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Galiger

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So currently I am running an AMD 9590 and was considering going to the Intel 4790k. Is it worth it? And what kind of performance boost would i get?
 
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It's always worth going from a bigger node (AMD Vishera FX 9590 @ 32nm) to a smaller node (Intel Haswell 4790k @22nm) but I would suggest you to wait a bit as AMD is going to release a new CPU/APU AM4 Platform which will have support for new things like DDR4, NVME SSD, etc.
Currently Intel has 2 platforms which support DDR4 and NVME SSD and those are:
X99 (Enthusiast grade)
Z170

But here's the thing, both the X99 and Z170 platforms are not cost efficient at the moment, therefore it's better to wait for couple of months for AMD to release their new platform and then choose the most...
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this completely depends on what games you are planning on playing and what applications you want to run because it could make as little as 5-10% difference but it could make a massive difference depending on what you want to do
 
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I play games like gta 5, witcher 3, and league of legends. Not worried about league of legends performance just saw you had Gnar as your profile picture (^: but i would like to get into streaming also
 
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It's always worth going from a bigger node (AMD Vishera FX 9590 @ 32nm) to a smaller node (Intel Haswell 4790k @22nm) but I would suggest you to wait a bit as AMD is going to release a new CPU/APU AM4 Platform which will have support for new things like DDR4, NVME SSD, etc.
Currently Intel has 2 platforms which support DDR4 and NVME SSD and those are:
X99 (Enthusiast grade)
Z170

But here's the thing, both the X99 and Z170 platforms are not cost efficient at the moment, therefore it's better to wait for couple of months for AMD to release their new platform and then choose the most Cost and performance efficient platform.

One more thing, all the DDR3 platforms are kind of outdated now so, I wont suggest you to go with 4790k as it's only supported by Z97 platform which is only DDR3 compatible.

So, it's better to wait for a while for AMD and then purchase the best, as AMD's new platform will start a competition with intel's new platforms which always leads to drop in price, thus letting you choose best from both the companies.
 
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When I upgraded from an a8 5500 apu with a discrete 760, to a 6600k with the same 760, I saw a huge performance increase on a lot of my games. Shadow of Mordor had a playable fps and Smite went from dipping in the 50s to a constant 100ish on high

The idea that cpu doesn't effect gaming performance mostly refers to the increase from a step up or two. For example, stepping up from i5 6600k to an i7 6700k isn't going to give you near as much of a performance increase as a 970 to a 980.

But a low end CPU to a high end will absolutely give you a nice chunk of performance.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page5.html
 
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It's going to be more than a couple of months before AMD is launching their new processors. Zen isn't going to be until Q4 2016 at the earliest. The only thing that might happen with AMD is they may launch the AM4 socket early with Excavator based APUs acting as a stop-gap for six months. That would give AMD a more modern platform, but no high performance CPUs would be available for it for quite some time.
 
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