Will jump from 11th to 14th gen bring any meaningful performance improvements in gaming? I recently upgraded GPU to 4090. I game at 4K res.
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Easy way to tell is just to track your CPU and GPU usage while gaming
An easy enough way to do that on Windows with the Gaming Dashboard (win+G) - you can pin a small tracker of CPU %/GPU %/FPS discretely somewhere and keep an eye on it. If you experience any FPS loss, check which (if either) of those is hitting 100%. If you’re regularly hitting 100% CPU usage, then it may be time for an upgrade.
That said, modern gaming is rarely CPU limited. I’ve got a 3070 and a midrange CPU from… The other guys, circa 2020… And have never once been CPU throttled while gaming. YMMV, however.
If u can wait until next year might be better to upgrade, especially that this gen is last for LGA 1700, but IMO the 14900k is overkill for gaming, 14700k is good especially that it’s only 4 e core less while having the same price as last year 13700k, it seems like the the best deal for this gen
A 14900k is going to feel good in intensive task and just everyday snap. Gaming probably won’t be a big shocker but if you want it buy it. Or if you want to save some money buy a 13900K it’s literally the same chip but with fractions of a difference.