How long will an i7 8700K (5Ghz OC) be able to play the latest games?

[GamerBlake]

Just now, Mister Woof said:

to be honest, i gave up because i got annoyed at the bounty hunters constantly chasing me around.

Lol!  

 

Ive actually only played for a couple hours and I tried it out in the first place because there was a great deal on Steam.

 

Normally it’s $59.99 but when they offered it for $14.99 at 75% off I just had to try it out.

 

I figured “Hey it might be a great game that provides me with hours of entertainment but if it’s horrible I’m only out $15 so no big deal.”

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, GamerBlake said:

Lol!  

 

Ive actually only played for a couple hours and I tried it out in the first place because there was a great deal on Steam.

 

Normally it’s $59.99 but when they offered it for $14.99 at 75% off I just had to try it out.

 

I figured “Hey it might be a great game that provides me with hours of entertainment but if it’s horrible I’m only out $15 so no big deal.”

that was me until i was minding my own business doing side quests and this mofo comes out of nowhere higher level than me and just MDKs me

[GamerBlake]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Ouch. 

You're missing out on some mad performance that low of speeds.

 

 

 

Yeah I know. I’m thinking it might be because of my low tier MSI z370-a motherboard. I actually have an MSI z390 MEG ACE motherboard being delivered on Friday. That board is in Tier A compared to my current Tier E board.

[GamerBlake]

Just now, Mister Woof said:

that was me until i was minding my own business doing side quests and this mofo comes out of nowhere higher level than me and just MDKs me

Well still that’s no reason to quit .

 

Its part of the game and your challenge as a gamer is to get around it, avoid it or beat it.  

 

If games were all super easy they’d be boring.  

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, GamerBlake said:

Well still that’s no reason to quit .

 

Its part of the game and your challenge as a gamer is to get around it, avoid it or beat it.  

 

If games were all super easy they’d be boring.  

can't argue with that lol...just i guess i didn't expect to not be able to mind my own business collecting plants unmolested for the most part. damn you witcher 3

[Guest]

Hopefully it does better for the memory OC. Boards do matter, not quite as much as people tend to think. 

Most of the memory OC is dependent on what the Memory can actually do. 

Obviously higher frequency memory is a much better bin even of the same Die class.

For example, 3600mhz of decent B-dia quality will do up to 4000mhz give or take, but requires much more voltage than XMP rated 1.35v

That's where OCing memory becomes similar to a CPU while you increase frequency, it requires more volts to do so.

Intel states a max of 1.5v memory is safe with their hardware. I'd be hard pressed not to believe that. I run higher.

 

[GamerBlake]

Just now, Mister Woof said:

can't argue with that lol...just i guess i didn't expect to not be able to mind my own business collecting plants unmolested for the most part. damn you witcher 3

Well from what I’ve read you can actually avoid most of the bounty hunters by not killing innocents. Also you can kill the person who put the bounty on you and it will terminate the bounty. With prejudice.  

[GamerBlake]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

Hopefully it does better for the memory OC. Boards do matter, not quite as much as people tend to think. 

Most of the memory OC is dependent on what the Memory can actually do. 

Obviously higher frequency memory is a much better bin even of the same Die class.

For example, 3600mhz of decent B-dia quality will do up to 4000mhz give or take, but requires much more voltage than XMP rated 1.35v

That's where OCing memory becomes similar to a CPU while you increase frequency, it requires more volts to do so.

Intel states a max of 1.5v memory is safe with their hardware. I'd be hard pressed not to believe that. I run higher.

 

Well keep in mind the RAM I currently have is indeed Samsung B-die which is the best someone can hope for.

 

I used Thaiphoon to find that information.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, GamerBlake said:

Well keep in mind the RAM I currently have is indeed Samsung B-die which is the best someone can hope for.

 

I used Thaiphoon to find that information.

Right, lower Bin B-Die, you aim for 3600mhz with respectable voltage. 

Your 3200mhz B-die will not clock like my 4266 kit. Not a chance in hell.... except maybe LN2.

[GamerBlake]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Right, lower Bin B-Die, you aim for 3600mhz with respectable voltage. 

Your 3200mhz B-die will not clock like my 4266 kit. Not a chance in hell.... except maybe LN2.

I’ve gotten it to 3400 but again, I think the motherboard might be holding back the overclocks, not the RAM itself. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

I’ve gotten it to 3400 but again, I think the motherboard might be holding back the overclocks, not the RAM itself. 

Yep won't know till you get the boards swapped out!! I'm looking forward to it

[GamerBlake]

3 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Yep won't know till you get the boards swapped out!! I'm looking forward to it

Same. I originally bought this computer prebuilt from IBuyPower because in April 2018 GPUs were way overpriced due to cryptominers drying up the supply.

 

But since then I’ve replaced literally everything except the motherboard and the cpu so I’m looking forward to replacing the motherboard so it will really be a whole new system.

 

However I did learn how to build a PC by replacing all of the parts one at a time.  

[Guest]

1 hour ago, GamerBlake said:

Same. I originally bought this computer prebuilt from IBuyPower because in April 2018 GPUs were way overpriced due to cryptominers drying up the supply.

 

But since then I’ve replaced literally everything except the motherboard and the cpu so I’m looking forward to replacing the motherboard so it will really be a whole new system.

 

However I did learn how to build a PC by replacing all of the parts one at a time.  

Gotta learn somehow! 

I've done so many builds I gave up on running a case anymore. Got tired of dealing with all the everything........

My daily is setup open table. 

My case is the SilverStone Tj07. Pretty massive. It'll house 2 PSUs and when fully built it was heavy as a mofo even though the case is all aluminum. It now sits collecting dust. 

[Tacos4all]

Considering even the most CPU-intensive games nowadays use a MAX of 6 threads, and most usually use 2-4, this CPU will last a while. Now that Intel has gone with 6-8 cores in their CPUs, game developers may start to utilize the extra cores more but it will still be at least 3-4 years I'd imagine before your CPU feels outdated. You can periodically check by checking CPU utilization while you're playing. Either find a program that does an overlay in-game or run the game in Borderless Fullscreen so the game is still running as you check Task manager. Generally speaking if you're not capping out at 100% utilization, you're not bottlenecking. I have a 7700K and seen any bottlenecking myself. I do wish I had gone for the 2080 Ti instead of 2080 because at 1440p, it can be difficult to get 60 fps on max settings when RTX is on in games like Metro Exodus or BFV.

[Guest]

A lot of people can go quite a few years with a modern enough Intel setup. 

Enthusiasts can go about 6 months lol.

[Zberg]

In a world where consoles hit 30 fps frequently and get "high" refresh rates to 60 on the "good consoles", most CPU's will have quite a long life.  Pretty much any 4 core with a reasonable clock will keep up by those standards (being able to hit 60 fps).  The 8700k has a long time left when framed that way.  Unless gaming changes to actually leverage high core counts itll be sitting pretty.

 

 

[bomerr]

2 hours ago, GamerBlake said:

No! I refuse to do that!

 

I always play all of my games at max graphics settings.

 

I prefer a more cinematic experience.

i don't recommend ultra settings. you should also drop a setting or 2 or 3 to high to increase fps by like 10%. 

[GamerBlake]

1 hour ago, bomerr said:

i don't recommend ultra settings. you should also drop a setting or 2 or 3 to high to increase fps by like 10%. 

Yeah but if I do that I don’t quite get the cinematic experience of beautiful graphics I like.

 

Whats the point of having the most powerful graphics card (2080 Ti) if I can’t even run my games at max settings?

[bomerr]

7 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

Yeah but if I do that I don’t quite get the cinematic experience of beautiful graphics I like.

 

Whats the point of having the most powerful graphics card (2080 Ti) if I can’t even run my games at max settings?

generally ultra settings are meant to be played with FUTURE gpus, not current GPUs. The difference between high and ultra is usually minor but the performance hit is usually great. 

[GamerBlake]

9 minutes ago, bomerr said:

generally ultra settings are meant to be played with FUTURE gpus, not current GPUs. The difference between high and ultra is usually minor but the performance hit is usually great. 

Well technically AC: Odyssey came out in October 2018 so the 2080 Ti is a future gpu.

 

Still though, it’s not like I’m trying to play 4K @ 120 hz. It’s 1440p I’m shooting for and it should be able to get at least 100 FPS.

 

My guess is it’s not the hardware that’s the problem. The game is poorly optimized.

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, GamerBlake said:

Well technically AC: Odyssey came out in October 2018 so the 2080 Ti is a future gpu.

 

Still though, it’s not like I’m trying to play 4K @ 120 hz. It’s 1440p I’m shooting for and it should be able to get at least 100 FPS.

 

My guess is it’s not the hardware that’s the problem. The game is poorly optimized.

Yep. I can get 100fps *sometimes* with mostly lower settings at 1080p on my 5700 xt lol. In city areas though? not happening.

[Jurrunio]

7 hours ago, GamerBlake said:

Wait so a 2080 Ti only gets 6 more FPS than a 2070 Super??

CPU bottleneck, maybe memory

[cesh me inside b0z]

Perhaps 1 month.

[viceice]

if u want to feel bad about your cpu just go the athens region in ac odyssey that will be enough xd see the struggle that it will have, not giving able to stable 60 fps

 

you can go try detroit become human too, even a 9900k will be put at %100 usage, regardless of frame rate, because, why not?

 

they gotta make people buy CPUs so this is the cheap trick i guess

[WereCatf]

8 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

Game is legit TRASH level

Assassin's Creed: Origins just had a cracked release at the end of 2019, where Denuvo and VMProtect were completely removed from the gamefiles instead of just patched out and it made a massive difference to quite literally everything, like e.g. loading-times dropping by 70%+, performance going up by 20%-30% in-game and so on. Apparently Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is even worse, though I don't know if there's a version of it with Denuvo and VMProtect completely removed from it, or only the patched-out versions with don't improve things as much.

 

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