Sandy Bridge vs. Skylake: My observations and opinions on the subject

[DarkSmith2]

Looks like its kind of worth going for Skylake if you have a Sandybridge.

Performance wise it is atleast worth it if you are playing on 1080p or below and being stuck on stock clockspeeds or cant reach high overclocks with your chip or board.

This is a really cool review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review

 

Stock Benchmarks:

 

4.4GHz Benchmarks:

 

So skylake is showing that it overall produces a very improved gaming experience with much lower drops on CPU intense games which is quite nice.

In GPU intense AAA titles it mostly doesnt make a noticeable difference, because the GPUs are limiting much earlier to even allow a difference.

 

Overall if you consider that the z170 chipset and features are a huge upgrade from p67 to z77 it may worth it.

[bomerr]

Looks like its kind of worth going for Skylake if you have a Sandybridge.

Performance wise it is atleast worth it if you are playing on 1080p or below and being stuck on stock clockspeeds or cant reach high overclocks with your chip or board.

This is a really cool review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review

 

Stock Benchmarks:

 

4.4GHz Benchmarks:

 

So skylake is showing that it overall produces a very improved gaming experience with much lower drops on CPU intense games which is quite nice.

In GPU intense AAA titles it mostly doesnt make a noticeable difference, because the GPUs are limiting much earlier to even allow a difference.

 

Overall if you consider that the z170 chipset and features are a huge upgrade from p67 to z77 it may worth it.

The things is for these games--AAA single player games--you are better off upgrading to 1440p first. At that point all the CPUs will perform about the same so no point in upgrading just yet. 

 

Would also point out that they are testing the i7-6700k which at this point almost no one should buy as the i7-5820k is a much better value. If upgrading cpus the 5820k-x99 combo is the way to go. 

 

if building a mid-range pc from scratch then the i6-6600k z170 is worth considering.

[DarkSmith2]

The things is for these games--AAA single player games--you are better off upgrading to 1440p first. At that point all the CPUs will perform about the same so no point in upgrading just yet. 

 

Would also point out that they are testing the i7-6700k which at this point almost no one should buy as the i7-5820k is a much better value. If upgrading cpus the 5820k-x99 combo is the way to go. 

 

if building a mid-range pc from scratch then the i6-6600k z170 is worth considering.

Upgrading to a 1440p alone would be more expansive then buying the Skylake upgrade.

At my location a 144hz, 1440p, gsync Monitor is priced about 750euro. And i would have to also upgrade my Graphics card.

 

Also the 5820k -x99 combo is about 150euro to 200euro more expansive at my region, since the 5820k costs 420euro.

And i dont see any reason to go with the enthusiast build. Im not going to do much rendering or editing. And ofc for gaming it sucks.

In additon on the DX12 API it doesnt seem to bring any noticeable performance increase having 6cores instead of 4.

The Multiadapter feature will bring more performance increase with Skylakes IGPU.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8962/the-directx-12-performance-preview-amd-nvidia-star-swarm/4

 

If i would plan gtx980ti or titanx two way SLI, i would consider 5930k on x99. But thats it.

[bomerr]

Upgrading to a 1440p alone would be more expansive then buying the Skylake upgrade.

At my location a 144hz, 1440p, gsync Monitor is priced about 750euro. And i would have to also upgrade my Graphics card.

 

Also the 5820k -x99 combo is about 150euro to 200euro more expansive at my region, since the 5820k costs 420euro.

And i dont see any reason to go with the enthusiast build. Im not going to do much rendering or editing. And ofc for gaming it sucks.

In additon on the DX12 API it doesnt seem to bring any noticeable performance increase having 6cores instead of 4.

The Multiadapter feature will bring more performance increase with Skylakes IGPU.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8962/the-directx-12-performance-preview-amd-nvidia-star-swarm/4

 

If i would plan gtx980ti or titanx two way SLI, i would consider 5930k on x99. But thats it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Perfect-Pixel-CROSSOVER-27QHD-AHIPS-LED-27-LG-IPS-2560X1440-QHD-Monitor-Matte-/141115538942?hash=item20db243dfe

 

overclocks to 96-120hz too. 

 

I have a 5820k and no it doesn't suck for gaming. It performs about the same as a 4790k except it'll last a few years longer before needing to upgrading.