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I was thinking to upgrade my graphics card to 1080ti.

But 2nd thought, maybe I should upgrade my cpu first since it might bottleneck my performance.

 

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CPU: i5 4690K

GPU: 980 TI

 

Any thoughts?

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980TI is still powerful enough, you might want to upgrade your CPU to Ryzen 5/7 or Intel i7

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4790k first would probably be better idea.

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Upgrade the CPU to a i7-4790K.

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Alright, that was swift, thanks you all for you opinion. 

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33 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

Alright, that was swift, thanks you all for you opinion. 

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1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

Upgrade the CPU to a i7-4790K.

Maybe I should get i5-7600K or i7-7700K instead? Of course that will require to upgrade pretty much my whole system.

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12 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

 

Maybe I should get i5-7600K or i7-7700K instead? Of course that will require to upgrade pretty much my whole system.

upgrade the same socket with your recent socket in higher performance

so u dont need to upgrade mobo

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21 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

 

Maybe I should get i5-7600K or i7-7700K instead? Of course that will require to upgrade pretty much my whole system.

Upgrading to an i5-7600K wouldn't be worth it. Get either the i7-7700k or, if you don't feel like upgrading your mobo and RAM, try getting a used i7-4790K.

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34 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

Maybe I should get i5-7600K or i7-7700K instead? Of course that will require to upgrade pretty much my whole system.

A i5-7600K would be worse than a i7-4790K. A i7-7700K would be better, yes, but considering that a i7-4790K is only marginally behind the i7-7700K and the cost of upgrading everything is going to be pricey, I'd just stick with simply upgrading to a i7-4790K and put the rest of the saved money towards a new GPU.

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2 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

Upgrade the CPU to a i7-4790K.

the upgrade is too Little , either a kaby i7 chip or an R5/R7

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4790k

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13 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

the upgrade is too Little , either a kaby i7 chip or an R5/R7

How is a i7-4790K a little upgrade yet a i7-7700K is not? The performance difference between the two processors is marginal at best.

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upgrade to a 4790k. That is cheaper. 

 

I just built a new system from a 4690k and it's better. 4790k would have been cheaper without a lot of hassle. 

 

4690k was still a great chip and ran all AAA at 1080p in ultra settings........

 

Depends on your money. If you have it go crazy..if you don't....go cheap. Ryzen is more of an option these days too with some good performance. 

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2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

How is a i7-4790K a little upgrade yet a i7-7700K is not? The performance difference between the two processors is marginal at best.

Must still think HTT does nothing for games.... lul

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3 hours ago, w1nger1 said:

I was thinking to upgrade my graphics card to 1080ti.

But 2nd thought, maybe I should upgrade my cpu first since it might bottleneck my performance.

 

Current Spec:

CPU: i5 4690K

GPU: 980 TI

 

Any thoughts?

short answer no you should go for the GPU 

but i want to know why do you need this upgrade(gaming or for work) so i can give you better insight

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1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

How is a i7-4790K a little upgrade yet a i7-7700K is not? The performance difference between the two processors is marginal at best.

true , then id say Ryzen , as more threads :P

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4 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

true , then id say Ryzen , as more threads :P

If all he does is game, then the i7-4790K is more than adequate. Moving to Ryzen would be unnecessary.

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The reason I am looking for an upgrade is I have a G-Sync 2K Monitor.

I can't seems to run games like witcher 3 running smoothly @ 1440p @ Max Settings.

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22 hours ago, w1nger1 said:

 

Maybe I should get i5-7600K or i7-7700K instead? Of course that will require to upgrade pretty much my whole system.

7600k would give virtually no performance increase, and the jump from a 4790k to a 7700k is smaller than your dick, and thats saying something

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i5 to i7 is a jump, i7 to i7 is a tiny jump as intel have had very little comp over the years so have done the minimum possible to improve the CPU's. 

 

the 980Ti is still a beast card, and I don't know a lot of people who are able to run Witcher 3 at 1440P Ultra and expect super high FPS. 

 

Also remember the higer res you go the Less your CPU matters. at 4K its barely touching a good CPU but its breaking the GPU's back. At 1080 its way more about CPU and anything from 3rd gen x770/x790 will handle them fine 

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1 hour ago, Not_Sean said:

i5 to i7 is a jump, i7 to i7 is a tiny jump as intel have had very little comp over the years so have done the minimum possible to improve the CPU's. 

 

the 980Ti is still a beast card, and I don't know a lot of people who are able to run Witcher 3 at 1440P Ultra and expect super high FPS. 

 

Also remember the higer res you go the Less your CPU matters. at 4K its barely touching a good CPU but its breaking the GPU's back. At 1080 its way more about CPU and anything from 3rd gen x770/x790 will handle them fine 

 

Yea, I know. I am not looking for 120FPS running @ 1440p @ Max Settings, more like around 60 to 80 FPS.

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14 hours ago, w1nger1 said:

 

Yea, I know. I am not looking for 120FPS running @ 1440p @ Max Settings, more like around 60 to 80 FPS.

all honestly, Get a 4790K as that'll be a cheap upgrade and don't bother with the 1080 series, your card is powerful enough, Put that cash aside and be the first to grab the next generation Ti card. Thats my idea with my 980. not going to bother with 1080 rather wait for next gen. 

 

And CPU wise the i7 will mean you don't need to worry about CPU for a long time, maybe upgrade the case and do some Water cooling on the CPU with a sick loop. Than the next GPU you can get is one with the Hybrid cooling and just plug it into your loop. 

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