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seth1776
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1 minute ago, seth1776 said:

i have a 4790k with a gtx 970 and am planning to upgrade to a 1080 ti. Will this be pointless and should i move to a new platform.

For gaming, in you are playing at 1080p then it might be "sort of a bottleneck" at 144+Hz. Otherwise, there's no real reason to upgrade the CPU. The GPU will give you the boost.

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Just now, seth1776 said:

i have a 4790k with a gtx 970 and am planning to upgrade to a 1080 ti. Will this be pointless and should i move to a new platform.

Id move to a newer platform. To take advantage of the new features and also to get updated. 

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2 minutes ago, Killstreak said:

Id move to a newer platform. To take advantage of the new features and also to get updated. 

just for the sake of "getting updated" ? what new features does skylake/kaby lake really have that offer any benefits to gamers?

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5 minutes ago, Killstreak said:

Id move to a newer platform. To take advantage of the new features and also to get updated. 

 

3 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

just for the sake of "getting updated" ? what new features does skylake/kaby lake really have that offer any benefits to gamers?

For coffee lake, maybe for the extra two cores, but that's the only feature I think any gamer / consumer should give attention to.

 

8 minutes ago, seth1776 said:

i have a 4790k with a gtx 970 and am planning to upgrade to a 1080 ti. Will this be pointless and should i move to a new platform.

Overclocked 4790k will match a 1080ti well. Make sure you have a good cooler for it.

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11 minutes ago, seth1776 said:

im actually planning to game at 1440p ultra-wide at 100hz 

Totally fine, your cpu will not be a bottleneck. Go for it.

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