Looking to do an upgrade, the machine will primarily be used for gaming, anything else is negligible in performance needs...
Been doing a lot of research lately, and the general consensus is 4790k because the cost of going to X99 and DDR4 etc is so much more and the lower clock speeds on the Haswell-E processors and that for "gaming" the 4970k is more than enough. However I'm not your typical gamer, so the reason I ask this is, I'm an eyefinity ultra resolution gamer. My goal is to continue running at 5760x1080/1200 or switch to 2K and run 7680x1440/1600 (was also debating tri-4K as ASUS has some decent TN panel monitors priced well). Currently I power this with a single 290x and medium to high settings in games, but I've been having problems with my hardware so it's time to upgrade.
Now the few reviews and spec discussions I've seen out there regarding ultra resolutions typically talk about the more pixels you push, the more video memory you need, this much I'm aware of, which is why I'm an AMD GPU man, their cards tend to perform much better at ultra resolutions than I've ever seen a nvidia card do, even with the new GTX 900 series, the older 290x closes the gap or exceeds that of a GTX 970/980 once 4K resolutions are tested.
So this brings me to why I lean towards the Haswell-E, which is primarily X99, with better PCI-E 3.0 support (as I intend to CFX maybe even Tri-fire 290X) and more memory channels. So I guess I ask this in regards to the X99 platform seems to leave more room for expansion down the road, where X97 seems to have reached it's peak.
If you believe I can still achieve relatively decent CFX or Tri-fire with a ASUS Z97-WS or ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA over the ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME using DDR3 over DDR4, and in the process save couple hundred dollars, let me know.
Also note I'm typically a diehard AMD fanboy, and that switching to Intel is creating a hole in my soul, and the only reason I'm switching is because I don't want this build to be a temporary build, I want it to be something I won't have to replace the core components of for some time, where things like new GPUs (maybe new CPUs) will be enough to satiate future gaming needs. That's not to say I won't need to replace other components either, but I've survived on the same AMD hardware for 3+ years now, unfortunately AMD's enthusiast line does not appear to have light at the end of the tunnel, and going to an FX-9000 on a stagnant chipset is not the upgrade I need.
TL;DR I run ultra high rez gaming and want a system that will last, is the 4790k still sufficent, or should I go Haswell-E 5820k?
forgive my over use of commas.
Been doing a lot of research lately, and the general consensus is 4790k because the cost of going to X99 and DDR4 etc is so much more and the lower clock speeds on the Haswell-E processors and that for "gaming" the 4970k is more than enough. However I'm not your typical gamer, so the reason I ask this is, I'm an eyefinity ultra resolution gamer. My goal is to continue running at 5760x1080/1200 or switch to 2K and run 7680x1440/1600 (was also debating tri-4K as ASUS has some decent TN panel monitors priced well). Currently I power this with a single 290x and medium to high settings in games, but I've been having problems with my hardware so it's time to upgrade.
Now the few reviews and spec discussions I've seen out there regarding ultra resolutions typically talk about the more pixels you push, the more video memory you need, this much I'm aware of, which is why I'm an AMD GPU man, their cards tend to perform much better at ultra resolutions than I've ever seen a nvidia card do, even with the new GTX 900 series, the older 290x closes the gap or exceeds that of a GTX 970/980 once 4K resolutions are tested.
So this brings me to why I lean towards the Haswell-E, which is primarily X99, with better PCI-E 3.0 support (as I intend to CFX maybe even Tri-fire 290X) and more memory channels. So I guess I ask this in regards to the X99 platform seems to leave more room for expansion down the road, where X97 seems to have reached it's peak.
If you believe I can still achieve relatively decent CFX or Tri-fire with a ASUS Z97-WS or ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA over the ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME using DDR3 over DDR4, and in the process save couple hundred dollars, let me know.
Also note I'm typically a diehard AMD fanboy, and that switching to Intel is creating a hole in my soul, and the only reason I'm switching is because I don't want this build to be a temporary build, I want it to be something I won't have to replace the core components of for some time, where things like new GPUs (maybe new CPUs) will be enough to satiate future gaming needs. That's not to say I won't need to replace other components either, but I've survived on the same AMD hardware for 3+ years now, unfortunately AMD's enthusiast line does not appear to have light at the end of the tunnel, and going to an FX-9000 on a stagnant chipset is not the upgrade I need.
TL;DR I run ultra high rez gaming and want a system that will last, is the 4790k still sufficent, or should I go Haswell-E 5820k?
forgive my over use of commas.