i7 930 or 4790k Cpu?

[Dudester22]

I currently have a i7 930 Cpu and I'm considering upgrading to a 4790k Cpu, but only if I will see a good performance boost in DCS. I have the i7 930 overclocked to 4.0Ghz, but I've heard you can get a good overclock on the 4790k at 4.6ghz.

 

I'm just looking for some advise, like if it's worth the upgrade or not and why. Thanks!

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte x58a ud3R

Cpu i7 930 overclocked 4.0 Ghz

Ram 12 Gig

Raptor Hard Drive

Windows 7 64bit

Edited September 21, 2014 by Dudester22

[Abburo]

I think that are not too much to compare to see that a 4790 is superior. Starting from 4 years away generations, passing through 30% less energy continuing with new sets of internal instructions, increased bus frequency , so and so for.

 

From my personal point of view I dare to say that 4790 is a 100% go.

Unfortunately, you have to change your entire rig.

Edited September 21, 2014 by Abburo

[cichlidfan]

Yep. As Abburo said, it will be a significant increase in performance. Gigahertz is not a measure to compare the two chips by. The differences are so significant that clock speed is almost irrelevant.

 

It will, however, require a new mobo and memory at minimum.

[Dudester22]

Thanks for the replies, but I've just been looking at another Cpu that's just come out. This ones a Haswell e 5820k, and I'm wondering if this one would be a better then the 4790k? A Lot of the games I play are Cpu intensive and that's the reason behind wanting the best Cpu.

 

I know I'll have to get a new board and everything but that's not a problem.

[skouras]

get the 4790k and forget the other cpu's;)

[cichlidfan]

Unless money is not an issue, the additional cost of a compatible motherboard and DDR4 memory to go with a 5820 make it hard to justify for the limited gains you would get over an over-clocked 4790. IMHO, of course.

[alfredo_laredo]

Running 4790K with GTX780 getting 60FPS in mig 21 constant on SP 40-50 in MP with other players

[Demon_]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html

[theGozr]

I may have the choice i7-5930K or 5960x for DCS "EDGE" ? Any of you got some news and performance wise on sims not just games?

 

Thanks

[AtaliaA1]

I've been using the i7 920 for about 6yrs. now, I have yet to see poor frame rates in any release of DCS.

 

That said, there is no reason to upgrade for this software at all. The speed of the newer CPU will have "No" effect on this DX9 platform. The increases from an upgrade such as u have stated would benefit newer titles. So Save ur money for something else if ur PC runs other software at comfortable Fraps for U. That Purchase would be a waste of money for sure. If increased performance in DCS is ur intentions.

[Corrigan]

I've been using the i7 920 for about 6yrs. now, I have yet to see poor frame rates in any release of DCS.

 

That said, there is no reason to upgrade for this software at all. The speed of the newer CPU will have "No" effect on this DX9 platform. The increases from an upgrade such as u have stated would benefit newer titles. So Save ur money for something else if ur PC runs other software at comfortable Fraps for U. That Purchase would be a waste of money for sure. If increased performance in DCS is ur intentions.

 

wat

 

(by which I mean "I emphatically disagree")

[theGozr]

Well all depend if EDGE is multi-threaded/Multi cpu's optimized .. Even a 2600K will see a major improvement over a 2500K.

Now my question is really toward the new CPU's I need to know how many threaded or CPU's will EDGE use. Will we have a improvement between a 5930K vs 5960x ..? We know that it will be SLI and CF optimized ( great news!! )

[Corrigan]

EDGE multicore support is far from confirmed. See for example

 

Yes, GPU means multi graphic cards... not processor cores. So it was never stated it was multi-core.

 

from this month.

[theGozr]

I hope so because will be quite a let down if it is not.. IMO