mate i've done 4 upgrades since the 2700K (> 4790K > 7700K > 9700K)..... i'm also waiting to see how the 7800X3D plays out although not feeling the higher premiums for the platform/DDR5 swap. Got a couple of freely handed AM4's sitting around with the 5800X3D being the upgrade backup.
Just curious, is the 2700K your daily game driver? Mine couldn't handle some of the newer titles around 10 years ago (maybe exaggerated/or closer to home).
4 upgrades? It
has been a while for me!
Yes, the 2700K is my main PC; I don't have anything higher spec than this - see specs for full info. Note that I've upgraded just about everything other than the CPU, supporting components and case since I built it in 2011.
Well, on the desktop, it feels as snappy as ever. Seriously, no slowdown at all since I first built it, hence Microsoft hasn't made Windows any slower. Fantastic. I don't run any intensive apps that would really show up the lack of performance compared to a modern system.
Now, while I do have hundreds of games, I haven't played that many of them (Steam is very efficient at separating me from my money with special offers lol) or that often.
I ran Cyberpunk2077 and got something like 15-25fps even when dropping screen res and details right down, so it's no good for that. In hindsight, I should have gotten my money back, nvm.
CoD: Modern Warfare (the newer one) runs quite well at 60-110fps or so. Jumps around a lot, but with my newish G-SYNC monitor, that hardly matters and it plays fine. Even before that, the experience was still good, but not great, especially if I set the screen refresh rate to 144Hz and vsync off. Felt very responsive like that. Note that my 2080 Super easily plays this game at 4K. I don't have all the details maxed out though, regardless of resolution. I don't like motion blur and ambient occlusion doesn't make that much visual difference, so I turn them both off, for example, but both really reduce the performance.
CoD: Modern Warfare II Warzone 2.0 runs with rather less performance and can drop down into the stuttery 40fps which is below what the G-SYNC compatibility will handle, but otherwise not too bad. It also tends to hitch a bit, but my console friends reported that too, so is a game engine problem, not my CPU.
I've got CoD games running back generations and they all work fine. Only the latest one struggles to any degree.
I've run various other games which worked alright too, can't remember the details now. It's always possible to pick that one game that has a really big system load, or is badly optimised and runs poorly, but that can happen even with a modern CPU.
I have a feeling that this old rig, with its current spec, can actually game better than a modern gaming rig with a low end CPU. Haven't done tests of course, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Agreed, I don't like the greater expense for AMD either, so the devil will be in the details. I want to see what the realworld performance uplift will be compared to the 13700K I have my eye on before I consider my upgrade. Thing is, every time, I think I'm finally gonna pull the trigger, the goal posts move! The real deadline here of course, is Windows 10 patch support is gonna end in 2025, so it's gonna happen for sure by then.
And finally, out of interest, here's the thread I started when I upgraded to my trusty 2700K all those years ago. It's proven to be a superb investment to last this long and still be going strong.
Ok, I've decided to get the i7-2700K and have ordered it as a collect from store from www.novatech.com as I don't think Ivy Bridge is worth waiting for: a better IGP I'll never use and lower power consumption - wow. :rolleyes: They're nice improvements, but hardly worth waiting for until next...
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