CPU upgrade or nah?

[phoon]

Hey guys,

 

I hope you're doing well. I need a second opinion. I have an i7-6700k paired with a GTX 1080. I was wondering If I was to upgrade to a high-end "NEXT-GEN" (so next year's lineup) of Intel or AMD CPUs should I keep my GTX 1080 or would it be too much of a bottleneck that I'd have to buy a new GPU.

 

Since I'm not impressed with this year's new line up I'm going to wait...

 

But what are your thoughts.

 

Thank you in advance.

[Tan3l6]

6700K and GTX 1080 are a good combination.

There's always an option to upgrade CPU and GPU independently. As maybe I misunderstood the problem...

[Semper]

Is your 6700k presenting you with complications and/or under performing?
If not, you're spending money for the sake of spending money.

A 1080 will still pair nicely with any of the current generation chips, speculation on an educated guess says this will be true for the next generation too.

[phoon]

1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

6700K and GTX 1080 are a good combination.

There's always an option to upgrade CPU and GPU independently. As maybe I misunderstood the problem...

I'm just worried if I buy a next gen CPU that the 1080 would bottleneck it

[phoon]

1 minute ago, Semper said:

Is your 6700k presenting you with complications and/or under performing?
If not, you're spending money for the sake of spending money.

A 1080 will still pair nicely with any of the current generation chips, speculation on an educated guess says this will be true for the next generation too.

Well I can't overclock by much and yes I have many games that could benefit from a cpu upgrade

[Tan3l6]

Just now, phoon said:

I'm just worried if I buy a next gen CPU that the 1080 would bottleneck it

Some bottlenecking is present in most configurations imo.

The CPU upgrade would increase performance, as would GPU upgrade.

[phoon]

Just now, Tan3l6 said:

Some bottlenecking is present in most configurations imo.

The CPU upgrade would increase performance, as would GPU upgrade.

Ok since Im looking to have 2 rigs, do you suggest I use this for my productivity and get a new system for gaming since I need to upgrade both CPU & GPU?

[Charlie Groves]

A 6700k and 1080 was a top of the range build a few years ago so should still now be a good pairing 

[Tan3l6]

2 minutes ago, phoon said:

Ok since Im looking to have 2 rigs, do you suggest I use this for my productivity and get a new system for gaming since I need to upgrade both CPU & GPU?

Yeah, why not?

[phoon]

2 minutes ago, Charlie Groves said:

A 6700k and 1080 was a top of the range build a few years ago so should still now be a good pairing 

I know but I want to run witcher 3 on high at 1080p @144fps but its not good enough to reach it. Even with G-sync It's still a bit "not there" in smoothness it averages around ~110 fps

[Rancidpunk]

Looking at benchmark videos for your cpu and gpu on Witcher 3 it's your GPU that is holding you back.

[phoon]

4 minutes ago, Rancidpunk said:

Looking at benchmark videos for your cpu and gpu on Witcher 3 it's your GPU that is holding you back.

hhahaha looool, could you link a video for me please. Thank you  

[Rancidpunk]

4 minutes ago, phoon said:

hhahaha looool, could you link a video for me please. Thank you  

There are quite a few at different settings if you google "witcher 3 6700k gtx 1080". The overclocked 6700k @4.6 ghz seems to be bottlenecked even by a 1080 ti!

[phoon]

Sick so I guess I'll OC my GPU thx boys!