4k gaming ryzen vs intel

_domdaly_

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I have a ryzen 7 1700x @3.9ghz and play games at 4k with my 1080ti, people say I would get more frames if I had a i7 8700k but I think its false because the graphics card is capped at 99-100%? Would I see a difference at 4k?
 
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Yes I would agree that is false. An 8700k may do slightly better in some cpu intensive games at say 1080p with a 1080 ti. But at 4k the vast majority of the load is going to be on the GPU, if gpu usage is near 100% with vsync off then you don't have a cpu bottleneck, a faster CPU would do little to nothing for you.

Dunlop0078

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Yes I would agree that is false. An 8700k may do slightly better in some cpu intensive games at say 1080p with a 1080 ti. But at 4k the vast majority of the load is going to be on the GPU, if gpu usage is near 100% with vsync off then you don't have a cpu bottleneck, a faster CPU would do little to nothing for you.
 
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