4770k to i7 8700k VR results

[Y2K]

holy crap batman!! gone from i7 4770k gtx1080ti 32gig ddr3 @ 2400 to an i7 8700k ( overclocked to 4.8 on all cores - it will goto 5.2ghz but cant see point!! ) gtx 1080ti ( 1180ti when available ) 32gig ddr4 @ 3000 ( overclocked to 3500) and the results ate stunning!!

maxed out ( shadows on high ) and SS @ x2 - solid 90fps everywhere and smooth as hell!! This chip handles everything with ease, BF1 used to hammer my 4770k using 80-95% ... 8700k does it with 12-20%!! Anyone on the fence about upgrading from the 4th gen or lower i can tell you. DEFINATELY worth the upgrade!

 

[Cruise]

holy crap batman!! gone from i7 4770k gtx1080ti 32gig ddr3 @ 2400 to an i7 8700k ( overclocked to 4.8 on all cores - it will goto 5.2ghz but cant see point!! ) gtx 1080ti ( 1180ti when available ) 32gig ddr4 @ 3000 ( overclocked to 3500) and the results ate stunning!!

maxed out ( shadows on high ) and SS @ x2 - solid 90fps everywhere and smooth as hell!! This chip handles everything with ease, BF1 used to hammer my 4770k using 80-95% ... 8700k does it with 12-20%!! Anyone on the fence about upgrading from the 4th gen or lower i can tell you. DEFINATELY worth the upgrade!

Nice one Y2K,

You’ve answered something I’ve been wondering about for quite some time.
I’m running an i4770k & 1080ti at the moment, the cpu is clearly a bottle neck now for me.
Looks like I will be following your lead on the same upgrade.

Thanks for sharing, I can buy with confidence knowing it’s exactly as I hoped it would be.

o7 Cmdr

 

[Y2K]

make sure you get a decent motherboard that can handle all the extra power.. i got the Asrock Z370 extreme4 - awesome board for the price and it has 8 SATA 6gb ports ^_^

 

[mono]

Sounds great *thumbsup*

Would love to upgrade from my i5 3570k @ 4.3 and GTX970 but a 1080ti alone is about what I paid for this cpu/gpu/mobo/ram and I can't justify that outlay just for a gpu.

 

[medfreaky]

6800k here. Unfortunately a terrible overclocker. Got it at best 4.2Ghz, and it takes a lot of overvolting to get there. Left it at 4.0Ghz. Wish I had an 8700k but not sure how much of a jump it would be from 6800k.

 

[Y2K]

not really worth the upgrade from a 6800k even at almost 1ghz slower tbh.. id wait at least another 2 generations - chips should be in the 5ghz stock region then. 8700k is one hell of a chip tho

 

[Jon flint]

When you say maxed out, do you mean everything on max, or just vr ultra preset+max shadows?

I find I can't maintain 90fps on planets with everything fully maxed including shadows, effects, blur, AA and ambient occlusion (@1.0xSS/1.25xHMD), I even get occasional drops to 45fps in stations.

 

[Asp Explorer]

not really worth the upgrade from a 6800k even at almost 1ghz slower tbh.. id wait at least another 2 generations - chips should be in the 5ghz stock region then. 8700k is one hell of a chip tho

Not to mention the 6800K will handle double the RAM and more PCIE lanes. For some applications, those benefits alone completely override higher clockspeeds.

 

[Y2K]

Not to mention the 6800K will handle double the RAM and more PCIE lanes. For some applications, those benefits alone completely override higher clockspeeds.

ive currently got 16gig in.. was going for 32gig but amazon sent me 1 stick of 16gig instead of 2x8gigs... ordered another 16gig stick so ill end up with 64gig cos im not looking at 2 empty slots ^_^ ^_^

Also.. been messing with my 8700k with overclocking. runs fine at 4.8 on all cores with no voltage tweaking, my current max is 5ghz with just an extra 120ma on core and stays around 60c @ 1.27v!!! Looks like i got one hell of a chip

 

[Asp Explorer]

ive currently got 16gig in.. was going for 32gig but amazon sent me 1 stick of 16gig instead of 2x8gigs... ordered another 16gig stick so ill end up with 64gig cos im not looking at 2 empty slots ^_^ ^_^

Show that 68k some love!

 

[kiario]

Does elite bottleneck a cpu?
I have an old 4930 k at 4.5 ghz and its nowhere near bottleneck.
Running all max settings except ao off.
Hmd at 2.0
Also a 1080ti.

 

[TorTorden_VR]

Does elite bottleneck a cpu?
I have an old 4930 k at 4.5 ghz and its nowhere near bottleneck.
Running all max settings except ao off.
Hmd at 2.0
Also a 1080ti.

since you are running at 45fps constantly.
No you wouldn't bottleneck.

I you decreased SS/hmd-q you would see some much different numbers.

 

[Asp Explorer]

Does elite bottleneck a cpu?
I have an old 4930 k at 4.5 ghz and its nowhere near bottleneck.
Running all max settings except ao off.
Hmd at 2.0
Also a 1080ti.

Elite actually scales well for CPU - and it doesn't seem to be a limiting factor.

I've had it running on dual cores without any major hassles, in fact the only machines I've tried it on that actually choked were Atoms and some E2-350 abomination.

 

[Gortron]

holy crap batman!! gone from i7 4770k gtx1080ti 32gig ddr3 @ 2400 to an i7 8700k ( overclocked to 4.8 on all cores - it will goto 5.2ghz but cant see point!! ) gtx 1080ti ( 1180ti when available ) 32gig ddr4 @ 3000 ( overclocked to 3500) and the results ate stunning!!

maxed out ( shadows on high ) and SS @ x2 - solid 90fps everywhere and smooth as hell!! This chip handles everything with ease, BF1 used to hammer my 4770k using 80-95% ... 8700k does it with 12-20%!! Anyone on the fence about upgrading from the 4th gen or lower i can tell you. DEFINATELY worth the upgrade!

I've just upgraded to the same CPU and it is bonkers. I came from an i5 4670K @ 4.3 GHZ and the difference in ED is way beyond my expectations.

I knew my CPU was holding me back but I've gone from 100% CPU load in many situations to 41% max (Jameson memorial in open) and that is without overclocking and for reasons I don't understand my GPU load has gone down but with higher frame rates in the same situation.

Amazing and I agree DEFINATLEY worth the upgrade. I'm on a GTX 1080 not the Ti but the difference in performance is like I'd have expected if I'd changed to the 1080Ti at the same time.

 

[Gortron]

Does elite bottleneck a cpu?
I have an old 4930 k at 4.5 ghz and its nowhere near bottleneck.
Running all max settings except ao off.
Hmd at 2.0
Also a 1080ti.

It absolutely can bottleneck a cpu! If you are running your graphics setting at something way beyond the capability of your GPU or system in general (including CPU) then ASW will kick in, your frame rates will drop to 45fps from 90fps and your CPU usage will be massively reduced because it only has to make 50% of the draw calls at 45fps. Thus you may appear to have an enormous GPU load while your CPU isn't doing very much but that is because you have bottlenecked the GPU. If you had the opposite then you would have bottlenecked the CPU and that is pretty much where I have been for ages. My CPU couldn't always tell the GPU what to do fast enough, frame rates drop to 45fps and it looks like neither component is working very hard but you can't get 90fps.

 

[TorTorden_VR]

It absolutely can bottleneck a cpu! If you are running your graphics setting at something way beyond the capability of your GPU or system in general (including CPU) then ASW will kick in, your frame rates will drop to 45fps from 90fps and your CPU usage will be massively reduced because it only has to make 50% of the draw calls at 45fps. Thus you may appear to have an enormous GPU load while your CPU isn't doing very much but that is because you have bottlenecked the GPU. If you had the opposite then you would have bottlenecked the CPU and that is pretty much where I have been for ages. My CPU couldn't always tell the GPU what to do fast enough, frame rates drop to 45fps and it looks like neither component is working very hard but you can't get 90fps.

Kiario is the guy who resolutely refuses to set his HMD-Q setting below 2x. So yeah.
He is bottlenecked on the GPU.

Where as myself, who see virtually no point in SS at all was clearly bottlenecked on the i7 4770k.

Inded the move to the i7 8700k was good, better than I expected.
And yeah, haven't tried OC yet.

 

[kiario]

Kiario is the guy who resolutely refuses to set his HMD-Q setting below 2x. So yeah.
He is bottlenecked on the GPU.

Where as myself, who see virtually no point in SS at all was clearly bottlenecked on the i7 4770k.

Inded the move to the i7 8700k was good, better than I expected.
And yeah, haven't tried OC yet.

Never gonna go below hmd 2 now when i am used to the superior image quality it results in And since i only have minimal negative effects from asw which gives me what it looks like 90 fps and hmd 2.
Anyway, would a 8700 make any diffetence? I bet it cant run hmd 2 at 90 fps asw off.

 

[dmulligan]

Show that 68k some love!

The original Elite may have played in 68k, though none since.

 

[Gortron]

Kiario is the guy who resolutely refuses to set his HMD-Q setting below 2x. So yeah.
He is bottlenecked on the GPU.

Where as myself, who see virtually no point in SS at all was clearly bottlenecked on the i7 4770k.

Inded the move to the i7 8700k was good, better than I expected.
And yeah, haven't tried OC yet.

It is interesting how many people think the CPU is irrelevant and it is the GPU that does everything. Mind you I was surprised just how relevant it is and also now see what you have been saying for months about how it is the whole system: Ram Speed, SSD speed, Chipset, etc.

I did a bit of OCing today and 5 GHz was remarkably easy to get (1.3 core V & multiplier 50) but it does get a bit toasty (~83c) with everything selected in AIDA64 stress tests. Wound it all back to x48 and 1.2v and much cooler generally but still hitting 80c after a while. All a bit WIP but the thing doesn't fall over at 5 GHz and ambient is around 32c so I got a good chip [yesnod] Annoyingly I did a BIOS update and it only Turbos to 4.3 with default settings now; Not sure what that is all about, though even with a 4.3 'underclock' I still get 90fps everywhere [haha]

 

[Gortron]

Never gonna go below hmd 2 now when i am used to the superior image quality it results in And since i only have minimal negative effects from asw which gives me what it looks like 90 fps and hmd 2.
Anyway, would a 8700 make any diffetence? I bet it cant run hmd 2 at 90 fps asw off.

HMD-Q does have an element of diminishing return and 1.5 is probably the sweet spot.

A 8700K would probably not make any difference to you. You are heavily GPU bound and must be very tolerant to visual apparitions. 90FPS snobs like myself and TorTorden would rather stuff look burred and anomaly free as apposed to sharp and '[video=youtube;ZkRwWedzF00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkRwWedzF00[/video]'

ASW makes me feel really sea sick unfortunately. No GPU can run ED in VR at HMD-Q 2.0 at 90FPS but when one comes along the 8700K will be able to drive it.