CPU upgrade VS GPU upgrade

[PhantomXman]

I know I had another post on here recently but this is a bit different. I wanted to settle another argument. I been going back and forth of upgrading my cpu or my gpu. I have an i7 4770k right now and thought it be fine for gaming for a while longer but my friend thinks I should buy the 8700k which would require new motherboard and ram as well and I was thinking about upgrading my gpu to a 1080ti. But i wanted to see what everyone here thinks first. 

[iRileyx]

What's your current GPU?

 

an i7 4770k will still be great for gaming, even for a few more years.

[katoptrys]

The CPU should be fine for another year or two. The GPU is the largest impact component for games (unless they are heavily CPU bound games, which aren't all that common). Also, what resolution do you aim to play at? (Anything past a 1070 is overkill for 1080P)

[PhantomXman]

12 minutes ago, katoptrys said:

The CPU should be fine for another year or two. The GPU is the largest impact component for games (unless they are heavily CPU bound games, which aren't all that common). Also, what resolution do you aim to play at? (Anything past a 1070 is overkill for 1080P)

Sorry forgot to mention that my resolution is 3440x1440 and I have 2 980's but wanted to upgrade due to sli not really being supported or not working well in most games now. 

[StayFrostyy]

As others have said, the GPU is much more important to upgrade. A GTX 1070 should do great at 1440p, from my knowledge.

[PhantomXman]

1 minute ago, StayFrostyy said:

As others have said, the GPU is much more important to upgrade. A GTX 1070 should do great at 1440p, from my knowledge.

Thats what I said to him to but with the gpu I am not really looking to find the cheapest gpu just the best one i can get for 3440x1440 resolution at high to ultra settings which is why i thought of the 1080ti

[StayFrostyy]

Well in that case, go for a 1080. If the Ti version is only slightly more then go for it. That card will thrash 1440p and even give 4k a good run.

[ahmedhara]

5 minutes ago, PhantomXman said:

Thats what I said to him to but with the gpu I am not really looking to find the cheapest gpu just the best one i can get for 3440x1440 resolution at high to ultra settings which is why i thought of the 1080ti

Go for the 1080TI. It'll last you for 3-5 years and the cpu is really good by itself. YOur cpu is good enough, maybe upgrade to a 4790/K later but you should upgrade your GPU. Scaling with 2 980 sucks from what I hear (well not exactly sucks but SLI is still "Alpha technology")

You should probably go for 2 Vudu SLIs

*EDIT: I thought you said 4K, in that case, you should go for the 1080 and a 4790/K, use the remaining money for new games

Edited October 30, 2017 by ahmedhara
I thought you said 4K

[PhantomXman]

44 minutes ago, ahmedhara said:

Go for the 1080TI. It'll last you for 3-5 years and the cpu is really good by itself. YOur cpu is good enough, maybe upgrade to a 4790/K later but you should upgrade your GPU. Scaling with 2 980 sucks from what I hear (well not exactly sucks but SLI is still "Alpha technology")

You should probably go for 2 Vudu SLIs

*EDIT: I thought you said 4K, in that case, you should go for the 1080 and a 4790/K, use the remaining money for new games

That's an interesting idea but the 4770k and 4790k are basically the same thing so i might just stick with a 1080ti. I might wait till the next generation of intel cpus like the 9700k or whatever it may be called and by then it might be time to upgrade.

[ahmedhara]

20 hours ago, PhantomXman said:

That's an interesting idea but the 4770k and 4790k are basically the same thing so i might just stick with a 1080ti. I might wait till the next generation of intel cpus like the 9700k or whatever it may be called and by then it might be time to upgrade.

Then you'll have to wait a year to year and a half. Upgrade to a 4790 since I don't think you're an overclocker, you'll gain some money and the 4790 has a smaller TDP and is a bit better