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That is a good boost from AVG. 49 FPS to AVG 87 FPS and if the CPU keeps those FPS stable, that shut give you a much better gaming exsperience and a little longer life span for your X58 rig. But next time you upgrade GPU, it is new CPU as well.
 
I just ran unigine superposition bench my self to a comparison.

Yes, i'm running it at 4.32ghz 1.352v stable. Since i'm now upgrading from 1080p to 4k monitor the cpu will not be the bottleneck for games at all.

only 1.35 volts for 4.4 GHz is very good. My own CPU is not a great oc´er. It needs 1.41 volts for 4.4 GHz. You cant win every time?
Also try to get the uncore up to around 3600 MHz. That will give more stable FPS and less frame drops, if you not al ready have it up there. Also ajust memory if you not al ready have done it. That can also give you a few ekstra FPS.
 
And else yes look for to you get a new GPU.
 
This is my own machine. All air cooled, but i have worked hard on airflow cause that is very importen for good temps and there are also a few benchmark.
 
https://imgur.com/a/NLahrg9
https://imgur.com/a/uHjbbMg
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/10037039

Noice! My X5670 is on an EVGA X58 Classified 4-Way (the XL-ATX one, actually got the board itself still brand new). Had to do the Westmere-EP mod on it since it's a V1.0, but it's been fine so far. Planning to put my CPU on a 360mm rad loop with the Heatkiller IV block I got and then see how far I can push my various Xeons. The X5670 is at 4.2GHz/1.306v (IIRC) right now, with Vdroop on, doesn't break 76C on a Cryorig H5 universal. 

Thanks a lot for all the information @Zando Bob @Intelfreak @bimmerman i'll order the Rtx 2060 this weekend
Now i'm running this 980x in a CWC loop, 240mm rad along with  EK vrm block in a x58 sli classy, now with 1.35v + without vdroop, +125mv vtt, i was able to oc stable at 4.4ghz, temp around 78°C in Aida64 with room temp of 30°C. Saved this profile in bios just for gaming, can't wait to see the performance gains with new gpu

Thanks a lot for all the information @Zando Bob @Intelfreak @bimmerman i'll order the Rtx 2060 this weekend
Now i'm running this 980x in a CWC loop, 240mm rad along with  EK vrm block in a x58 sli classy, now with 1.35v + without vdroop, +125mv vtt, i was able to oc stable at 4.4ghz, temp around 78°C in Aida64 with room temp of 30°C. Saved this profile in bios just for gaming, can't wait to see the performance gains with new gpu

It'll bottleneck a bit, but I run my X5670 (6c/12t 32nm X58 Xeon, they OC better than the 45nm i7s for the most part) at 4.2GHz with a 1080 Ti (1080p, fps locked to 60 since I need stable frametimes, hope to upgrade to a 1440p ultrawide at some point to give the GPU more to do), Anthem and Assassin's Creed Odyssey are the only games so far it won't push a solid 60fps on, but on those the frametimes are super steady. I'll notice drops in Odyssey since it'll go down to 35-40 in cities, but Anthem has dropped to 40-50 and I didn't even notice (until I turned on the overlay to see how my fps was), since again, stable frametimes. 

Go for it, a new GPU will benefit you and your system more than you may know of. Yes I7 980X is and old dog these days, but it is not a useless CPU. I play the newest games on my own I7 980X based rig like Far Cry 5/new dawn, BF V, metro exodos and so on. I am one of those that have a GTX 1080 TI in a X58 system as Pasi123 told you about. I will also say try to get higher core clock out of your CPU (off cause only if you have sufficient cooling for it).
 
This is how my rig runs now.

 
shadow of the tomb raider benchmark. Highest preset is run here. And even at that i get twice as many FPS on AVG. than you do. Clearly showing that your GTX 780 holds you back.

 
Far CRY 5 ultra settings at 1200P.

final fantasy xv benchmark



 
A new GPU will give you a better gaming joy, even with and old CPU like this.

Yep-- I'll try to remember to look up my benchmark data when I'm back home, but I have a Xeon equivalent of the 980X at 4.5GHz, with a 1080ti, and running 1440p ultrawide in SOTTR. I want to say I'm around the 70ish fps mark? I don't remember off hand.
 
I was getting 45-60fps with an R9 290, all else equal, depending on quality setting.

It should be fine. Some people use GTX 1080 (Ti) with similar X58 LGA1366 6c/12t systems.
 
You could ask here:
 

Shadow of the Tomb Raider gives absolutely 0 forks about cpu throughput for the most part. There are games that will show gigantic improvements, and some that will show very little, if you upgrade cpu/motherboard/ram. I went from an i7 3930k to an i9 9900k and in a particular game I was having very odd frame rate issues with in some areas, I went from 45-55fps to 98-100fps (gsync locked at 100hz) in the same place, with the same video card. 
 
So on titles that are more cpu dependent you may see huge increases with an upgrade, but some titles that are very gpu dependent won't show much, maybe 5-10%.
 
Edit: if you're going to go RTX 2060 now and system upgrade later, I say go for it. You'll feel like you got a new GPU too when you get the new system. 
 

Depending on the game, yes.  If you want to see how many FPS the CPU will push, drop your resolution and AA to lighten the GPU load.

yup, i agree, gpu upgrade is much better than cpu.

Yeah probably in some games I would imagine, you might find it's acceptable though.
 
edit  -  you could also try pushing your CPU clocks a little higher too.

1080p yeah, but only a tiny bit (its basically a i7-2600k), mabye try 4.1-4.2 OC? if it is bottlenecked, that will get almost 5% higher fps.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3412-intel-i7-2600k-revisit-2018-benchmarks-vs-9900k-ryzen-more

Amazing case you did man, looks way better premium than caselabs.
Hope you put this cases to be sold asap, i want one :wub:  imagine this in white paint

lemme make you a custom bios. <3

You have a very impressive system. All the right parts. You should upgrade to 16GB of ram. 

If you got that 100% stable on stock voltage I would stick on that.
 
You could get a couple more Mhz by adding more volts or going nuts with 1.3V, but to be honest you're not going to see a lot of improvement, and it seems that a lot of 970's hit a wall at 1600Mhz

I could break my own personal record =)
I'm running STOCK BIOS, no custom bios or any other thing.
Used MSI Afterburner.
Config:
Mobo: m-itx asus z97i-plus
i7 4790k @4.8ghz 1.37v
Gpu: msi gtx 970 gaming 4g stock bios
Gpu oc: +240mhz = 1594mhz boost, 365mhz mem = 7.73ghz, +20mv voltage.
Ram: 2x4gb avexir 2400mhz
Results:
Graphics Score: 14152
Phisics score: 13463
Final score: 12011 ieiiii =)
Proof

I really don't feel i need a custom bios at all =) and i didn't had any artifacts, just driver crash some times, but this result was got in the first run.

Hi everyone.
I'll just start this thread to show what i have in mind.
It's a scratch case build, that already have some goals to be anchieved:

1 - Be minimalist;
2 - Have M-ATX max size;
3 - Can hold a max of 1080mm radiator space
 
Possible case dimensions: 42cm(H) x 29cm(W) x 39cm(D)
 
This case will be separated in 3 chambers:
1 - The main chamber, where the mobo will be;
2 - The bottom chamber, where the PSU and cables will be;
3 - The side chamber, where the 1080mm radiator will be.
This case can be all acrylic made, since it must be minimalist, but it's not close to another materials that you can suggest.
I'm going to design and rendering this case in Solidworks, but since i'm a noob with this CAD software, for now here is a paint scratch that i made:
 


 
This project do not have a deadline, so no rush with it.
Comments, suggestions and tips are welcome, especially if it is to teach me how to use the program solidworks :lol: