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Hey guys,

I currently have an FX-8350 with a GTX 770II and I'm not very happy with how I'm running Rust... What should I upgrade first my CPU or my GPU. I was thinking about maybe full out and getting an i7 and then maybe saving for a GTX 970 or something.. What would you suggest?

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Hey guys,

I currently have an FX-8350 with a GTX 770II and I'm not very happy with how I'm running Rust... What should I upgrade first my CPU or my GPU. I was thinking about maybe full out and getting an i7 and then maybe saving for a GTX 970 or something.. What would you suggest?

You should upgrade the GPU first because your CPU can handle.

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What resolution and refresh are you playing at?

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CPU first, especially for Rust, that game is badly optimized and you'll probably still get pretty terrible framerate with an i7

 

The FX-8350 will bottleneck a GTX 970

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Hey guys,

I currently have an FX-8350 with a GTX 770II and I'm not very happy with how I'm running Rust... What should I upgrade first my CPU or my GPU. I was thinking about maybe full out and getting an i7 and then maybe saving for a GTX 970 or something.. What would you suggest?

Are you just gaming? I'd say an i5 for that and then you have more money left for the 970.

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Are you just gaming? I'd say an i5 for that and then you have more money left for the 970.

 

I agree you don't need a i7 for a 970. I recommend upgrading to the devils canyon i5 if possible. It'll stay relevant to gaming for a long time. Not to mention it wouldn't even bottle neck a 980 I'm sure.

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I agree you don't need a i7 for a 970. I recommend upgrading to the devils canyon i5 if possible. It'll stay relevant to gaming for a long time. Not to mention it wouldn't even bottle neck a 980 I'm sure.

The i5 4690k wouldn't bottleneck a Titan X, SLI that is a different story.

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The i5 4690k wouldn't bottleneck a Titan X, SLI that is a different story.

 

I wouldn't know I never tried one of my titans with my second rig. It is still possible it may bottle neck one titanX. Can someone else confirm this?

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I wouldn't know I never tried one of my titans with my second rig. It is still possible it may bottle neck one titanX. Can someone else confirm this?

You don't seem like you know too much. The i5 4690k is the i7 4790k with lower clock and no HT so if the i7 doesn't the exact same CPU for an i5 isn't.

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You don't seem like you know too much. The i5 4690k is the i7 4790k with lower clock and no HT so if the i7 doesn't the exact same CPU for an i5 isn't.

 

I don't pay attention to cpu's lower then a i7 so yeah I don't really know a lot about i5's. Only reason I bought the 4690K was because it was a devils canyon cpu.

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