I7 4790 fps boost

[TheOnlinePotato]

so i just bought an i7 4790 to upgrade my i3 4170 from what fps gain should i expect in games form it and what gfx card would b a worthy upgrade from a gtx 770?

[themctipers]

RX 480 

 

you should see pretty huge gains for , well everything. You are going from a dual core i3 to a quad core i7. Most modern games can utilize up to 4 cores and suffer if it doesn't have 4 physical cores. Multi tasking would also benefit 

[The Sloth]

you will gain a good amount of frames, get a 1070 if you  have the money or a rx480. 

[TheOnlinePotato]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

you will gain a good amount of frames, get a 1070 if you  have the money or a rx480. 

could my i7 do sli 1070s?

[The Sloth]

Just now, TheOnlinePotato said:

could my i7 do sli 1070s?

yes, it should be able to depending on the mobo but you might get bottlenecked depending on the game. 

[Fraser Cow]

It depends on what games you're playing. Multi threaded games like battlefield 1 will see huge performance gains while single threaded games won't see much improvement.  A GTX 1070/1080 would be a good upgrade for that CPU, however you might find the performance boost you get from the CPU upgrade to be enough for a little while yet.

[TheOnlinePotato]

cheers all for the help and quick replies

[Droidbot]

8 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

could my i7 do sli 1070s?

Yes, but doesn't mean it's worth it. Sell your 1070 and upgrade to 1080/Ti instead :))

[JoostinOnline]

14 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

could my i7 do sli 1070s?

Don't use SLI.  It's a nice option if you've got one card and someone gives you another one super cheap, but plenty of times you'll find yourself having to run games on a single card to eliminate all issues.  A single nicer card is always better than two weaker cards.

6 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Yes, but doesn't mean it's worth it. Sell your 1070 and upgrade to 1080/Ti instead :))

He has a 770, not a 1070.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

Don't use SLI.  It's a nice option if you've got one card and someone gives you another one super cheap, but plenty of times you'll find yourself having to run games on a single card to eliminate all issues.  A single nicer card is always better than two weaker cards.

He has a 770, not a 1070.

I was meaning if he had a 1070 and wanted more power, not that he does atm lmao 

[TheOnlinePotato]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

Don't use SLI.  It's a nice option if you've got one card and someone gives you another one super cheap, but plenty of times you'll find yourself having to run games on a single card to eliminate all issues.  A single nicer card is always better than two weaker cards.

have you used sli because i have heard from people with sli rigs say they have had very positive results form using it

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

could my i7 do sli 1070s?

it depends on the motherboard

24 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

so i just bought an i7 4790 to upgrade my i3 4170 from what fps gain should i expect in games form it and what gfx card would b a worthy upgrade from a gtx 770?

depends on which game. can't tell how much fps will you get as each game utilizes cpu differently

[TheOnlinePotato]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

it depends on the motherboard

i understand that the motherboard requires sli compatibility

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

i understand that the motherboard requires sli compatibility

 

again it all comes down to the games you play

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

have you used sli because i have heard from people with sli rigs say they have had very positive results form using it

Meh a single 1080(ti) would still be better.

[Brehohn]

17 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

have you used sli because i have heard from people with sli rigs say they have had very positive results form using it

Personally, I have used SLI with GTX 980's. The gain was not worth it but the cool factor was. I'll put it to you this way. Don't cheap out by buying 2 cards. As an example. Why would you spend $900 on two 1070's when a 1080Ti probably kicks it into the ground? 1 power card is always better than 2 cards. Why? Micro-stuttering is a bitch and not every game utilizes SLI completely. Even if they do, you can still get issues.

 

ANY i7 will support SLI just fine. It's up to you if you want to spend the money towards a good $200+ motherboard in order to achieve that PLUS the cost of 2 cards which, at that point, you could of saved money towards one powerful card, the 1080Ti, and be done with it for the next 3 years or so.

 

Catch my drift?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Google i7 4790 reviews and look at gaming benchmarks in those reviews.

Surely some of the results would be put against the i5 and i3's.

 

Here is a decent comparison IMO

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1199?vs=1197

[TheOnlinePotato]

11 minutes ago, Brehohn said:

Personally, I have used SLI with GTX 980's. The gain was not worth it but the cool factor was. I'll put it to you this way. Don't cheap out by buying 2 cards. As an example. Why would you spend $900 on two 1070's when a 1080Ti probably kicks it into the ground? 1 power card is always better than 2 cards. Why? Micro-stuttering is a bitch and not every game utilizes SLI completely. Even if they do, you can still get issues.

 

ANY i7 will support SLI just fine. It's up to you if you want to spend the money towards a good $200+ motherboard in order to achieve that PLUS the cost of 2 cards which, at that point, you could of saved money towards one powerful card, the 1080Ti, and be done with it for the next 3 years or so.

 

Catch my drift?

im not buying two 1070s straight up im buying one but was wondering if the i7 could do sli if i wanted it down the line otherwise i would buy a 1080ti straight up over 2 1070s

[Brehohn]

3 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

im not buying two 1070s straight up im buying one but was wondering if the i7 could do sli if i wanted it down the line otherwise i would buy a 1080ti straight up over 2 1070s

But didn't you already know the answer to the question about the i7 being able to SLI since you knew it came down to the motherboard? Hell if the motherboard supports it, a Pentium could do SLI. I would never buy a 1070 and SLI later. If that's what you're planning, go with a single 1080 or single 1070 and just wait to do SLI once Nvidia releases the new generation.

[TheOnlinePotato]

Just now, Brehohn said:

But didn't you already know the answer to the question about the i7 being able to SLI since you knew it came down to the motherboard? Hell if the motherboard supports it, a Pentium could do SLI. I would never buy a 1070 and SLI later. If that's what you're planning, go with a single 1080 or single 1070 and just wait to do SLI once Nvidia releases the new generation.

i meant without bottleneck and a 1080 costs alot in my country so the 1070 is a much nicer alternative

[Brehohn]

Which I understand. But, if you're planning to SLI, why not save money in the long run by saving up for one 1080? Not to mention, your thermals and your electric bill will be lower too haha.

[Zodiark1593]

The few situations I would probably go with a gpu setup would be as follows. 

 

1) The single strongest GPU cannot accomplish what I want. 

2) I'm already running a multi setup for some compute application that uses them, so why not SLI/Crossfire for gaming. 

3) The card(s) can be had for an extraordinarily good deal. 

4) My wallet is just too heavy, and I want the cool factor of RGB Quad GPUs (even though I can never use them all at once).