Intel Core 4770K vs 3770K vs 2600K Gaming-Performance Benchmark ...

Yeah I was looking at a similar article the other day for the i5s between all 3 generations. Really if I change up my 2500K it would be to jump to an i7. Not sure its worth it but I think the CPU not being a factor is complete horseshit with BF4 pushing an overclocked 2500K past 80%. Not far off from a game pushing it to 100%.
 
I've lately been of the mindset (since the advent of HT quad cores) that if you buy a good cpu/mobo at the onset of a new build you really don't need to upgrade anytime soon. My boy still uses my i7 920 OC'ed at 4 GHz at it still runs everything fine at 1920 x 1080.
 
Soldier4Real said:
I've lately been of the mindset (since the advent of HT quad cores) that if you buy a good cpu/mobo at the onset of a new build you really don't need to upgrade anytime soon. My boy still uses my i7 920 OC'ed at 4 GHz at it still runs everything fine at 1920 x 1080.
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920 is a real drag though. There is almost as much difference between a core 2 quad and a 920 as there is between the 920 and your pick of an i5 or i7 from Sandy Bridge. Its not really about resolution when you step into a game that has heavy physics or is just poorly optimized. GTA4 unless they ever fixed it was always the one where your GPU didn't matter the CPU held back. Metro 2033 has its points. But hell dual thread limited games like Star Trek Online whose user interface is so poorly optimized reading in game mail drops frames or a physics intensive game like Kerbal Space Program... Yeah I don't get it either anyways, will actually see real world performance drops going back to a 920.

I remember when Renno upgraded his 920 he was blown away. Hasn't been any real progress like that in the last 3 generations unless you need onboard video.
 
Even with my 4770k Metro 2033 ran pretty shitty. What I did to fix it was to install an old 560ti and use it as a physics card.

And you're probably right about the 920 but in real world playability versus benchmarks it still runs well. Combined with his gtx 770, 12 gigs of RAM, and a Samsung SSD he'll never know.
 
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