I7 860 + r9 290 low unigine valley score

christiaan87 · Sep 28, 2015

Hi guys,

First post here so a bit new to the pictures and stuff

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I believe to have low FPS in some games (like WoW) (20-25 FPS in garrison), so i tought lets try unigine valley.

I know WoW demands more from cpu, so i didnt think it that much of a problem.
But unigine valley is starting to make me a little bit more worried.

i have a reference model AMD r9 290.
8 GB ddr3.
I7 860 @ 3453 mhz.

Unigine valley states (i dont know how to post i pic yet atm):

FPS: 40
Score: 1705
Min: 16.7
Max: 57.9

Ultra HD
windows 8.1 64bit
1920*1080 8xAA
Direct3D11

Is this because my CPU or is something else going on?

Many thanks,
Chris

seeingeyegod · Sep 28, 2015

Probably mainly the CPU holding you back, its got even worse single thread performance than an AMD 8350 and only half as many logical processors
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-AMD-FX-8350

christiaan87 · Sep 29, 2015

Hi,

Ye i also tought this might be the major problem.

probably gonna build in a I5 6600k soon. gonna see if it helps.

christiaan87 · Sep 30, 2015

Do you think the 6600k is worth it. I can buy the following set:

Buying
I5 6600k : 222 EUR
Asrock z170 extreme 4: 138 EUR
8 GB hyperx fury DDR4 2660: 52 EUR
Shipping: 6 Eur
Total: 418 Eur

Selling
I7 860 + p7p55d LE + 8 gb DDR3 100 EUR

Net upgrade price 318 EUR.

I use this for:
Office + gaming (1080p atm)

I want it to be future proof thats why i dont buy (second hand) I5 4....

Is this a good deal or is this way too much for just gaming?
I am not really sure the I5 4... will last for 5 years and i probably have to switch the DDR3 anyway within 5 years.
I plan to use this set for 4 - 5 years.

I seems legit to me to buy the 6th gen I5, but i have some doubts, as i am not a total expert.

I was also thinking about AMD 8350 9..., but it doesnt really seem to differ that much in price, and im not sure its viable for 5 years. (altough it seems to profit a lot from dx 12)

maxalge · Sep 30, 2015

seeingeyegod :

having more than 4 cores usually changes nothing, maybe in a couple of games at best which is why i5's are so good.

it's all about single core performance

maxalge · Sep 30, 2015

christiaan87 :

Do you think the 6600k is worth it. I can buy the following set:

Buying
I5 6600k : 222 EUR
Asrock z170 extreme 4: 138 EUR
8 GB hyperx fury DDR4 2660: 52 EUR
Shipping: 6 Eur
Total: 418 Eur

Selling
I7 860 + p7p55d LE + 8 gb DDR3 100 EUR

Net upgrade price 318 EUR.

I use this for:
Office + gaming (1080p atm)

I want it to be future proof thats why i dont buy (second hand) I5 4....

Is this a good deal or is this way too much for just gaming?
I am not really sure the I5 4... will last for 5 years and i probably have to switch the DDR3 anyway within 5 years.
I plan to use this set for 4 - 5 years.

I seems legit to me to buy the 6th gen I5, but i have some doubts, as i am not a total expert.

I was also thinking about AMD 8350 9..., but it doesnt really seem to differ that much in price, and im not sure its viable for 5 years. (altough it seems to profit a lot from dx 12)

the 8350 is already on it's last legs

if the price is not much higher than a 4690k + z97 mobo + ddr3 ram then go for it.

christiaan87 · Sep 30, 2015

maxalge :

if i buy 4690k a.t.m.:

New Second hand
4690k set 406 365
-100 -100
-------------------------------------------
306 265

318 318
299 258
----------------------------------------------
12 67 diffr - 6600k

So its not that much in either case. (better mobo DDR4 more "future-proof" better cpu )
Figured to go 6600k

Second hand prices are indications.*

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