Wolfur

Probably 10-15% performance which means 3-5fps more. Lol What amd needs is a new driver design team. Nvidia has multithreaded drivers that work better with amd CPUs than amd Radeon cards because radon cards run on single thread and need fast single core performance. <facepalm>

Out of the two i7 4820k has upgrade path if ou really wanted (six core cpu) as well as soldered ihs instead of cheap tim. Doesn't necessarily mean higher clocks but it definitely gives more comfortable handling of temperatures without having to worry about degrading cheap shit under ihs of your cpu in regular Haswell chips. More pcie lanes is what you get with 2011 socket, might come in handy. If you need newer instruction sets get 4820k or 4770k. The problem ith old 6-core i7 990 is lack of newest instruction sets which may boost particular tasks by hundreds percent in extreme cases as well as the same story as with amd FX series. You get more cores than I7 quad but you get lower per-core performance. That's why I'd go for newer quad if you have the money.

They locked fps in cod ghosts on pc? 30 or 60? Either way that's racist against people with 120/144hz monitors!

It would bottleneck GTX 660 save for 760 which is much faster.

400mhz in case of cpu bottleneck (depending on your GPUs bottlenecked) may be between 3-5FPS. If the GPU is not bottlenecked at given moment of the game, it will yield 1~~FPS more.

What...? I mean... what? LOL. I'm not sure what are you up to but anyway: Are you offending me or something? I mean, will you deny that 970A-Ud3 is a good motherboard? or what? Will you deny that Sabertooth is not worth so much money if cheaper 990fx or even 970 mobos can do the same thing for you?

GTX 670 is a bit slower than 680. 770 = 680. you have your answer. GTX 760 is slower than 680 and a notch slower than 670 (1 SMX locked, 192 cuda cores less).

Gigabyte 970A-UD3 or 990FXA-UD3.

If you like the sounds of helicopter inside your room (TrueAudioTM) as well as a heated up oven in your room, go for R9 290. R9 290x is NOT worth it at ALL even if you like the sounds it makes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQhqOKKAq7o If you care about your peace of mind and quietness of your room, get a GTX 780. Now, I'd wait for release of 780 GHz as well as (possible) 780 6GB which are lined up to release soon from various manufacturers and pick something within your budget. What I know is MSI GTX 780 lightning is not worth it unless it's as cheap as other GTX 780s in your country, get Gigabyte Windforce or Evga ACX etc.

I got no fuckin idea why all people in this thread recommend sandy bridge over ivy bridge... On 2011 platform there is virtually no downsides to going ivy bridge, moreso if you want brand new chip since ivy is in stores currently. The only reason to go sandy bridge extreme is if you find irresistible bargain then go for it. With that said? Haswell-E is coming next year q3/q4 and you should wait for it as it will be well worth it. If intel is kind enough for the price of 4930k you will get 8 cores. I remember seeing rumored picture of roadmap saying "6 and 8 core extreme CPUs" which suggests... 6 core in similiar price of 4820k. Would be awesome and could mean we are going to see 6 core I7 perhaps without hyperthreading or something in price of 4770k. No idea if this comes true but it would be awesome. I'd wait.

I wonder what do you mean by struggle to support i7. Intel processors including i7 comfortably run on 4 phases in power section at stock. Xeon e3-1230v3 plus b85 or h87 mobo and you got i7. Actually I'd recommend getting i5 4430/4440 and h87 motherboard and you can happily run all the games out there including all the poorly written games like starcraft 2, skyrim, total war and most MMOs. Still cheaper than 990fx + FX 83xx and gives much more consistent results.

The problem is 83xx will bottleneck multi-GPU so there's no point.

Gigabyte 970A-UD3, cheap and gets things done. If you are going AMD for a gaming build you must be on a really low budget so don't overpay on motherboard. For the price they OVERcharge for Sabertooth you could get i7 + a cheap mobo from Intel x)

Test in multiplayer guys... prefferably with FX 83xx and i5 (two setups), test GTX 770/780 as well as r9 280x/290/290x and see what happens. In multiplayer GeForce destroys Radeons due to better drivers... smaller CPU overhead because GeForce drivers are multithreaded. @LinusTech @Slick Kl/s in Polish = FPS in English If you call bullshit, here are their SINGLEplayer tests which are in line with your own tests. http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2013/10/bf4/charts/bf4_gpu_ultra_1920.png http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2013/10/bf4/charts/bf4_gpu_ultra2_1920.png

You bought Gainward... It's among the 'least respected' manufacturers when it comes to 'warranty that you card works' since they only offer 2 year warranty which DOES imply their cards will not last the three years offered by other manufacturers... It's not Nvidia's fault.