There are dozens of us. It'll have to go one day though. Deciding whether to jump soon so I can still use the DDR4 ram or wait and wait and wait until it needs everything new. I'll have to buy all new waterblocks too which is a PITA. 6700k and 980ti still doing ok for my needs though.
I am just now upgrading from my 6700K and 1070 combo, to a 9800x3d and 4080 Super, its been a strong 8 years but its time for it to go into retirement.
It really isn't giving you the whole picture. I went from the i7 6700k to the six core 5600x and on top of better framerates, traversal stuttering also improved significantly.
My Titan XP is showing its age, so is my 6700k. But I figured I would upgrade the video card first, it's always been the first thing I upgrade for the last 25 years. CPU can be a nasty bottleneck, but it really depends on what you're playing.
Same here, although I had a 1080 rather than Titan XP. Just upgraded to a 4080 and this thing is a beast and it seems like according to this vid I'm not losing many frames at 4k.
@@BrianFaure1 Yeah I got the 4080 for a few days now as well. It's a huge leap in performance, but I can tell the CPU is holding it back a bit, mainly when there are a ton of NPC's on screen. But 95% of the time it's not a big deal.
I have my i7 6700k clocked at 4.5 gigahertz and it has been running perfectly for 7 years. I replaced my 1070 with a 2080TI about 3 years ago. Currently I can still play all games well with WQHD. I think upgrading the processor is only worthwhile with DDR 5.
I went GTX 1080 [Backup GPU now] -> RTX 2080 TI [Two of them died] -> 7900XT [current GPU] but kept the 6700k. At 1440p 60 fps, it has been more than enough. The highest sustained CPU usage I've seen was 60%.
I have 1080ti OC, in those times it was said to be better than the Titan in FPS games just by 1-2 frames. I am in dilemma what to do, whether go for 13700k and 4070ti or wait for 14 series and 5000 series. Any idea? I primarily play COD, NFS, Horizon sort of games only.
Same, personally I feel like the only disappointing gaming performance comes from poorly CPU optimized PC ports of console titles anyways, and especially since I'm trying to push 1440p/4K on an RTX 2060 anyways I don't really feel CPU bound most of the time, and even though I could (barely) afford to upgrade now if I wanted, I'll probably stick to the 6700K/RTX 2060 for another 2-3 years at least because of how capable for my needs they still are
I am astounded tha my I7 6700K still runs everything well including games. I use it for heavy multitrack audio recording while running samplers and playback VST effects and reverbs, and run 18 track real time digital recording simooultaneously and it does not miss a beat. Runs on a Gigabyte z170x gaming 5 motherboard with XMP 2400 RAM 32 Gb for all that sampling I do. It alsio runs 2 off onboard M.2 nvme drives and fast USB C: And , years later and all that INTEL have done is make them HOTTER THAN HELL POWER PIGS to get better performance. Who wants a radiator and noise because I need none of that crap. I just cant find a complelling reason to buy a new system just yet cause this 6700K is such a fine permorng CPU. All beacuse a I bought a future proff Gigabyte motherboard. I put a RTX 3060Ti in mine and with high speed 2 Tb Nvme drive she does everything well and looks great in games.
I still have my 6700k OC to 4.6 For now it’s paired with an AMD 6700xt. I upgraded to 32GB of ddr4 3200 ram, will be getting a 2k 180hz monitor tomorrow. Still limited in many titles at 1080p, but 2k and above it’s less noticeable and 4k, well at that point most systems will be limited by GPU. Pair it with up scaling technology and the i7 6700k is still a good ripper. Many told me back in 2016 I was wasting my money and it was way overkill. Still using it… This winter I will be upgrading to a Ryzen 9 setup. Still undecided between a 5k and 7k CPU. Great video!!! Game on!!!!
I think the GPU will be an overkill. The CPU will be a bottleneck. I have the RTX 2070 super on this CPU but the highest GPU in my opinion is the RTX 3060 which is probably equivalent to what I have. Also I wouldn't go beyond 32GB on this system. Dont waste money on this architecture. Better to spend money on a newer system with more cores.
@@harun5300 I'm wondering the same, but thinking of getting the rtx4080. From what I rather, bottlenecking could be an issue but the net gains in fps is still worth it even with the bottleneck since I'll be upgrading from gtx980 (x2 SLI) to the rtx4080. I really don't want to upgrade my CPU yet since the 6700K was the highest CPU I could have on my Maximus VIII Hero mobo, if I up CPU it means I'd have to get a new mobo too, which would basically be having to upgrade everything.
@@abmong If your going to a 4080 and play on 1080p then yes you will be CPU bottlenecked since the 4080 can proces way more frames at 1080p than the 6700k could provide to the GPU. But the 4080 is perfectly capable to render way over 60fps in 2k but that limits the GPU in how many frames it can render thus the CPU needs to provide less frame data to the GPU. So general rule of thumb is the lower the resolution the more frame the GPU can render per second the more frame data needs to be delivered and CPU needs to work harder. The higher your resolution, the less frames per second the GPU can render per second so the workload shifts from CPU to GPU since now the CPU needs to deliver less frame data per second to the GPU to render because the GPU is maxed out in capacity. So in a CPU bottleneck scenario where you have overcapacity in the GPU department, you can actualy make the game settings more about looks rather then performance since you will have performance left over in the GPU department. So turn the settings into making the game look more pretty, make the GPU work harder even if it lowers the FPS abit. Unless you play shooters, 60FPS is fine. Your games will look better while resolving the CPU bottleneck.
It's mainly because of how bottlenecked the systems are by the GPU. CPU performance differences won't show anywhere near as much when the graphics card simply cannot keep up
For another couple of years, you can not upgrade from Skylake-S i7 6700K 4/8 14nm to LGA 1151. Raptor Lake-S are too hot due to the 10nm process technology. We have to wait for Lunar Lake-S Intel Core i7-16700K in 2025 on a 4nm process on LGA 1851. Well, or at least Arrow Lake-S Intel Core i7-15700K 8/8/16 on a 7nm process on LGA 1851.
My 13700k run cooler than my 6700k did in literally everything. There’s absolutely no reason to wait to upgrade with how inexpensive CPUs have become. The 6700k is 7.3 years old now and bottlenecks GPUs from 3 generations ago so not upgrading because of power increases is laughable.
you are right, we all need to play at 200fps or get these few frames difference on 4K xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD lets spend 500$ on new motherboard and cpu, these gains are definitely worth more than the money spent on GPU, right? right? 😂
I have 6700k and 980ti. I only play wow but this week I am playing path of exile 2 like so many others. What gpu do you guyz recommend. I dont play other games. Edit: 1080p
For gaming 6700k paired with a fast SSD M.2 and latest NVIDIA or AMD and youll get fast frames rates. For everything else, the 6700k lags in like multi software, pdf files etc etc
An RTX3060 Ti updarde to my old I7 6700K makes it able to do all the games well. Looks sgreat with enough frames to be very very playable for me. I dont see any adavantage in the new INTEL POWER PIGS heating the crap out of my room in summer in Australia.
i was thinking of getting a i7-7700k with my 6700xt is the bottle neck gonna be bad i play alot of games like escape from tarkov.or mabe should i get a i7-6700k
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I'm still on 6700k in 2023. Its a monster and a keeper.
same bro ,iam feeling you i know the pain
There are dozens of us. It'll have to go one day though. Deciding whether to jump soon so I can still use the DDR4 ram or wait and wait and wait until it needs everything new. I'll have to buy all new waterblocks too which is a PITA.
6700k and 980ti still doing ok for my needs though.
I’m gonna upgrade soon I want a small and light pc. But I also don’t wanna spend 2k dollars lol
@@Luke_Mk6 sure if u dont mind above 50-60 fps you good
I am just now upgrading from my 6700K and 1070 combo, to a 9800x3d and 4080 Super, its been a strong 8 years but its time for it to go into retirement.
Wow, 6700k is holding up surprisingly well in gaming.
It really isn't giving you the whole picture. I went from the i7 6700k to the six core 5600x and on top of better framerates, traversal stuttering also improved significantly.
My Titan XP is showing its age, so is my 6700k. But I figured I would upgrade the video card first, it's always been the first thing I upgrade for the last 25 years. CPU can be a nasty bottleneck, but it really depends on what you're playing.
Same here, although I had a 1080 rather than Titan XP. Just upgraded to a 4080 and this thing is a beast and it seems like according to this vid I'm not losing many frames at 4k.
@@BrianFaure1 Yeah I got the 4080 for a few days now as well. It's a huge leap in performance, but I can tell the CPU is holding it back a bit, mainly when there are a ton of NPC's on screen. But 95% of the time it's not a big deal.
I have my i7 6700k clocked at 4.5 gigahertz and it has been running perfectly for 7 years. I replaced my 1070 with a 2080TI about 3 years ago. Currently I can still play all games well with WQHD.
I think upgrading the processor is only worthwhile with DDR 5.
I went GTX 1080 [Backup GPU now] -> RTX 2080 TI [Two of them died] -> 7900XT [current GPU] but kept the 6700k. At 1440p 60 fps, it has been more than enough. The highest sustained CPU usage I've seen was 60%.
I have 1080ti OC, in those times it was said to be better than the Titan in FPS games just by 1-2 frames. I am in dilemma what to do, whether go for 13700k and 4070ti or wait for 14 series and 5000 series. Any idea? I primarily play COD, NFS, Horizon sort of games only.
I'm still on the 6700K and I love using it!
Same, personally I feel like the only disappointing gaming performance comes from poorly CPU optimized PC ports of console titles anyways, and especially since I'm trying to push 1440p/4K on an RTX 2060 anyways I don't really feel CPU bound most of the time, and even though I could (barely) afford to upgrade now if I wanted, I'll probably stick to the 6700K/RTX 2060 for another 2-3 years at least because of how capable for my needs they still are
What's the max RAM an i7 6700k can support? I was looking to bump up to DDR4 3600
TLDW: it's basically 4x faster in desktop and 25%-75% faster in games.
I've found my people. Im currently on a 6700k playing most of my games at 1440 and the rest at 4k. I'm considering an r7 7800x3d tho
still using my 1080 and my 6700k both are still punching above its weight limit even after 8 years.
I am astounded tha my I7 6700K still runs everything well including games. I use it for heavy multitrack audio recording while running samplers and playback VST effects and reverbs, and run 18 track real time digital recording simooultaneously and it does not miss a beat. Runs on a Gigabyte z170x gaming 5 motherboard with XMP 2400 RAM 32 Gb for all that sampling I do. It alsio runs 2 off onboard M.2 nvme drives and fast USB C: And , years later and all that INTEL have done is make them HOTTER THAN HELL POWER PIGS to get better performance. Who wants a radiator and noise because I need none of that crap. I just cant find a complelling reason to buy a new system just yet cause this 6700K is such a fine permorng CPU. All beacuse a I bought a future proff Gigabyte motherboard.
I put a RTX 3060Ti in mine and with high speed 2 Tb Nvme drive she does everything well and looks great in games.
I still have my 6700k OC to 4.6
For now it’s paired with an AMD 6700xt. I upgraded to 32GB of ddr4 3200 ram, will be getting a 2k 180hz monitor tomorrow.
Still limited in many titles at 1080p, but 2k and above it’s less noticeable and 4k, well at that point most systems will be limited by GPU.
Pair it with up scaling technology and the i7 6700k is still a good ripper.
Many told me back in 2016 I was wasting my money and it was way overkill. Still using it…
This winter I will be upgrading to a Ryzen 9 setup. Still undecided between a 5k and 7k CPU.
Great video!!!
Game on!!!!
6700k at 1440p and 4k is still a gaming beast.
im riding my 6700k out i dont see any reason to upgrade i only have a 60hrz monitor
Same here. My 6700k & 2080Ti on 4k high can still get well above 60FPS easy.
even 2 years ago these were old games.
My 6700k scream while I am watching this video.. Tomorrow I am getting ryzen 9 5900x. It's been a ride..
finally i can upgrade! thanks!
Hello guys!! I’ve question
I’m still on my 6700k with 64 gb ram and asus z170a - is it possible to buy some 3080-90 RTX - it will still worth ?
I think the GPU will be an overkill. The CPU will be a bottleneck. I have the RTX 2070 super on this CPU but the highest GPU in my opinion is the RTX 3060 which is probably equivalent to what I have. Also I wouldn't go beyond 32GB on this system. Dont waste money on this architecture. Better to spend money on a newer system with more cores.
Why is the 6700k performing so well? Do I really just need a new GPU? I'm on a GTX 1070.
Same! I'm considering RTX 3060 or 6600 xt but I'm worried about bottlenecks.
@@harun5300 I'm wondering the same, but thinking of getting the rtx4080. From what I rather, bottlenecking could be an issue but the net gains in fps is still worth it even with the bottleneck since I'll be upgrading from gtx980 (x2 SLI) to the rtx4080. I really don't want to upgrade my CPU yet since the 6700K was the highest CPU I could have on my Maximus VIII Hero mobo, if I up CPU it means I'd have to get a new mobo too, which would basically be having to upgrade everything.
@@abmong This is understandable if you are planning to make changes to the entire system in a short time!
I think I will buy 3060 or 6650 xt!
Im with rtx4070and 7700k at 5ghz,and yes there is bottleneck, but its not big of a deal for 1440p
@@abmong If your going to a 4080 and play on 1080p then yes you will be CPU bottlenecked since the 4080 can proces way more frames at 1080p than the 6700k could provide to the GPU. But the 4080 is perfectly capable to render way over 60fps in 2k but that limits the GPU in how many frames it can render thus the CPU needs to provide less frame data to the GPU.
So general rule of thumb is the lower the resolution the more frame the GPU can render per second the more frame data needs to be delivered and CPU needs to work harder.
The higher your resolution, the less frames per second the GPU can render per second so the workload shifts from CPU to GPU since now the CPU needs to deliver less frame data per second to the GPU to render because the GPU is maxed out in capacity.
So in a CPU bottleneck scenario where you have overcapacity in the GPU department, you can actualy make the game settings more about looks rather then performance since you will have performance left over in the GPU department. So turn the settings into making the game look more pretty, make the GPU work harder even if it lowers the FPS abit. Unless you play shooters, 60FPS is fine. Your games will look better while resolving the CPU bottleneck.
4 fps difference @4k, wtf man its been 7,5 years
It's mainly because of how bottlenecked the systems are by the GPU. CPU performance differences won't show anywhere near as much when the graphics card simply cannot keep up
As the resolution goes higher, less work is done by the CPU and a lot more work is done by de GPU.
The slide in of the graphs from above is very distracting
For another couple of years, you can not upgrade from Skylake-S i7 6700K 4/8 14nm to LGA 1151. Raptor Lake-S are too hot due to the 10nm process technology. We have to wait for Lunar Lake-S Intel Core i7-16700K in 2025 on a 4nm process on LGA 1851. Well, or at least Arrow Lake-S Intel Core i7-15700K 8/8/16 on a 7nm process on LGA 1851.
Why are you high
just never upgrade
My 13700k run cooler than my 6700k did in literally everything. There’s absolutely no reason to wait to upgrade with how inexpensive CPUs have become. The 6700k is 7.3 years old now and bottlenecks GPUs from 3 generations ago so not upgrading because of power increases is laughable.
you are right, we all need to play at 200fps or get these few frames difference on 4K xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
lets spend 500$ on new motherboard and cpu, these gains are definitely worth more than the money spent on GPU, right?
right?
😂
The real upgrade will be Intel 3D cache, AMD invention is undefeated instant access to memory is king
I have 6700k and 980ti. I only play wow but this week I am playing path of exile 2 like so many others. What gpu do you guyz recommend. I dont play other games.
Edit: 1080p
For gaming 6700k paired with a fast SSD M.2 and latest NVIDIA or AMD and youll get fast frames rates. For everything else, the 6700k lags in like multi software, pdf files etc etc
An RTX3060 Ti updarde to my old I7 6700K makes it able to do all the games well. Looks sgreat with enough frames to be very very playable for me. I dont see any adavantage in the new INTEL POWER PIGS heating the crap out of my room in summer in Australia.
i was thinking of getting a i7-7700k with my 6700xt is the bottle neck gonna be bad i play alot of games like escape from tarkov.or mabe should i get a i7-6700k
How u have set the gpu on 6th gen cpu…! I have 6700k but boot screen doesn’t appear with gpu
Wich Gpu goes best for the 6700k? i wanted to go with a rx 6700 or is there some better options
Cards with the power of the RTX 2070 Super or the 3060 go well. I had the RTX 2070 Super myself together with the i7 6700k, both run at 100% on 1440p
My 6700k is paired up with a 1080 Ti and allthough it´s not the beast it used to be, still performs remarkably well.
I have the 3080 and run nicely for 4k/60fps
bought 4060 a year ago and 2k monitor with this cpu both slightly oc... its great will wait another year for whole new pc
2 more years and i will retire my 6700k to a plex server/arcade machine and pair it to a 2060 and be introduced in ddr5 as it will be mature by then.