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    Posted: 21 Mar 2015 at 2:47pm
Just wanting some ideas and thoughts to those of us that upgraded to the i7 5960X - previous from the i74820/dual 780's (or whatever you previously had).

I upgraded my whole system - only thing I'm missing is getting the monitory upgraded to a 144ghz (currently 60) - speaking of that... do you think even getting that upgraded is necessary? I'm not a big fps hog.. I know the speed of the 980's is strong enough to handle anything. Anywho, I'm just babbling..but, curious about these 2 things.

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Your post is very hard to read. 5960X is going to make sense for certain tasks in which having a lot of cores makes a difference

As you mention FPS, I will state that a 5960X will not help FPS as a general rule. Games mostly, at this point in time, benefit from fast GPUs, and fast processors. To be specific, a processor fast enough to not be the bottleneck in the processing chain. By fast I mean clock rate mainly. The 5960X is not faster, it's just better at doing a lot of things at once.

Actually, from a factory clock perspective, I think the 4790? is the fastest CPU on the market. If you want 6 cores and the latest "stuff" (e.g. DDR4), look at a i7-5820




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The AMD FX 9590 is stock clocked at 4.7 so i think that might be the fastest CPU on the market.
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Well, it was one of those things where... I just got the system upgrade just because I could - apparently I dont know a lot, which is ok, but, was just curious. I'm still happy tho :-) Thanks for the insight!!

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Originally posted by ArkansasWoman777

The AMD FX 9590 is stock clocked at 4.7 so i think that might be the fastest CPU on the market.


May be true, but I am not sure you can compare intel clock to AMD clock directly.

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Anywho... thanks for replying
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i've seen my quad core get chewed up in certain games.  lots of new titles especially off load a lot of things (like physics for one) to the compute functions of the cpu.  that's why i've decided my next rig was going to have more than 4 cores.  since i'm going that route i'm going all in on the 5960X along with the top 2015 performing card(s) for 4k that money can buy.  that's why i'm waiting on the R9 390x and GTX 980ti (if that's what they're calling their faster cut down Titan X).  
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Even though a GPU may off load to the CPU some functions it isn't more cores you need, its more CPU speed. Nothing wrong with a bunch of cores but they have little or no effect on most games.

If I was going 4K and wanted Ultra or High settings I would get two Titans or three 980s.

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Speed right now is more important.  I think Windows 10 changes that.  Provided game makers take advantage of DX12, as of now they are saying 6 cores is the sweet spot.  However, I would figure that would change as DX12 matures.
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I was messing around earlier with my CPU speed... got it up to 4.5 with ease. Still holding together with no problems! More to follow..
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Originally posted by FrankW

Even though a GPU may off load to the CPU some functions it isn't more cores you need, its more CPU speed. Nothing wrong with a bunch of cores but they have little or no effect on most games.

If I was going 4K and wanted Ultra or High settings I would get two Titans or three 980s.

Frank


i don't think so.  my I5-2500k is overclocked to 4.5 GHz and i've seen all 4 cores completely saturated, causing stuttering/freezing and unable to keep up in certain games, while the gpu wasn't even fully utilized.  games vary in their use of multi-thread applications.  we're seeing more and more (not the few that you would have us believe) evidence of such in the development of games these days.  if you want to future proof your system, 6 and 8 core procs are the way to go. 

if you don't watch out for cpu bottlenecks you could wind up having a lot of useless (and expensive) graphics muscle being strangled by your inadequate cpu.   


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I don't think he was saying that the CPU is completely irrelevant..I just think he was stating having a 5960X can be overkill for just gaming..

I have a i7 4790K w/ a 780 ti and have had 0 issues w/ any types of bottlenecking including CPU intensive games such as Arma
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Originally posted by nskojo

I don't think he was saying that the CPU is completely irrelevant..I just think he was stating having a 5960X can be overkill for just gaming..

I have a i7 4790K w/ a 780 ti and have had 0 issues w/ any types of bottlenecking including CPU intensive games such as Arma


that's a fast 4-core with hyper threading tech.  hyper threading enabled in certain games (not all) gives them a huge performance boost.  of course you see diminishing returns paying top dollar for a flagship chip.  i'm not advocating that everyone go out and buy the 5960X! certainly 2-way sli/xfire gaming is better off (from a financial investment) in Z97 for now (i still believe 6-core+ is better for future proofing). 
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it was one of those things, I did it just cuz. I'm sure it will be a VERY long time before I upgrade again
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