What is a better upgrade?

[Compddd]

I can choose between building a new system around a 4770k Haswell or get a Titan. Currently running i7 920 OCed to 3.6 and a 680 2GB. I game at 2560 x 1600 on a single 30". I play the FPS games mostly.

 

[guskline]

Since haswell has not officially been released, any answer would be a guesstimate. I know my 3770k rig with 670s in sli sure is fast with a 2560 x 1440 monitor.

 

[tarmc]

second 680 would be better than 1k for a titan imo

 

[nurturedhate]

I vote for the 4770k and then add another 680.

 

[tarmc]

bump that I7 up to 3.8 and run a second 680. cpu is good for now

 

[Yuriman]

+1 extra 680 and potential platform upgrade if it fits within your budget. Titan isn't that much faster than a single 680, and SLI often scales close to 100%.

 

[Riceninja]

bump that I7 up to 3.8 and run a second 680. cpu is good for now

is there really any difference between 3.6 and 3.8? wouldnt the heat temp increase be detrimental to SLI?

 

[Sleepingforest]

is there really any difference between 3.6 and 3.8? wouldnt the heat temp increase be detrimental to SLI?

It'll probably be about the difference between Haswell and Ivy Bridge in game performance. And such a small bump won't increase heat that much.

 

[f1sherman]

like hell... what he won't notice is 200MHz bump

plus there's proly a reason why he keeps it at 3.6 GHz

 

[tarmc]

possibly, depends on how hes running it. i would assume hes running a 180x20, would it run faster if it was running at 200x16? or hell 200x19
either way i dont think his cpu is too old or slow to do gaming, running an i7 920 @ 3.8 with a gtx 670 and the only game ive noticed any slow down is metro

 

[lagokc]

Neither is really a signifant upgrade, save your $1k.

 

[TapWater]

Save your money bro.. 680 is plenty for gaming..

 

[aaksheytalwar]

4770k

 

[nanaki333]

Save your money bro.. 680 is plenty for gaming..

not with a 1600p display if you want to play maxed out.

 

[Termie]

A 4770K upgrade will not cost anywhere near what a Titan will.

A stock 4770K will be about 30% faster than your OC'd CPU. That's a similar upgrade as from 680 to Titan, but will cost half as much, leaving you room for another 680...

 

[Compddd]

I've tried 680 SLI and didn't care for SLI, that's why I was considering a Titan. I like single cards.

So a Titan really isn't that much faster than a 680 at 2560 x 1600?

 

[RussianSensation]

I can choose between building a new system around a 4770k Haswell or get a Titan. Currently running i7 920 OCed to 3.6 and a 680 2GB. I game at 2560 x 1600 on a single 30". I play the FPS games mostly.

Wait until GTX780 drops. If it's $599, I think it's worth it to get 2x GTX780s for 2560x1600 than a single $1k Titan. If a single Titan is about 50% faster than your GTX680 at 1600P, then . Your CPU is the last thing you need to worry about.

Check out this review @ guru3d. At 1600P, in FPS games, the Titan is the limiting component with a 1st gen i7 Nehalem @ 3.8ghz:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_titan_review,13.html

I think you can push that 920 to 4.0-4.2ghz as well. I think you can ride the wave to Skylake as Haswell's early performance seems to be underwhelming to say the least.

A stock 4770K will be about 30% faster than your OC'd CPU.

Na-a. The performance increase from i7 920 @ 3.6ghz with a GTX680 to i7 4770K @ 5.0ghz with the same GPU at his resolution will be less than 5% in most FPS games, if that. The Titan is a bottleneck when paired with a 1st gen i7 @ 3.8ghz at 1600P. There is no way a GTX680 will benefit from Haswell's performance increase in a linear fashion you described since the 680 is a good 40% slower at 1600P than the Titan. You'll be GPU limited in 95% of games.

At 1080P, i7 920 2.8ghz can give you 75 fps in Metro LL, but at the same resolution with AA, Titan gets only 44 fps!

At 1600P, it's a slaughter.

The CPU is practically a non-factor for his chosen genre and resolution. Buying i7 4770K + new mobo is throwing $ into the toilet when the GPU is the most limiting component. Intel's marketing machine for SB/Haswell can't hide the fact how amazing i7 920 was.

 

[Face2Face]

Just waiting for someone to post a graph with 800X600 benchmarks...:whiste:

 

[Compddd]

Thank you RussianSensation, I will go ahead and sell my 680 and get a Titan, as well as try and OC my 920 further.

Do I need to leave HT on for games? I know I can hit 4.0 without any tweaking if I turn HT off.

 

[Face2Face]

Thank you RussianSensation, I will go ahead and sell my 680 and get a Titan, as well as try and OC my 920 further.

Do I need to leave HT on for games? I know I can hit 4.0 without any tweaking if I turn HT off.

Most games won't take advantage of it. I would crank her up to 4Ghz and disable the HT.