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980X, P6X58D, 12 GB Ram, 1080Ti, 750W PSU, CF791 >>> Games, Movies, Internet, Photoshop
I want more power, but I hate Windows 10. So it's Skylake or nothing. I figure it'll cost me around 500 bucks to upgrade craigslist style.
I don't like upgrading unless I am doubling the performance. On Passmark, a 980x gets 1454 in single threaded performance and 8877 total. A 6700k gets 2349 in single threaded performance and 11109 total. According to Passmark, the 6700k is 160% faster in single and 125% faster in total. That doesn't quite meet my preferred threshold.
I figure that the upgrading will get me Sata 3, PCI-E 3.0, M.2 storage, USB 3.1 and 160%/125% faster CPU. Am I missing anything?
I keep going back and forth on whether it's worth it or not. I bought the 1080Ti to get 100+ frames (Ultra settings) on my 1440 ultrawide, but it's not quite there in all my games. Some games are fine, others are not. I achieve my goal in Doom and Battlefront, but not in COH2 or even Bad Company 2. I think some engines might not be very well optimized. For instance I get better framerates in Battlefront than BF3. In general, I think I am losing about 20-30 frames because of the 980X.
Also, just so you know, the 1080Ti is usually about twice as fast a Fury X, even on an older system like mine. In Witcher 3, I used to get ~45 frames, now I get ~90 frames. In BC2, I used to get 90, now I get 99. So some games doubled, some didn't.
I keep thinking about getting a 1TB PCI-E Hyperx Predator drive (1400 read speed) and a USB 3.1 PCI-E card. But then I couldn't recoup any costs by selling my 980X/mobo/ram. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't upgrade anything. Maybe I should just sit on the 500 bucks that's burning a hole in my pocket.
Am I really missing out by having a 7 year old system? Or am I just being fidgety?
Thanks for reading.
I want more power, but I hate Windows 10. So it's Skylake or nothing. I figure it'll cost me around 500 bucks to upgrade craigslist style.
I don't like upgrading unless I am doubling the performance. On Passmark, a 980x gets 1454 in single threaded performance and 8877 total. A 6700k gets 2349 in single threaded performance and 11109 total. According to Passmark, the 6700k is 160% faster in single and 125% faster in total. That doesn't quite meet my preferred threshold.
I figure that the upgrading will get me Sata 3, PCI-E 3.0, M.2 storage, USB 3.1 and 160%/125% faster CPU. Am I missing anything?
I keep going back and forth on whether it's worth it or not. I bought the 1080Ti to get 100+ frames (Ultra settings) on my 1440 ultrawide, but it's not quite there in all my games. Some games are fine, others are not. I achieve my goal in Doom and Battlefront, but not in COH2 or even Bad Company 2. I think some engines might not be very well optimized. For instance I get better framerates in Battlefront than BF3. In general, I think I am losing about 20-30 frames because of the 980X.
Also, just so you know, the 1080Ti is usually about twice as fast a Fury X, even on an older system like mine. In Witcher 3, I used to get ~45 frames, now I get ~90 frames. In BC2, I used to get 90, now I get 99. So some games doubled, some didn't.
I keep thinking about getting a 1TB PCI-E Hyperx Predator drive (1400 read speed) and a USB 3.1 PCI-E card. But then I couldn't recoup any costs by selling my 980X/mobo/ram. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't upgrade anything. Maybe I should just sit on the 500 bucks that's burning a hole in my pocket.
Am I really missing out by having a 7 year old system? Or am I just being fidgety?
Thanks for reading.
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