4690k enough for 3440x1440?

[DoubleWz]

I just ordered a 100hz 3440x1440 monitor so i want to know if my i5 4690k and gtx 1070 will be enough? I mostly play WoW and tf2 but sometimes a bit more demanding games like bf1. Im only looking for 60+ fps on medium settings. 

Would a ryzen 2700x be a better choice over the 8700k if an upgrade is required?

[Streetguru]

Just now, DoubleWz said:

I just ordered a 100hz 3440x1440 monitor so i want to know if my i5 4690k and gtx 1070 will be enough? I mostly play WoW and tf2 but sometimes a bit more demanding games like bf1. Im only looking for 60+ fps on medium settings. 

Would a ryzen 2700x be a better choice over the 8700k if an upgrade is required?

CPU's bottleneck refresh rate

 

GPU's bottleneck resolution/quality

 

Your CPU is still mostly fine for gaming.

 

Try and hold out for Coffee Lake 8 cores and Ryzen 3000, unless you just want more cores now for something other than gaming with Ryzen.

[DoubleWz]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

CPU's bottleneck refresh rate

 

GPU's bottleneck resolution/quality

 

Your CPU is still mostly fine for gaming.

 

Try and hold out for Coffee Lake 8 cores and Ryzen 3000, unless you just want more cores now for something other than gaming with Ryzen.

So i will be good for a while?

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, DoubleWz said:

So i will be good for a while?

Should be fine, you already bought the monitor though so just try it out

 

What's your Budget/Country otherwise?

[DoubleWz]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Should be fine, you already bought the monitor though so just try it out

 

What's your Budget/Country otherwise?

I live in sweden and i want to spend enough so that i can have an enjoyable experience. Figured the cpu would be the first thing i would upgrade since i had for quite some time now.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, DoubleWz said:

I live in sweden and i want to spend enough so that i can have an enjoyable experience. Figured the cpu would be the first thing i would upgrade since i had for quite some time now.

It's probably not going to be a huge upgrade.

 

But if you just want more cores/threads there you go

 

add like 80 EUR for the motherboard
 

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[PlayStation 2]

It's likely gonna be fine for WoW. Battlefield 1 will likely be the struggle point in the CPU sector, while TF2 (Team Fortress 2 or Titanfall 2? I'm going with the former) is just gonna find strange reasons to drop frames.

In other words, for TF, your best bet is just tweaking settings in the game by using console commands!

[bimmerman]

If you already have it, try it and see. Turn off your FPS counter and/or GPU monitoring software while you play some games for the first couple hours, and see if you have fun and enjoy it.

 

My guess is, you'll have fun until you look at the FPS numbers, and then it'll suddenly be unplayable garbage. [/sarcasm]

 

My Xeon (i7-980 equivalent) is more than enough for 3440x1440 with an R9 290. You have faster CPU and GPU than I do.

[jones177]

Hi

 

I play with a mix of high & altra settings. I use a GTX 1080 to maintain 60fps at 3440X1440. 

To run most things over 100fps you need a GTX 1080 ti. I recently bought a GTX 1080 ti because I plan to upgrade to a 100fps+ 3440X1440 monitor.

 

I have been running a 3440X1440 60hz monitor for the past 2 years with a GTX 1080. The first year was with a i7 2600k. I replaced it with a i7 8700k. The main difference between the CPUs in games is the drops or lows in unoptimized parts of the games. They are much better with the i7 8700k. Some games also run smoother.

Your i5 4690k falls in between my CPUs. You would gain more with a GPU upgrade than you would with a CPU upgrade.

 

For Games like WOW or GTA 5 you should be fine with what you have.  

 

  

 

 

[DoubleWz]

9 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

It's likely gonna be fine for WoW. Battlefield 1 will likely be the struggle point in the CPU sector, while TF2 (Team Fortress 2 or Titanfall 2? I'm going with the former) is just gonna find strange reasons to drop frames.

In other words, for TF, your best bet is just tweaking settings in the game by using console commands!

Thanks!

[DoubleWz]

8 hours ago, jones177 said:

Hi

 

I play with a mix of high & altra settings. I use a GTX 1080 to maintain 60fps at 3440X1440. 

To run most things over 100fps you need a GTX 1080 ti. I recently bought a GTX 1080 ti because I plan to upgrade to a 100fps+ 3440X1440 monitor.

 

I have been running a 3440X1440 60hz monitor for the past 2 years with a GTX 1080. The first year was with a i7 2600k. I replaced it with a i7 8700k. The main difference between the CPUs in games is the drops or lows in unoptimized parts of the games. They are much better with the i7 8700k. Some games also run smoother.

Your i5 4690k falls in between my CPUs. You would gain more with a GPU upgrade than you would with a CPU upgrade.

 

For Games like WOW or GTA 5 you should be fine with what you have.  

 

  

 

 

So a 1080 ti would be the next upgrade? Wouldnt my cpu bottleneck even a 1080?

[DoubleWz]

8 hours ago, bimmerman said:

If you already have it, try it and see. Turn off your FPS counter and/or GPU monitoring software while you play some games for the first couple hours, and see if you have fun and enjoy it.

 

My guess is, you'll have fun until you look at the FPS numbers, and then it'll suddenly be unplayable garbage. [/sarcasm]

 

My Xeon (i7-980 equivalent) is more than enough for 3440x1440 with an R9 290. You have faster CPU and GPU than I do.

Thanks, will definetly turn off the fps counter for a while. 

[jones177]

4 hours ago, DoubleWz said:

So a 1080 ti would be the next upgrade? Wouldnt my cpu bottleneck even a 1080?

Not usually.

At at 3440X1440 the GPU is what usually goes first.

 

The great thing about 3440X1440 is that you don't really need AA & DSR usually makes things look worse.  

Here is a fallout 4 test. Use the eyes to check image quality.

https://imgur.com/SdwQqug

https://imgur.com/C9BY1Uz

 

In my tests with i7 8700k & GTX 1080 ti I could run a 120hz monitor with mostly ultra settings with AA off in some games. I could not run a 144hz monitor with a GTX 1080 ti without degrading the image.