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I've been looking into a new CPU to play Overwatch because my is 4(670?)K is struggling with even high. Bottlenecks around the gpu pegging all 4 OCd cores out a

I've been looking into a new CPU to play Overwatch because my is 4(670?)K is struggling with even high. Bottlenecks around the gpu pegging all 4 OCd cores out at 100% constantly without even hitting 144fps. It's not just old games that need good cpus these days, though I will admit I'm probably more than just the enthusiast market.

grogenaut 10y ago
Something is wrong with your pc. I'm running ultra gpu settings constant 70fps at 2560x1440. I've got the same cpu, not overclocked at all, and a 980GTX. I'm also running 4 of those monitors off of the gpu, one with the game, one usually with netflix at the same time and I sit at 20% cpu the whole time.
- seanp2k2 10y ago
  Yeah, I'm running 1080@120hz on a GTX1080 with a 2500k@4.5ghz on all cores and the GPU maxes out before the CPU. Google around a bit for OW competitive settings and you should be able to achieve something similar :)
  - nottorp 10y ago
    The guy you're replying to looks like he wants 144 fps on 4K. Which is prolly not doable with current hardware.
    - grogenaut 10y ago
      They didn't say 4k resolution they said 4(xxx)K model CPU which is a very standard enthusiast Intel CPU. You are correct if they're trying to do 4k 144hz they're not going to have any luck. Stick with 1080 or 1440 max resolution 144 hz gaming. Also personally I think 144hz is a waste. I work for Twitch so I have access to and play on 144hz hardware a ton and I could easily afford it. I instead go for max screen real-estate and high end color reproduction. I'm totally fine with my 60hz gaming on my dell u2714 at home and at work where I can walk 10 feet and use nice 144hz gaming rigs I generally just play on my 30" dell instead. Totally anecdotal but my coworker was all about the big glorious 1440 display, bought a raptor or whatever and a 1080 gpu. Then because the raptor had an issue he bought a 48" 4k tv instead. The raptor has been replaced but sits idle because having equivalent 4 screens with no border on the tv is much more useful to him. 144hz is like 3d in movies, if it doesn't distract you (glasses for movies, smoothness for games) then it's immersive. And that's the problem. Immersive things you forget about, they bleed away. Gaming is already very immersive so you're just forgeting about more things. Go with more screen real estate if your desk will fit it. I've convinced 30+ friends to go with more monitors over better single monitors, friends who thought that 2 monitors was ridiculous, friends who thought that 3 was ridiculous. No one has ever come back and said I was wrong. Final point: Overwatch, I believe, is capped in the engine at 60fps. This means that if you run over 60fps you're not getting additional information. I don't think they even do sub-frame interpolation, so you're likely just seeing the same frame multiple times. But best case even sub-frame interpolation is just showing you predictions for 6.49 milliseconds at a time, but these are not actually accurate, they're interpolations.
  - crowbahr 10y ago
    Yeah I guess I'm just trying to run it on high which is a bad move. If I kill everything then I'll get better frames I'm sure. I'll try it out. It would be nice to actually have the ability to leave chrome open while playing overwatch without killing my framerate from the CPU overwork.
  - crowbahr 10y ago
    Nope. Just tried and I'm still capping at around 100 fps. I don't know what's going on. It'll fluctuate wildly and still uses 100% cpu.
    - grogenaut 10y ago
      Sorry to say this but "Reinstall windows" is a good place to start. How much ram do you have?
      - crowbahr 10y ago
        16gb ram. It's DDR3 1600. Reinstalling windows is not really something I want to do.
        grogenaut 10y ago
        Yeah I hear you. I just got used to doing it years ago. It helps if you keep your docs on a separate drive so you only have to reinstall the OS.
        crowbahr 10y ago
        I've mostly migrated things since I have a 120gb ssd that I've installed the OS on... I just don't want to haha
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- crowbahr 10y ago
  Yeah there's something wrong then. Because I'm just trying for 1080 144hz... I shouldn't have this issue but it KILLS my cpu. Just runs away with it.
abrookewood 10y ago
You're running at close to 144 FPS - what FPS are you hoping to hit???
- DowsingSpoon 10y ago
  Many good monitors have a 144 Hz refresh rate these days.
- literallycancer 10y ago
  Probably going for the 144 FPS worst case (meaning frame times below 6.944ms at all times).
- crowbahr 10y ago
  I'm trying to get a rock solid 144 FPS because 144hz monitor.

grogenaut 10y ago

Something is wrong with your pc. I'm running ultra gpu settings constant 70fps at 2560x1440. I've got the same cpu, not overclocked at all, and a 980GTX. I'm also running 4 of those monitors off of the gpu, one with the game, one usually with netflix at the same time and I sit at 20% cpu the whole time.

seanp2k2 10y ago
Yeah, I'm running 1080@120hz on a GTX1080 with a 2500k@4.5ghz on all cores and the GPU maxes out before the CPU. Google around a bit for OW competitive settings and you should be able to achieve something similar :)
- nottorp 10y ago
  The guy you're replying to looks like he wants 144 fps on 4K. Which is prolly not doable with current hardware.
  - grogenaut 10y ago
    They didn't say 4k resolution they said 4(xxx)K model CPU which is a very standard enthusiast Intel CPU. You are correct if they're trying to do 4k 144hz they're not going to have any luck. Stick with 1080 or 1440 max resolution 144 hz gaming. Also personally I think 144hz is a waste. I work for Twitch so I have access to and play on 144hz hardware a ton and I could easily afford it. I instead go for max screen real-estate and high end color reproduction. I'm totally fine with my 60hz gaming on my dell u2714 at home and at work where I can walk 10 feet and use nice 144hz gaming rigs I generally just play on my 30" dell instead. Totally anecdotal but my coworker was all about the big glorious 1440 display, bought a raptor or whatever and a 1080 gpu. Then because the raptor had an issue he bought a 48" 4k tv instead. The raptor has been replaced but sits idle because having equivalent 4 screens with no border on the tv is much more useful to him. 144hz is like 3d in movies, if it doesn't distract you (glasses for movies, smoothness for games) then it's immersive. And that's the problem. Immersive things you forget about, they bleed away. Gaming is already very immersive so you're just forgeting about more things. Go with more screen real estate if your desk will fit it. I've convinced 30+ friends to go with more monitors over better single monitors, friends who thought that 2 monitors was ridiculous, friends who thought that 3 was ridiculous. No one has ever come back and said I was wrong. Final point: Overwatch, I believe, is capped in the engine at 60fps. This means that if you run over 60fps you're not getting additional information. I don't think they even do sub-frame interpolation, so you're likely just seeing the same frame multiple times. But best case even sub-frame interpolation is just showing you predictions for 6.49 milliseconds at a time, but these are not actually accurate, they're interpolations.
- crowbahr 10y ago
  Yeah I guess I'm just trying to run it on high which is a bad move. If I kill everything then I'll get better frames I'm sure. I'll try it out. It would be nice to actually have the ability to leave chrome open while playing overwatch without killing my framerate from the CPU overwork.
- crowbahr 10y ago
  Nope. Just tried and I'm still capping at around 100 fps. I don't know what's going on. It'll fluctuate wildly and still uses 100% cpu.
  - grogenaut 10y ago
    Sorry to say this but "Reinstall windows" is a good place to start. How much ram do you have?
    - crowbahr 10y ago
      16gb ram. It's DDR3 1600. Reinstalling windows is not really something I want to do.
      - grogenaut 10y ago
        Yeah I hear you. I just got used to doing it years ago. It helps if you keep your docs on a separate drive so you only have to reinstall the OS.
        crowbahr 10y ago
        I've mostly migrated things since I have a 120gb ssd that I've installed the OS on... I just don't want to haha
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crowbahr 10y ago
Yeah there's something wrong then. Because I'm just trying for 1080 144hz... I shouldn't have this issue but it KILLS my cpu. Just runs away with it.

abrookewood 10y ago

You're running at close to 144 FPS - what FPS are you hoping to hit???

DowsingSpoon 10y ago
Many good monitors have a 144 Hz refresh rate these days.
literallycancer 10y ago
Probably going for the 144 FPS worst case (meaning frame times below 6.944ms at all times).
crowbahr 10y ago
I'm trying to get a rock solid 144 FPS because 144hz monitor.