i5-3570k bottlenecking AC:Origins; upgrade to i7 or new system?

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I currently have an i5-3570k @ 4.2Ghz, a stock GTX 970 and 24GB of DDR3-1333 RAM. The builtin benchmark for AC: Origins dips as low as 35 fps, even at low settings. CPU usage regularly hits 100% in urban areas. So it seems I need a CPU upgrade...

At the moment, my funds are limited. I can afford an i7-3770 (maybe a K), but can't afford to cough up the money for a new mobo/CPU/DDR4. Would the i7-3770 give a significant boost in FPS, or am I better off saving for a couple of months for a massive upgrade?
 
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Hyperthreading from the reviews I have seen adds at best 30% performance in situations that utilise it well. The non k 3770 gives you hyperthreading but will loose clock speed, the 3.90 Ghz turbo is only when 1 core is used, when all cores are in use it is lower (3.6Ghz I think). So unless you can pick up a 3770k I wouldn't bother at all but even the 3770k seems like money that could be better spent on a full cpu/mobo/RAM upgrade that will give far greater gains.
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Well I would save up for an upgrade to a modern platform personally.

But to answer your question in a cpu intensive game like AC origins a 3770 would likely help quite a bit, but I would still say you're better off saving for a new system.

Also since you are CPU bottlenecked, the game will likely run the same at say medium settings maybe even a bit higher. The vast majority of those settings are going to be GPU bound and wont impact CPU performance in any big way.
 
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Yep, right now I'm getting about 40 fps average in cities, maybe 52 fps in the country side. However, I'm running medium-high settings at 1600p. So it's not a horrible experience, but I would like to see higher fps.

Part of the problem with a new platform is RAM prices. DDR4 is pretty ridiculous right now. Any chance of prices coming down soon?
 
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Well I have heard Samsung is supposed to "significantly ramp up its DRAM output". Mass production is supposed to start first quarter 2018. But I cant say for sure when or if DRAM prices will drop.

http://www.pcgamer.com/samsung-to-increase-dram-output-as-ram-prices-continue-to-climb/

If you can find a 3770k for reasonably cheap and give a good overclock, it would likely hold you over for quite some time. Should be plenty for a 970 at say 1080p, it will even fully utilize better GPU's say a gtx 1080 at higher resolutions.

Another option is an i7 2600k, it's cheaper than the 3770k and is still a damn good chip. At the same clock speed it will perform within a couple percent of the 3770k.
 
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Hyperthreading from the reviews I have seen adds at best 30% performance in situations that utilise it well. The non k 3770 gives you hyperthreading but will loose clock speed, the 3.90 Ghz turbo is only when 1 core is used, when all cores are in use it is lower (3.6Ghz I think). So unless you can pick up a 3770k I wouldn't bother at all but even the 3770k seems like money that could be better spent on a full cpu/mobo/RAM upgrade that will give far greater gains.
 
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If you have a Z series motherboard you can run a i7-3770 @ 4.2GHz on all cores. Enable multi-core enhancement (MCE) and you can OC IVB non-K CPUs by 300MHz (that ended with Haswell).

That being said. I have the same CPU as you do and I'm upgrading this year. It all depends on how much you're spending on your i7-3770 of course.
 
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