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Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1
Yea but Im not even talking about that.
You are going to have great performance on any reasonable chip paired with a top end gpu, all your going to get from an i9 is numbers on bench that the human eye cant see when you are actually playing games.
Agree with all this for the most part.
I do think we're kind of near a performance/price equilibrium though near the high (but not top) end. Going from a 2070super to 2080ti costs ~600-700 and gets you about 60% more performance. Going from i5-9600k (or some other $200 AMD equivalent) to an i7-9700k gets you ~15% (YMMV depending on games) and will cost you ~150-300 extra.
For certain price points it makes sense. For what it's worth, I think the sweet spot today for gaming is 2070 super, an i-7 9700k (not i9) or Ryzen 3700/3800x, and a 1440p 144hz G-sync/Freesync monitor. This setup will get you near best in class performance in all the games in the market. Anything over that and the value proposition just isn't there. Less than that you are going to lose significant performance at least in some games.
Depending on the games you play, maybe downgrade the CPU (if you're into AAA titles that are really graphics intensive and play ~60fps at high resolutions) or maybe downgrade the GPU (if you play esports games at low res and ultra high FPS).
Last edited by grizy; 12-06-2019 at 01:09 PM.