I have an almost 5 year old system. CPU is a an I7-3770K, stock speed. Sasmung SSD, 8gig memory. I currently have a GTX 970 video card in it.
I have not played many games in the last year or two. When I did, I could run most setting near max. I would like to start gaming on my TV at or near 4K.
I was thinking of building a new system around a GTX 1080 for 4K gaming.
I figured after 5 years, newer CPUs would be leaps and bounds more powerful, but after researching current CPUs, it does not seem the leap is that great, or I am I wrong??
So with a 1080 GTX, would the 3770K be a noticeable bottleneck? With a GTX 1080, the 3770K compared to a 7700K on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being (you could use all the same settings in games, with not much if any play difference), 5 being (the 7700K would allow a few higher settings in games, and would give a pretty noticeable difference in FPS) and 10 being (the 7700K would allow almost all settings to be higher, and the FPS increase would be drastically higher), where would you put it?
I have not played many games in the last year or two. When I did, I could run most setting near max. I would like to start gaming on my TV at or near 4K.
I was thinking of building a new system around a GTX 1080 for 4K gaming.
I figured after 5 years, newer CPUs would be leaps and bounds more powerful, but after researching current CPUs, it does not seem the leap is that great, or I am I wrong??
So with a 1080 GTX, would the 3770K be a noticeable bottleneck? With a GTX 1080, the 3770K compared to a 7700K on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being (you could use all the same settings in games, with not much if any play difference), 5 being (the 7700K would allow a few higher settings in games, and would give a pretty noticeable difference in FPS) and 10 being (the 7700K would allow almost all settings to be higher, and the FPS increase would be drastically higher), where would you put it?
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