i5-8400 with RTX 2070 Super...Worth upgrade the CPU?

[LeMson]

No, for games like Warhammer II it is a terrible idea. I have the game on both my systems so I know, I am not guessing/extrapolating like some.

Surprised you don't know as a Warhammer god to disable a ccx for wh2

 

[subbytna]

Surprised you don't know as a Warhammer god to disable a ccx for wh2

Careful now, don't you be going extrapolating.....

 

[LeMson]

Careful now, don't you be going extrapolating.....

Quite easy to see from bench's wh2 doesn't play nice with 2 ccx's, just the way it is

 

[MartinPrince]

Surprised you don't know as a Warhammer god to disable a ccx for wh2

I thought you were the Warhammer god?

 

[LeMson]

I thought you were the Warhammer god?

Turn your 3900x into a 3800x and report back Martin

 

[yannis76]

Are your games stuttering or are they butter smooth? Check your CPU usage. If it's causing you a bottleneck then upgrade it.

Good advise! I tried checking that with warhammer II and msg afterburner software but cannot clearly understand what is going on. The game seems to be using 100% one cpu core and the GPU is not 100% utilized all the time.

 

[imginy]

Good advise! I tried checking that with warhammer II and msg afterburner software but cannot clearly understand what is going on. The game seems to be using 100% one cpu core and the GPU is not 100% utilized all the time.

As @MartinPrince said earlier the best thing for that would be a clocked up 9600k or 8600k.

They clock around 25% higher than your 8400 and that's whats holding you back.

 

[koooowweeee]

1600 is a downgrade from the 8400 in nearly all games.

So that would be a really bad idea.

IMO the only worth while upgrades would be 8700k 9700k or sell up and get the latest gen AMD 3600x or higher.

Please refrain from talking sense in the CPU section of this forum, please

 

[yannis76]

I think indeed the only "upgrade" could be the 9700k for which I would need around 220€ (buying used at 350€ and selling mine at around 130€). Still I am not convinced I would see any big difference. Maybe after all the 2070S just isn't that much better than the 1070 for 1440p. From the Afterburner software during the battle, I do not see any of the cores hitting 100% whereas the GPU is 99%...

 

[alchal]

3700x and a 2070 super plays Warhammer 2 at 4 k maxed out really well,never had any slow down or issues.

 

[Things change I've changed]

Honestly not worth it @ 1440p, the 8400 at 6 cores is still a capable cpu and at that res you'll be leaning on the GPU for the most part.

\/ 1440p cpu performance \/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-3600/16.html