HoneyBadger Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Does anyone know if the i7-10700k will offer much a performance improvement over the i5-10600k in DCS? It doesn't seem that much better In other games from what I've seen but considering DCS is CPU limited, I'm wondering if the i7 will be enough of a boost to warrant the extra £100 for it compared to the i5. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 No. Only reason to go for i7 or i9 is if you also do multimedia or video encoding. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag48 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) I went with a 10700k so that I could push the OC a little higher without too much effort - I wanted to basically guarantee that I could have an easy 5.1/5.2 GHz without worrying about the silicon lottery. There was a sale and the price difference was less than $80 USD. Maybe some people wouldn’t do that for a few hundred MHz but DCS will benefit from the extra CPU speed and I haven’t regretted the purchase. Edit: was coming from a 6700k and noticed a big difference in DCS with the upgrade. Edited October 6, 2020 by rag48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRod87 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Does anyone know if the i7-10700k will offer much a performance improvement over the i5-10600k in DCS? It doesn't seem that much better In other games from what I've seen but considering DCS is CPU limited, I'm wondering if the i7 will be enough of a boost to warrant the extra £100 for it compared to the i5. Anyone know? Over four years isn't the price difference negligible? EVGA 2080TI FTW3 ULTRA - 99000k - 32gb 3200 14-14-14-34 - ASROK Phantom 9 - EVGA 1300W - 970 EVO Plus 1TB [X2] - Noctua D15 - Noctua NF-A14 iPPC-3000 [X8] - Asus PG349q 34" 3440 x 1440 @120hz - Oculus S - EVGA D87 Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Over four years isn't the price difference negligible? I think it depends on how you look at it. To me, the performance is negligible for 100 bucks. I'd rather spend it on faster RAM or bigger SSD or even better cooling. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motomouse Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 You actually consider an intel cpu on 10-06-2020? VIC-20@1.108 MHz, onboard GPU, 5KB RAM, μυωπία goggles, Competition Pro HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn8ke_iis Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Does anyone know if the i7-10700k will offer much a performance improvement over the i5-10600k in DCS? It doesn't seem that much better In other games from what I've seen but considering DCS is CPU limited... Depends, you could get a 10600K that's faster depends on random chance and/or if you are willing to pay for a binned chip. Gamer's Nexus has gotten really good results overclocking 10600Ks. DCS is CPU limited on a single core. It doesn't scale from 6 to 8 cores. I can run it on my 9900K with 5 cores disabled, 3 cores on, and hyperthreading off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 AMD is announcing new CPU's (higher frequency supposedly) tomorrow and they should be available in two weeks. It might be worth waiting for those even if you insist on buying Intel as it might force them to bring their prices down. i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekktor Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 And yes, here it is - 5900X beats 10900. Will be AMD for me finally. Best single core performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatthis Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 And yes, here it is - 5900X beats 10900. Will be AMD for me finally. Best single core performance. no garauntee of that overclocked or in dcs, im going for that to upgrade from a 7700k though 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Romeo Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Check this out: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-10600K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-10700K/4072vs4070 My skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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