or refresh rate?
i bought a 144hz monitor because i saw benchmarks of my exact setup getting 300fps consistently at 1080p highest settings in csgo, but i get around 100-150 lowest settings at 1440x1080(i play 4:3 stretched), anyways yes i play on a higher refresh rate.
- Apr 22, 2009
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Then the GPU/CPU combo is fine I would assume. And since card prices are crazy right now, (along with RAM) I still would go for a SSD. While that won't help your gaming any, everything happens amazingly faster with a SSD.
What is your budget for this upgrade?
10tacle
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- Dec 6, 2008
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Here's a review of PC hardware performance between GPUs in FC5 with the CPU being an overclocked 4.2GHz i7-5960X:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/far_cry_5_pc_graphics_performance_benchmark_review,4.html
Your i5 at stock would be somewhat slower at 1080p there even overclocked to 4.4GHz. Moving up to 1440p would eliminate most of that i7 advantage however as the GPU becomes more important. At best an i7 would improve minimum frame rate numbers. Here's a CPU comparison in FC5:
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4agDXFh8UkLjKHVdgRhmGg-650-80.png
As far as CS:GO, CPU speed is as important as GPU power but an i7 over an i5 will not yield any noticeable performance improvement being an older game code. I'm not sure about PUBG.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/far_cry_5_pc_graphics_performance_benchmark_review,4.html
Your i5 at stock would be somewhat slower at 1080p there even overclocked to 4.4GHz. Moving up to 1440p would eliminate most of that i7 advantage however as the GPU becomes more important. At best an i7 would improve minimum frame rate numbers. Here's a CPU comparison in FC5:
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4agDXFh8UkLjKHVdgRhmGg-650-80.png
As far as CS:GO, CPU speed is as important as GPU power but an i7 over an i5 will not yield any noticeable performance improvement being an older game code. I'm not sure about PUBG.
aquielisunari
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I looked to my resources for help upgrading my system. Is all or most of my RAM being used? No, I never have reached 6GB usage in game. It's typically bewteen 2 and 5GB at the most. Is my CPU hanging around 90-100% load during gaming? No. I already have an SSD so I'm okay there. I've had to slowly dial back in-game settings so my GTX 970 needs to go. It's the only thing left that could be causing the slow-down. I moved over to the 1080 Ti and all is well.
A new GFX card(GTX 1080) would offer the biggest FPS increase in games. The problem is that the two games you've mentioned both love a better CPU. It's also not optimized all that well. The GFX card would be my first choice but I think the 7700K would offer a good boost too.
i benchmarked far cry 5, csgo and found out that my gpu usage is at around 50% in al games, i read on another post that if you lower your in game settings and you dont get a significant fps boost (this happens to me) that your cpu is the bottleneck. Is this true ? and if so what would be a good cpu upgrade? i want to keep using my LGA 1151 MOBO
n0ns3ns3
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there is no such thing as general "CPU (or whatever else) is bottleneck".
each component does specific tasks for specific applications.
In games CPU does the "world model" calculations, AI like NPC calculations, object interaction calculations, game logic, physics, sound etc.
At some point, CPU should tell the GPU what and where to draw - that's draw calls.
GPU only have to render the frame.
So most in game settings affect GPU performance. But some of them affect CPU as well. for example draw distance or number of characters.
For some games, like CS:GO, where the world model is simple and the game is not multi-threaded, changing CPU does almost nothing.
For other games (which are the most of modern games), you will see a benefit from going to a more threaded CPU like i7-6700K or i7-7700K.
It won't necessary be the higher AVG FPS, but more consistent FPS with much smaller drops - that usually means no stuttering/freezes and less control lags.
you can see semi-decent example of i5 vs i7 here https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2773-intel-i5-2500k-revisit-benchmark-for-2017/page-3
the games where there is no difference for the top 3-4 places is due to the GPU limitation.
pay attention to the 0.1% low.
each component does specific tasks for specific applications.
In games CPU does the "world model" calculations, AI like NPC calculations, object interaction calculations, game logic, physics, sound etc.
At some point, CPU should tell the GPU what and where to draw - that's draw calls.
GPU only have to render the frame.
So most in game settings affect GPU performance. But some of them affect CPU as well. for example draw distance or number of characters.
For some games, like CS:GO, where the world model is simple and the game is not multi-threaded, changing CPU does almost nothing.
For other games (which are the most of modern games), you will see a benefit from going to a more threaded CPU like i7-6700K or i7-7700K.
It won't necessary be the higher AVG FPS, but more consistent FPS with much smaller drops - that usually means no stuttering/freezes and less control lags.
you can see semi-decent example of i5 vs i7 here https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2773-intel-i5-2500k-revisit-benchmark-for-2017/page-3
the games where there is no difference for the top 3-4 places is due to the GPU limitation.
pay attention to the 0.1% low.
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