Best CPU match with the GTX 560 TI ???

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mapesdhs
For reference, when comparing to newer GPU charts/reviews, two good 560Tis in SLI is about the same
as a 670, while two oc'd versions is equivalent to a 680.

Your CPU could easily be a bottleneck, but it depends on the game, resolution, etc.

Unless you're in a terrible hurry, wait for the Maxwell launch, see what happens to pricing, etc.

If you're open to used options, 7970s can be had for good prices and are decently faster than
a 560Ti (7970 is basically the same as a 280X). If you don't care about noise or power, a couple
of 3GB 580s is potent (about the same as a 780); two 7970s are faster, but I had a lot more
driver issues testing 2-way 7970 CF than even 3-way 580 SLI.

If you want to buy new though, I'd say a 4690K, decent Z97...
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My specs at this point are
AMD A8 5600K CPU
GTX 560TI
6GB RAM
500 PSU
What should i take out to uprgade and what should i keep. I just want to primarily play games like league of legends, fifa 15 and maybe GTA V when it comes out in jan.
 
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Keep in mind that if you switch your CPU you will also need to switch your motherboard as well. With your existing motherboard it would be unwise in my opinion to switch out the CPU with something that you would be grossly overpaying for.

If you upgrade, you'd probably be looking at getting a new motherboard as well as CPU. I will tell you right now that the GTX 560Ti will probably not handle GTA V at an acceptable level, and your CPU definitely won't.
 
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I would keep the gpu and for sure swap out that CPU. My evga gtx560ti classified which is the same card u have just a diff company runs bf4 on high settings just fine. I can't see it struggling on something like gta v too much if it can handle bf4. I think the mobo and CPU would be the best first things to swap out IMO.
 
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For reference, when comparing to newer GPU charts/reviews, two good 560Tis in SLI is about the same
as a 670, while two oc'd versions is equivalent to a 680.

Your CPU could easily be a bottleneck, but it depends on the game, resolution, etc.

Unless you're in a terrible hurry, wait for the Maxwell launch, see what happens to pricing, etc.

If you're open to used options, 7970s can be had for good prices and are decently faster than
a 560Ti (7970 is basically the same as a 280X). If you don't care about noise or power, a couple
of 3GB 580s is potent (about the same as a 780); two 7970s are faster, but I had a lot more
driver issues testing 2-way 7970 CF than even 3-way 580 SLI.

If you want to buy new though, I'd say a 4690K, decent Z97 mbd, and wait for the Maxwell
launch to see how things shift, even if it's just better pricing for older products.

Can you run various standard tests like 3DMark (Vantage/11/13), Call of Juarez, Stalker COP, etc.
I could compare to results I have already with the same card & others.

Ian.

 
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I think you should buy a 760 or 770. they're under £200 on amazon which is absolutely nothing, along with a nice i5 processor, i myself have an i5-3570k which is quite nice, don't bother with i7 or 6 core cpus, most games now dont even have multi core settings available.
 
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If modern games didn't benefit from multiple cores, there'd be no point using an i5 either. On the contrary,
newer titles have a lot more multi-core optimisation than used to be the case 2 or 3 years ago. Whether
or not a game benefits from a strong CPU depends on the game, the resolution, detail level, if it's a multiplayer
online title, etc. A blanket statement such as saying i7s are not worthwhile is not accurate. The original poster's
list of games seem to encompass a broad spectrum of game types, for which a reasonably good CPU is a wise
choice. If only to have at least a decent degree of future proofing, these days I wouldn't bother with anything
less than an i5 4690K, suitably oc'd on a sensible board.

Btw, games don't need to have multi-core settings available to the user, because if they're remotely written
properly, such parameters in the game would be configured automatically by scanning the system spec,
optimising as needed.

Ian.

 
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That doesn't make any sense. What does a game player care if a game is coded to exploit whatever cores
their system has? If it can do so to the better functioning of the game, then it's a good thing. As for
multitasking, I can't recall when I was last playing a game and literally at the same time doing something else.

Ian.

 
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'internet open' doesn't mean anything. Unless one is accessing a site in some way, it shouldn't be causing any
significant CPU loading.

And the no. of people who actually convert a movie at the same time as playing a game really will be very
small, since no matter what resources are available, the system will stutter too much (Windows just does not
handle multiple threads well enough for that). One would quickly notice the conversion causes stutter and
thus do the tasks separately anyway. Your certainly has changed into a list of 'could's.

Ian.

 
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