Hi there,
I currently own an i7 960 (3.2Ghz) with an AMD R9 290x and 12 Gb of ram 1600.
I can play most recent games at fairly high settings, between 100-25FPS 1080p, but would like to reach a stable 60FPS at maximum settings (AC:U aside of course).
I have an upgrade budget of roughly 600 CAD$.
I also own an h100i cooler, so i can safely overcloack a bit.
I currently hesitate a lot between the i7 4790k and the i7 5820.
I read a lot of benchmarks, but i can hardly find one comparing the 4th and 5th gen with my 960 in recent games. I ran RTSS last night to know if i was CPU bound and i could see some of my cores hit 80-85% and GPU around 80-90% (~30FPS). Not sure if i am really CPU or GPU bound there.
So what CPU do you think i should get, if any ?
Last thing, my hope is to get an R9 390x next year to reach 4K, and when i do, i don't want whatever CPU i get now to hold my 390x back.
Thanks
I currently own an i7 960 (3.2Ghz) with an AMD R9 290x and 12 Gb of ram 1600.
I can play most recent games at fairly high settings, between 100-25FPS 1080p, but would like to reach a stable 60FPS at maximum settings (AC:U aside of course).
I have an upgrade budget of roughly 600 CAD$.
I also own an h100i cooler, so i can safely overcloack a bit.
I currently hesitate a lot between the i7 4790k and the i7 5820.
I read a lot of benchmarks, but i can hardly find one comparing the 4th and 5th gen with my 960 in recent games. I ran RTSS last night to know if i was CPU bound and i could see some of my cores hit 80-85% and GPU around 80-90% (~30FPS). Not sure if i am really CPU or GPU bound there.
So what CPU do you think i should get, if any ?
Last thing, my hope is to get an R9 390x next year to reach 4K, and when i do, i don't want whatever CPU i get now to hold my 390x back.
Thanks
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