I've been running a 4790k for the last 10 years and it has handled everything thrown at it. Very surprised at the performance I continue to get, but probably will upgrade next year. For me, it was worth investing in a premium chip like the 4790k.
Ikr! This thing is a beast. I still remember the first time I maxed out CPU by mistake because I had accidentally deactivated my GPU . But I only noticed because the cooling fan was louder No difference in FPS or quality
Back when parts were resounably priced and segmented. I'm trying to find a replacement for mine and I genuinely can't tell what to get. Seems like a 700 eur system (top of the line) back then is more of a 6k system today, and I can't figure out what would be the equivalent.
Same here, then in around 2018 I delided it, got liquid metal and placed a noctua cooler on it direct-die, the popular double 120mm fan one I forget what it's called and OC'd it to 4.7, altho later I went down to 4.6 sadly, the silicon lottery was poor on this one I think as it was crashing at certain games and I tried tweaking voltage for weeks to make it stable but either way it wasn't needed the boost from 4.4 was more noticeable than from 4.6 to 4.7. Still an awesome cpu, holds up to this day and I don't really miss anything newer since modern games are meh anyway and I don't have as much time to game as I used to.
I have a corsair 1000D with two systems in it, my main occupying the mainspace, and then an ITX system at the bottom. This ITX system is my first real "gaming pc". It has a 4790k and a 780ti. I dont see me ever letting it go, it will live on, within my over the top and absolutely wildly overzealous chassis that will stay psuedo pregnant with the first pc that started my journey 🤰
hey man, should I build a 4790k config as a secondary? like i had a config as a childhood memory but never get it bcuz i didnt have money. I have better config now but i have every parts except the mobo and cpu. Should I ? it would be paired with 2400mhz ram and rx 570
I agree with you 100%. I was trying to watch a video about an old processor not stand up comedy that is not funny. At multiple points I heavily considering not finishing the video. And at no point did I consider subscribing to this channel.
im still using this i7 4790k with a gigabyte z-97 MB. 32 GB of ddr 3 ram. sammy nvme 1TB 980 with a 1660 super and an evga 650 gold ps. works ok for me
My regular 4790 paired with a 570 8gb is all I need to play my backlog of games to play for another few years at least. Even plays some newer games at smooth 60fps at 1440. Gonna ride this until integrated graphics get stronger and cheaper.
BUTT...if you use a Radeon GPU, let's say RX 6700 10Gb you get 20-30% more FPS in DX12 on old or slow CPU-s compared to NVidia. Radeon drivers use less CPU basically in DX12. My personal experience: i5 4690k@4.6, 16Gb DDR3 2000CL10. Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p HIGH RX 6700 10Gb = 111 FPS. RTX 3060 12Gb = 88 FPS. "23% difference" Check this video out by "Hardware Unboxed": ~"Nvidia Has a Driver Overhead Problem, GeForce vs Radeon on Low-End CPUs"~
i love my i7-4790K. its been keeping my PC running since 2015. overall I needed a workhorse computer that I could also use for gaming and this has served quite well for this.
I’m still rocking the 4790k overclocked to 4.8. Paired with a overclocked 1080. And it handles everything I play. Only really stumbles on new world in cities
@@getgunnerttv1603 I don't know any guides personally, but I have overclocked an i7-4790K as well as several GPUs, including a GTX 1080 FE model. GPU overclocking is far simpler, so i'll start with that. Since it's a GTX 1080, you can use something like 3Dmark timespy (which the demo of which is free on steam) to test stability. I would use some software like MSI afterburner to overclock the GPU. First thing to do when overclocking is max out the power limit. When overclocking, you don't want to instantly try some fantasy overclock like +400mhz on the core. Instead, start at around +50mhz and go from there in 10mhz or 25mhz increments (I do 25mhz increments personally). Run a single pass of 3Dmark timespy and if it goes with no crashes or blue screens, increase the core clock a bit and do it again. Keep doing it until it crashes. If it does crash, go back to the last OC that made a full pass. To fully test stability, I'd advise to then run the benchmark for about an hour to ensure no crashes. If it doesn't crash, you're probably fine. Overclocking the memory is similar, though most cards should be able to do at least +250mhz on the memory. The CPU is different. I usually overclock using the bios, so that's how i'll be talking about it. First thing to check is your motherboard chipset, make sure it's either a Z87 or Z97 board (Other chipsets might have overclocking support, but it's not official and generally not very good). If it isn't a Z87 or Z97 chipset, It probably can't overclock. If it is though, you'll want to go to the overclocking section in the BIOS on your board. Here are some important things to keep in mind. The max voltage for Haswell refresh chips is around 1.35v, so I would not go above that if you're attempting to daily the system as going above it could degrade the silicon. I personally stay on the safer side and keep it below 1.3v. Another thing is to make sure you have good cooling for the chip. If the CPU goes above 85C, I would not advise to try and overclock it, or if starts to reach 85C when overclocking, don't push the chip any further. With that in mind, here is what I would do. There are a few ways to go about it, but here is what I do. I first set the max Vcore voltage that I want it to be at (for example 1.3v) and slowly increase the all core frequency of the CPU until it is no longer stable. Use software such as Aida64, Cinebench R23, or others to test for stability. I personally use Cinebench R23 and run it for 30 minutes. I would start the all core frequency to be around 4.4ghz (which would show up as a x44 multiplier in the BIOS) and go from there. Keep going until you start to see crashing, blue screens of death, random errors, ect. Once you see the crashing, go back to the last stable clock and you should be done. This only explains some of the basics of overclocking, so if you want to know more or do more, I would advise to look around online and see what people say. I hope this helps in your efforts. Also if at any point the system no longer boots properly, simply turn off and unplug the PC and remove the CMOS battery from the board, it'll be a coin cell battery. Leave it out for about 30 seconds and put it back in. This will clear any and all BIOS settings. Another warning: Overclocking may damage your computer if done incorrectly, so do be careful.
My PC is also using an i7 4770k. Along with a 16 GB RAM and 1080 GPU. How big is the the difference between an i7 4770k and an i7 4790k? Is it that noticeable or not that much. You see last august when upgraded from an i5 4440, the only one available at the store was an i7 4770k, so i decided to buy it as i badly needed an upgrade even if my really wanted an i7 4790k instead. I am in a really tight budget so that's why i can't buy a new PC yet as of this moment.
@@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU I don't live in the US so Ebay is a no go to me, and it just so happened that the seller from where i got my i7 4770k from ran out of stock of his i7 4790k as he said aside from it being rarer, it solds out quickly and i badly needed the upgrade so i decided to just settle with the i7 4770k. In hindsight i probably should've just waited until he had an 4790k available but i'm not sure when he will have another one again so i might be waiting for a long time
@@R.S.O_ the cpu can be overclocked to abt 4.8 if you do it correctly so it should be fine as long as its cooled correctly and the 3060 isnt that new of a gpu anyways so it wouldnt experience that much bottlenecking
@@R.S.O_ Not with a 3060. You can handle a 6600xt as well without bottleneck. 3070/6700xt and above will start to bottleneck a bit. Not to say you won't gain frames just from a better more modern CPU. But those GPU's will run at 99% at all times usually with this CPU. The higher up models might even as well in SOME titles, not many.
3770K + 4090 : 1080p ultra ! More seriously got a 4770S (low energy and it was a beast less wattage and heat but 90% performance of the 4770 for less bucks)
i still have it and it `s paired with a 1080 gtx and 16g of ddr3 21333mhz pro ram and it can play everything at 1080p and a lot more than you think in 1440p on high settings
It's not a cpu issue, its pcie issue. Tl dr recent games relies on lanes rather than cpu itself e.g. memory and bus operations tanks performance more than actual cpu performance. On well optimized engines this is not an issue. IPC and frequency of 4790k is more than descent unless handy caped by ddr3 or pcie. Since programers are basically trash these days, they need to write more optimal code to avoid unecessary cache operations, that discards cache and forces memory read. Dots are the way to go , always.
I've got the 4790k with an MSI gaming Gtx 1080 ti and it still plays well. Mainly AMS2 GTA V and BF4/5 and all play well at 1440 165hz at max or high settings, FPS in AMS2 is always over 100 on ultra although GTA v needs dialed back a bit for best results. Still a great combo it seems, will hold off on an upgrade for a while longer. !!
Same here, it's an awesome combination, recently I rather went for an oled monitor than saving for an upgrade, I feel like it's unnecessary still since modern games are mostly unoptimized garbage anyway and the better games that come out are usually smaller or indie-like and a lot more optimized. Not to mention the games hardly look any better than some of the games from around 2018-2019.. most recent thing is the ray-trashing and the issue with it is that if devs make a good regular rasterisation you can't even notice any difference in a blind test, at best you notice better reflections but paying thousands of dollars for a reflections 2.0 engine sounds a bit extreme. Most modern AAA games are just an unoptimized buggy mess with average gameplay and visuals worse than 6 year old games. I am really not planning on upgrading any time soon, I put liquid metal into my 1080 Ti and also on delided 4790k mounted direct-die and that's as much of an upgrade I was willing to make lol. If large corporations they stop sabotaging the game industry and people with passion start making big AAA games again, then I'll consider an upgrade.
@@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU Exact same combination I'm using,, But I bought Oled G8 ultra-wide ,, and I'm thinking about upgrading the GPU from 1080ti to 3070ti. You think there will be bottle-neck at 1440p
@@Ibnlaahad5319 there's bottlenecking even with 1080 Ti using 4790k, but not every game shows the same amount of bottleneck, however it's always present in some form with such setup, usually it's better having newer cpu and older gpu to avoid gpu bottleneck, as gpu is usually more important for the game performance. I don't think you would gain that much power with 3070 Ti, esp. with this cpu, 3070 Ti isn't much more powerful than the 1080 Ti, when we talk about raw processing power and rasterisation, not like new generation stuff like for example ray-trashing. According to most comparison sites its only around 30% better, which aint a lot, every time I personally upgraded gpu I had at least 100, optimally 150% higher overall performance. I think it would be better to upgrade the whole rig, you can get fairly good deals for 2-3 year old i7s and the components for it like mobos and ram, I usually see good whole PC deals of people who want to get rid of it but they can't as theres a lot of other people doing the same thing and so prices drop even lower, and I mean like local sales, used stuff, altho 2-3 years is hardly used. As when it comes to gpu, either you stick to 1080 Ti or invest in a new flagship, -80 or -90 equivalent but it's pricey as you can imagine. If you don't mind using DLSS in newer games, which is mostly required to use with high details in modern games on like 4k or in some cases even 1440p to get a good performance on these new completely unoptimized games (which is by the design as they save dev costs and are buddies with gpu manufacturers) you might as well get like 3070 Ti or 4070 but the increase in raw power as I mentioned isn't that impressive vs. 1080 ti. You get 30-50% more raw power but mostly the new shenanigans like DLSS ray-trashing and similar, as you can see I am not a fan of either of these because they were created as a solution to a by them and by game companies manufactured problems. DLSS however is still getting better and better so I do give credit there, tho if they optimized games properly you would never need dlss not even on 4k and if they invested in normal rasterization you wouldn't see much difference between ray-trashing and regular raster, you just wouldn't pass most blind tests in such a case.
I'm 100% confiden you didn't tune subtimings for that cpu, that is crucial together with a ring oc. There's 10-15% more fps in that chip. This cpu is still pretty capable, should be close to ryzen 2600
You should to put gtx 1080 instead of 3060 ti, because it will be bottleneck, and at least 24gb or 32gb of ram because these days 16gb is just nothing especially on new games
Ultra settings are in most cases a waste of time IMO, you can't see the difference vs High/Very High. Starfield @Ultra is also brutal on most modern CPUs, the game is poorly optimised. I have the exact same setup shown here as a spare PC, apart from having a 2080, and it is amazing how well it still games. 👍
im still running this with a 970 in 2024, playing steam and xbox pc gamepass.... i'd upgrade but everything still works and i dont wanna just throw it out... i saved up for months for that build back in 2014
On a 4790K since 2014. Still love it for Photo Editing, Programming and non-AAA-Gaming. In AC Odyssey it reached its limits but with DX12 in AC Valhalla, it actually runs better than AC Origins
I still use this processor and find it amazing. If you play at 4k or 1440p you will use most of the gpu instead of 50 percent like you do on 1080p and it will both run better and be smoother since the gpu will take the lead and remove most of the cpu bottleneck.
I have it right now in my system with a RTX 4060TI :D Decapitated the heatspreader a few years ago and got 20°K less temperatures. So its working all the time in the 4,4GHz Boost mode. and really nice. But now its time to go. I will buy a 7800X3D this week. this CPU is Kickass, and for the price right now ... steal. 😆
Nice video, just an advice... Also put some new video card that would be adecuate to pair with the cpu that you are checking... Like put a 3080 and a 3060...
Rtx 3080 is a 4k graphics card and this set up is way out off balance. The 4790k will allow the 3080 reach its full utilization at 4k. Im actully will to wager that your numbers would look better 1440p
My i7 4790k oc to 4.8ghz pair with rx 5500 xt using 32gb ram. still running this fossil and can run any game on my 2k monitor and enjoy the game. Can you suggest what gpu to upgrade?
I would do a 4060. There will be a bottleneck, but if you upgrade your CPU within the next two years the GPU should still be good enough to continue gaming after that.
RX 6800 seem to be the best value and performance, out performing the 4060. It also appears it would reduce the CPU bottleneck compared to Nvidia driver being CPU heavy.
I upgraded from an i7 2600k to an i5 13600k. I upgraded my gpu over the years and it wasn't until I upgraded from the 1660 ti to the 3070 ti that I really needed to upgrade my cpu. The 3070ti was just WAAAAYYY to fast for my i7 2600k even with it overclocked to 4.7ghz. When I upgraded my machine, my maximum fps I used to get on the 2600k with the 3070ti became my 0.1% lows on my new machine and doubling my fps at least in every game. The fastest gpu these quad core cpu's can really run is like a 1080ti. Anything higher than that, and you're leaving performance on the table with an idling gpu.
I know what you mean, but its opposite for me, I upgraded my CPU and memory every few years from an FX 8320 to a Ryzen 7 1700x to now a Ryzen 9 5900x but consistently used my R9 390X for 7 years straight until last year when i finally bought a new GPU, an RX 6800 XT. I went from barely being able to play Halo Infinite with medium on 1080p @60fps to maxing it out on 1440p @90fps. My CPU went from average 15% utilization to around 60%. It was like experiencing a whole new world
13600K with a 3070ti, ur pulling easily over 500 watts if u have everything maxed out and unlimited fps. I keep all my rigs at 60 fps, makes a big difference when I get the monthly bill from Comed 😂
@@MrSamadolfo Correct, this machine can pull well over 500w. When running OCCT cpu stress test with small dataset, it can pull upwards of 330w. However, on cinebench r23, the cpu will pull only ~220w. GPU on the other hand will pull 330w. However, I have never had a scenario where both my cpu and gpu are maxed out at the same time. Typically gaming scenarios the gpu is pulling 250-330w, while the cpu is ~50-100w. However, I do use vsync with everything so I'm locked i at 60fps @ 4k. Interestingly enough, my cpu can do 5.6ghz all p-core, and 4.4ghz e-core and a 4.9ghz ring cache at stock voltages.
I have an i7-4790K system. it is not my main system, but it is one of my secondary systems. I have mine overclocked to 4.7ghz @1.28v (it can do 4.8ghz but it requires 1.35v, which I'd rather it not be at, even if it's usually safe.) and the RAM is overclocked to 2400MT/s CL11 @1.61v (Impressive considering they were just random kits I got on amazon). I have mine running on an Asus Gryphon Z87 board, it is also being paired with an Asus Dual Evo OC RTX 2070 Super. Still runs games pretty well to this day and for it being a decade old, it is still very impressive. Great video.
One thing I do want to mention though is that your results seem to be worse than mine. I have my i7-4790K OCed to 4.7ghz as well, but in cinebench R23 I get around ~5500 points and in games I generally got better performance than the results you got (for example in RDR2 I was over 100fps pretty much all of the time). I wonder if it has to do with the RAM configuration? RAM speed and latency makes a decent difference on this platform. I looked in the description and saw the RAM that were you using, which looks to be better than what I am using (though I have mine clocked the same at 2400MT/s, though idk about the CAS latency. My timings are 11-13-13-35.
Bought a used 4790k in 2016, upgraded to 8700k 2 years later, and moved the 4790k into a living room PC and have been using it regularly ever since. Paired with a 2070 and 1440p MED-HIGH gaming no problem, hitting well above 60FPS on average. Some games do suffer though, The Last of Us and Uncharted have really bad micro stuttering, p sure its the CPU showing its age, but over all I'm very impressed with the little guy after all these years.
build up a 2014er gaming pc. start with a 4590 but he is bottleneck with my "new" gtx 970 .now i order the i7😂 warthunder runs 1080p on max with ss aa @ 45fps.
I'm curious as to how well the 8370 has aged compared to this. Many games now use more cores/threads and wonder how it holds up in modern games in comparison. I know games that use less threads will obviously be better but maybe an overclocked 8370 can compete better now than before? Fine wine? If it can get 85 to 90% of a 4790k in modern games, man the untapped potential of FX is crazy
4790k (stock) Dual tower air cooler 16GB 2400 RAM AMD 6900x (no ray tracing) 4K 120hz HDR TV I'm still getting 50-120 FPS depending on the game. Yakuza remakes, Hogwarts, Dragon Age, FF VII remake, and witcher 3. All acceptable when I lower some settings. Which sucks because I can't justify upgrading yet, lol.
I've been using my 4790k since 2015, last year i upgraded my R9 390 to my 6700 XT and I've had no issues. This little CPU still kicks ass and I've had no reason to replace it yet.
Watching this right now on a secondary rig that has my 4790k I've had for 8 years, on an Asus Z97-Pro Gamer with an RTX 2070. Honestly the 2070 is a little much for what a 4790k can fully utilize, but I had already sold my 1080, which would have been a very balanced match. Anyway, still runs pretty good. It's relegated to older game titles for the most part to save room on my primary PC. Thanks for the video...I actually searched for this topic.
i7-4790K running with RTX 3060TI and playing almost all the latest games in 1080P stereoscopic3D using reshader and bluesky defender. Using passive 3D (polarized) glasses from the movie theaters on my old SONY passive 3D TV. Stereoscopic 3D is amazing (I prefer it over Virtual reality). Having an RTX GPU is essential for good quality resolution upscaling to squeeze a couple more years out of this work horse!
August 2024 and still rocking my i7-4790K, Z97 Mobo combo I built back in 2015. along with the GTX 1070 I added in 2016. It's the first rig I've had that I've never tried overclocking as it hasn't really felt necessary. Will be a sad day when I have to to retire it.
Amd Fx processors was terrible, i had one. The fx 8350 with a 650ti boost and the fx 4300 i didn't play tripple a titles. Mostly csgo and og counter strike. Crysis was murdering cpu's and gpu's back then.
I have upgraded everything to pretty modern stuff that has this chip on it still. Mk1 and jedi survivor stutter at times. This cpu is indeed at the end of its life. But damn was it a good one to pick in my 2016 build.
4790k (OC 4,8), NZXT Kraken 240 AIO, MSI 3060 12Gb Gaming X 32GB HyperX Fury Odyssey G5 27" 1440p main monitor and 24" SyncMaster 1080p controll monitor is my guest gaming PC for mainly CS with my buddies... It never disapoints!
bro if i have this CPU why should i get the rtx any rtx like the maximum i would get with this CPU is 1660 super although i prefer the rx 580 because it has more Vram and it won't make my CPU bottleneck it like the 1660 super which is better than the rx 580 but will get the CPU to it's limitations
I still use my i7-4790K with 32 gig ram and RX 580. I have not found a need to upgrade to anything newer. Not a fan of most newer games that emphasize show over go (graphics over game play and plot)
The 4790k would most def make the 3080 bottle neck like crazy. Especially if all the settings ard on ultra. Only reason i even use it is i have it sitting in an Asus sabertooth Mark S with avexir ram. But i still have a more updated system.
My 12 year old is looking to start with a i7-4790 with 32 gb ram. As of July 2024 what would a good graphics card be? The one recommended in this video is not available on Amazon
I got det same specs , oc and xmp, just with a rtx 3070. I run cyberpunk 2077 super smooth with FSR 3 frame gen mods, ill say the FSR 3 titels the 4790k 4,7ghz and 2400mhz ram has at least a couple of years in it
I found it bottlenecked with the 3080, so I put my 2080 back in it. Still using it after 10 years, though I retired it from being my primary game system 2 years ago.
I still use Xeon E3 1270v3 (i7 4770 without i. GPU) Plan to upgrade to Ryzen 5 5600 and give that DDR3 platform to family member, it will be enough for another 5 years to use for basic tasks.
I’m getting better fps than all of this with a gtx 1080, and I run most of these games in 4K, like gta I get 70fps in 4K with medium settings and in between 55-65 with ultra settings
I'm still using it, I was looking into a new GPU to replace my 980ti (the whole machine is 10 years old) and now I'm being told I have to basically buy a new PC because the new GPU will have too many bottlenecks
I still have It, I just upgraded my GPU to rx 7800 xt and now i get 160+ fps 1440p in my favorite and only game i play Overwatch. Never had to change outdated because it runs great what i need.
It can literally still run anything and everything at max settings combined with a gtx 1080 lol (single 32inch 1080P 144Hz screen), no need to discuss this absolute best value for money cpu of all time.
i just got through playing hell blade 2 on this cpu at 1080 p ultra 45 fps in higher which is still better then xbox since its capped at 30 for some resson lol jj
Great video - ggod job ! Mine was bought for BOINC work detecting Earth Killing asteroids.... In a Gigabyte Z87X OC-Force motherboard with four water-cooled GPUs.... Obviously the CPU was water cooled too !! A Lian Li D600 case which held two huge 420 mm radiators and a load of 1Tb drives. Over-clocked to 4.4 GHz in ran 24-7 for years scoring me millions in credits on the project I ran. It is now in my "daily driver" with a pair of 2Tb SSD's full of anime.... solely used for trawling round the internet for You-tube, shopping and emails, etc. Also have a GTX 1080 in mine with loads of fast memory. Sadly stopped the BOINC work due to high electricity costs here in the UK. I must admit that this was the last CPU I bought ( for around $250) - but I do fancy a "current gen" Ryzen X3D CPU in a brand new build, but as I don't play games it is hard to justify the expense. P.S. My Amiga A2000 still works fine for spreadsheet and word-processing tasks.... purchased to get through my college work in the 1990's.... and of course 8-bit games.
Built my system with one of these back then, upgraded graphics card once in 10ish years and it plays everything well for me. It's costly these days to upgrade everything ( GPUS are so over priced ). Bring back the Voodoo vs TNT days
Got it when I rebuilt my system in 2014/15 still using it, runs everything I've thrown at it. I would like to upgrade but my life isn't as financially stable now as it was back then. Still, as I said, runs everything and does it well enough.
i7-4790K is the Muhammed Ali of processors
Agreed
solid
I will show you how great I am!
@@phj223one of my prefered cpu easy to overclock wonderfull performance
what about 3770k.and 6700k
I've been running a 4790k for the last 10 years and it has handled everything thrown at it. Very surprised at the performance I continue to get, but probably will upgrade next year. For me, it was worth investing in a premium chip like the 4790k.
Ikr! This thing is a beast. I still remember the first time I maxed out CPU by mistake because I had accidentally deactivated my GPU . But I only noticed because the cooling fan was louder No difference in FPS or quality
Back when parts were resounably priced and segmented. I'm trying to find a replacement for mine and I genuinely can't tell what to get. Seems like a 700 eur system (top of the line) back then is more of a 6k system today, and I can't figure out what would be the equivalent.
Same here, then in around 2018 I delided it, got liquid metal and placed a noctua cooler on it direct-die, the popular double 120mm fan one I forget what it's called and OC'd it to 4.7, altho later I went down to 4.6 sadly, the silicon lottery was poor on this one I think as it was crashing at certain games and I tried tweaking voltage for weeks to make it stable but either way it wasn't needed the boost from 4.4 was more noticeable than from 4.6 to 4.7. Still an awesome cpu, holds up to this day and I don't really miss anything newer since modern games are meh anyway and I don't have as much time to game as I used to.
I have a corsair 1000D with two systems in it, my main occupying the mainspace, and then an ITX system at the bottom. This ITX system is my first real "gaming pc". It has a 4790k and a 780ti. I dont see me ever letting it go, it will live on, within my over the top and absolutely wildly overzealous chassis that will stay psuedo pregnant with the first pc that started my journey 🤰
hey man, should I build a 4790k config as a secondary? like i had a config as a childhood memory but never get it bcuz i didnt have money. I have better config now but i have every parts except the mobo and cpu. Should I ? it would be paired with 2400mhz ram and rx 570
Bro, you're really good at this. Drop the gimmicks, you don't need them.
nah dude the video is sicko mode
I agree with you 100%. I was trying to watch a video about an old processor not stand up comedy that is not funny.
At multiple points I heavily considering not finishing the video. And at no point did I consider subscribing to this channel.
im still using this i7 4790k with a gigabyte z-97 MB. 32 GB of ddr 3 ram. sammy nvme 1TB 980 with a 1660 super and an evga 650 gold ps. works ok for me
My regular 4790 paired with a 570 8gb is all I need to play my backlog of games to play for another few years at least. Even plays some newer games at smooth 60fps at 1440.
Gonna ride this until integrated graphics get stronger and cheaper.
😊 yes i mention the 570 too, its really cheap now, it was crazy expensive a few years ago
@@MrSamadolfo You mean during the cheap shortage, because when it was released it was crazy cheap compared to a 970
BUTT...if you use a Radeon GPU, let's say RX 6700 10Gb you get 20-30% more FPS in DX12 on old or slow CPU-s compared to NVidia. Radeon drivers use less CPU basically in DX12.
My personal experience:
i5 4690k@4.6, 16Gb DDR3 2000CL10.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p HIGH
RX 6700 10Gb = 111 FPS.
RTX 3060 12Gb = 88 FPS.
"23% difference"
Check this video out by "Hardware Unboxed":
~"Nvidia Has a Driver Overhead Problem, GeForce vs Radeon on Low-End CPUs"~
yes, but it depends on the video game and video game engine but yes ur right. I have several cards from each company.
i love my i7-4790K. its been keeping my PC running since 2015. overall I needed a workhorse computer that I could also use for gaming and this has served quite well for this.
I’m still rocking the 4790k overclocked to 4.8. Paired with a overclocked 1080. And it handles everything I play. Only really stumbles on new world in cities
Same here!
Yo do you know of a guide to overclock my 4790k and 1080? I’m interested in doing it but have no idea how to
@@getgunnerttv1603 I don't know any guides personally, but I have overclocked an i7-4790K as well as several GPUs, including a GTX 1080 FE model.
GPU overclocking is far simpler, so i'll start with that. Since it's a GTX 1080, you can use something like 3Dmark timespy (which the demo of which is free on steam) to test stability. I would use some software like MSI afterburner to overclock the GPU. First thing to do when overclocking is max out the power limit. When overclocking, you don't want to instantly try some fantasy overclock like +400mhz on the core. Instead, start at around +50mhz and go from there in 10mhz or 25mhz increments (I do 25mhz increments personally). Run a single pass of 3Dmark timespy and if it goes with no crashes or blue screens, increase the core clock a bit and do it again. Keep doing it until it crashes. If it does crash, go back to the last OC that made a full pass. To fully test stability, I'd advise to then run the benchmark for about an hour to ensure no crashes. If it doesn't crash, you're probably fine. Overclocking the memory is similar, though most cards should be able to do at least +250mhz on the memory.
The CPU is different. I usually overclock using the bios, so that's how i'll be talking about it. First thing to check is your motherboard chipset, make sure it's either a Z87 or Z97 board (Other chipsets might have overclocking support, but it's not official and generally not very good). If it isn't a Z87 or Z97 chipset, It probably can't overclock. If it is though, you'll want to go to the overclocking section in the BIOS on your board. Here are some important things to keep in mind. The max voltage for Haswell refresh chips is around 1.35v, so I would not go above that if you're attempting to daily the system as going above it could degrade the silicon. I personally stay on the safer side and keep it below 1.3v. Another thing is to make sure you have good cooling for the chip. If the CPU goes above 85C, I would not advise to try and overclock it, or if starts to reach 85C when overclocking, don't push the chip any further.
With that in mind, here is what I would do. There are a few ways to go about it, but here is what I do. I first set the max Vcore voltage that I want it to be at (for example 1.3v) and slowly increase the all core frequency of the CPU until it is no longer stable. Use software such as Aida64, Cinebench R23, or others to test for stability. I personally use Cinebench R23 and run it for 30 minutes. I would start the all core frequency to be around 4.4ghz (which would show up as a x44 multiplier in the BIOS) and go from there. Keep going until you start to see crashing, blue screens of death, random errors, ect. Once you see the crashing, go back to the last stable clock and you should be done.
This only explains some of the basics of overclocking, so if you want to know more or do more, I would advise to look around online and see what people say. I hope this helps in your efforts. Also if at any point the system no longer boots properly, simply turn off and unplug the PC and remove the CMOS battery from the board, it'll be a coin cell battery. Leave it out for about 30 seconds and put it back in. This will clear any and all BIOS settings.
Another warning: Overclocking may damage your computer if done incorrectly, so do be careful.
my i7 4790k with GTX 1080 8gb and 32gb rams still runs pretty good 2024 !!!!any games !!!
My older second rig with 4790k and gtx1080 going still strong. Amazing CPU
Honestly this CPU is a perfect secondary rig CPU. If you already have one keep using it!
Not have bootneck? And you did oc for cpu?
you need to run 1440p with these old processors. you can get much better stable fps with ultra settings that way.
I had a 4770k until late 2022 when I jumped to a 5800x3d. That was a huge upgrade, even my old 1070 saw a 15% performance bump before I put in a 3080.
Yeah the 5800X3D is a solid upgrade. One of my favorite CPU’s.
Yea I absolutely love my 5800 X3-D paired with my RX 7900 XTX
My PC is also using an i7 4770k. Along with a 16 GB RAM and 1080 GPU. How big is the the difference between an i7 4770k and an i7 4790k? Is it that noticeable or not that much. You see last august when upgraded from an i5 4440, the only one available at the store was an i7 4770k, so i decided to buy it as i badly needed an upgrade even if my really wanted an i7 4790k instead. I am in a really tight budget so that's why i can't buy a new PC yet as of this moment.
@@Spectre1301 You could have always gotten 4790K from ebay but either way, 4790K is only around 8-13% faster so it's not that huge of a difference.
@@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU I don't live in the US so Ebay is a no go to me, and it just so happened that the seller from where i got my i7 4770k from ran out of stock of his i7 4790k as he said aside from it being rarer, it solds out quickly and i badly needed the upgrade so i decided to just settle with the i7 4770k. In hindsight i probably should've just waited until he had an 4790k available but i'm not sure when he will have another one again so i might be waiting for a long time
Upgraded to a 3060 OC and a 4790k in 2022 and been rolling great ever since!
do you not experince bottlenecking?
@@R.S.O_ the cpu can be overclocked to abt 4.8 if you do it correctly so it should be fine as long as its cooled correctly and the 3060 isnt that new of a gpu anyways so it wouldnt experience that much bottlenecking
@@R.S.O_ Not with a 3060. You can handle a 6600xt as well without bottleneck. 3070/6700xt and above will start to bottleneck a bit. Not to say you won't gain frames just from a better more modern CPU. But those GPU's will run at 99% at all times usually with this CPU. The higher up models might even as well in SOME titles, not many.
@@R.S.O_ It's basically the 1080ti of CPU's
3770K + 4090 : 1080p ultra !
More seriously got a 4770S (low energy and it was a beast less wattage and heat but 90% performance of the 4770 for less bucks)
my old 4670k was a beast! paired it with a 1060 6gb and for the time being it was great lolol!!!!!
I watched this for fun. To be honest it was an amazing video brother, I enjoyed the editing and the fact that it was fast paced. Keep it up dude !
I appreciate it!
i still have it and it `s paired with a 1080 gtx and 16g of ddr3 21333mhz pro ram and it can play everything at 1080p and a lot more than you think in 1440p on high settings
It's not a cpu issue, its pcie issue. Tl dr recent games relies on lanes rather than cpu itself e.g. memory and bus operations tanks performance more than actual cpu performance. On well optimized engines this is not an issue. IPC and frequency of 4790k is more than descent unless handy caped by ddr3 or pcie. Since programers are basically trash these days, they need to write more optimal code to avoid unecessary cache operations, that discards cache and forces memory read. Dots are the way to go , always.
Got it running at 4.7-4.8ghz at 1.30v and paired it with 3090ti
Everything running 1440p-4k ultra at 60fps
I've got the 4790k with an MSI gaming Gtx 1080 ti and it still plays well. Mainly AMS2 GTA V and BF4/5 and all play well at 1440 165hz at max or high settings, FPS in AMS2 is always over 100 on ultra although GTA v needs dialed back a bit for best results. Still a great combo it seems, will hold off on an upgrade for a while longer. !!
Same here, it's an awesome combination, recently I rather went for an oled monitor than saving for an upgrade, I feel like it's unnecessary still since modern games are mostly unoptimized garbage anyway and the better games that come out are usually smaller or indie-like and a lot more optimized. Not to mention the games hardly look any better than some of the games from around 2018-2019.. most recent thing is the ray-trashing and the issue with it is that if devs make a good regular rasterisation you can't even notice any difference in a blind test, at best you notice better reflections but paying thousands of dollars for a reflections 2.0 engine sounds a bit extreme. Most modern AAA games are just an unoptimized buggy mess with average gameplay and visuals worse than 6 year old games. I am really not planning on upgrading any time soon, I put liquid metal into my 1080 Ti and also on delided 4790k mounted direct-die and that's as much of an upgrade I was willing to make lol. If large corporations they stop sabotaging the game industry and people with passion start making big AAA games again, then I'll consider an upgrade.
@@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU Exact same combination I'm using,, But I bought Oled G8 ultra-wide ,, and I'm thinking about upgrading the GPU from 1080ti to 3070ti. You think there will be bottle-neck at 1440p
@@Ibnlaahad5319 there's bottlenecking even with 1080 Ti using 4790k, but not every game shows the same amount of bottleneck, however it's always present in some form with such setup, usually it's better having newer cpu and older gpu to avoid gpu bottleneck, as gpu is usually more important for the game performance. I don't think you would gain that much power with 3070 Ti, esp. with this cpu, 3070 Ti isn't much more powerful than the 1080 Ti, when we talk about raw processing power and rasterisation, not like new generation stuff like for example ray-trashing. According to most comparison sites its only around 30% better, which aint a lot, every time I personally upgraded gpu I had at least 100, optimally 150% higher overall performance. I think it would be better to upgrade the whole rig, you can get fairly good deals for 2-3 year old i7s and the components for it like mobos and ram, I usually see good whole PC deals of people who want to get rid of it but they can't as theres a lot of other people doing the same thing and so prices drop even lower, and I mean like local sales, used stuff, altho 2-3 years is hardly used. As when it comes to gpu, either you stick to 1080 Ti or invest in a new flagship, -80 or -90 equivalent but it's pricey as you can imagine. If you don't mind using DLSS in newer games, which is mostly required to use with high details in modern games on like 4k or in some cases even 1440p to get a good performance on these new completely unoptimized games (which is by the design as they save dev costs and are buddies with gpu manufacturers) you might as well get like 3070 Ti or 4070 but the increase in raw power as I mentioned isn't that impressive vs. 1080 ti. You get 30-50% more raw power but mostly the new shenanigans like DLSS ray-trashing and similar, as you can see I am not a fan of either of these because they were created as a solution to a by them and by game companies manufactured problems. DLSS however is still getting better and better so I do give credit there, tho if they optimized games properly you would never need dlss not even on 4k and if they invested in normal rasterization you wouldn't see much difference between ray-trashing and regular raster, you just wouldn't pass most blind tests in such a case.
i work in a potato pc the processor which u have shown in the video still cost 100 dollers in india
It's $100 everywhere.
@@Baki-EGW u can get around 50 to 70 $ in us or in uk which is more cheeper
🙂 yes, any i7 flagship cpu is going to hold its value over time, its kinda like a Toyota 4Runner
i run a 4790 and a gtx 3060//i can run mw3 @ 130 games without overheating anything
I'm 100% confiden you didn't tune subtimings for that cpu, that is crucial together with a ring oc. There's 10-15% more fps in that chip. This cpu is still pretty capable, should be close to ryzen 2600
Any tips on sub timing tuning settings,
You should to put gtx 1080 instead of 3060 ti, because it will be bottleneck, and at least 24gb or 32gb of ram because these days 16gb is just nothing especially on new games
I7-4790k + 1080ti match made in heaven I picked up them up for $150 to upgrade an office pc. That thing is a beast of a pc now 😂
Im rocking my i5 4570 since 2016
Now im upgrading to i7 4790k
And use it until the next upgrades are really necessary 💪🏼
Ultra settings are in most cases a waste of time IMO, you can't see the difference vs High/Very High. Starfield @Ultra is also brutal on most modern CPUs, the game is poorly optimised. I have the exact same setup shown here as a spare PC, apart from having a 2080, and it is amazing how well it still games. 👍
im still running this with a 970 in 2024, playing steam and xbox pc gamepass.... i'd upgrade but everything still works and i dont wanna just throw it out... i saved up for months for that build back in 2014
I'm still using a i7 3770K still works for the games I play 😂
On a 4790K since 2014. Still love it for Photo Editing, Programming and non-AAA-Gaming. In AC Odyssey it reached its limits but with DX12 in AC Valhalla, it actually runs better than AC Origins
I am worse I have i5-4440 and it sucks 😕
I still use this processor and find it amazing. If you play at 4k or 1440p you will use most of the gpu instead of 50 percent like you do on 1080p and it will both run better and be smoother since the gpu will take the lead and remove most of the cpu bottleneck.
I have it right now in my system with a RTX 4060TI :D
Decapitated the heatspreader a few years ago and got 20°K less temperatures. So its working all the time in the 4,4GHz Boost mode. and really nice.
But now its time to go. I will buy a 7800X3D this week. this CPU is Kickass, and for the price right now ... steal. 😆
Nice video, just an advice... Also put some new video card that would be adecuate to pair with the cpu that you are checking... Like put a 3080 and a 3060...
agree, i mentioned it in my post, in case a new gamer is wondering what would make sense
Rtx 3080 is a 4k graphics card and this set up is way out off balance. The 4790k will allow the 3080 reach its full utilization at 4k. Im actully will to wager that your numbers would look better 1440p
Obviously, its played at 1080p to show how good the 4790k, to force it to be more cpu bound.
Have my second pc with 4790k + gtx1060. Runs everything i play. Fh5, forza Motorsport, warzone 2. 👍
I'm typing this message right now on my i4790k I bought early 2015. No plans to upgrade.
same here
@@geetar21 It's really insane. My first proper PC I purchased in 1995 a 486 DX2/80 was a brick within a year, especially when Windows 95 came out.
My i7 4790k oc to 4.8ghz pair with rx 5500 xt using 32gb ram. still running this fossil and can run any game on my 2k monitor and enjoy the game. Can you suggest what gpu to upgrade?
I would do a 4060. There will be a bottleneck, but if you upgrade your CPU within the next two years the GPU should still be good enough to continue gaming after that.
RX 6800 seem to be the best value and performance, out performing the 4060. It also appears it would reduce the CPU bottleneck compared to Nvidia driver being CPU heavy.
Isn't that 3090 gpu too much for the i7? You're bottlenecking it. Try a 1660 Ti.
I used a 3080, yeah it’s too much. That was my benchmark card. So I just threw it in. A 1660 ti or 2060super would be a good pairing.
running my 4790k w/ gtx 1080ti, even was playing dragon's dogma 2 @ high settings 1080p (40-60fps)
ABSOLUTE KING. I'm running Witcher 3 in RT and Baldur's Gate 3 on my i7-4790K.
Still rocking a 4790k at 4.7ghz and a 1080ti
Nice! Glad to see this CPU still being used!
I upgraded from an i7 2600k to an i5 13600k. I upgraded my gpu over the years and it wasn't until I upgraded from the 1660 ti to the 3070 ti that I really needed to upgrade my cpu. The 3070ti was just WAAAAYYY to fast for my i7 2600k even with it overclocked to 4.7ghz. When I upgraded my machine, my maximum fps I used to get on the 2600k with the 3070ti became my 0.1% lows on my new machine and doubling my fps at least in every game. The fastest gpu these quad core cpu's can really run is like a 1080ti. Anything higher than that, and you're leaving performance on the table with an idling gpu.
I know what you mean, but its opposite for me, I upgraded my CPU and memory every few years from an FX 8320 to a Ryzen 7 1700x to now a Ryzen 9 5900x but consistently used my R9 390X for 7 years straight until last year when i finally bought a new GPU, an RX 6800 XT. I went from barely being able to play Halo Infinite with medium on 1080p @60fps to maxing it out on 1440p @90fps. My CPU went from average 15% utilization to around 60%.
It was like experiencing a whole new world
13600K with a 3070ti, ur pulling easily over 500 watts if u have everything maxed out and unlimited fps. I keep all my rigs at 60 fps, makes a big difference when I get the monthly bill from Comed 😂
@@MrSamadolfo Correct, this machine can pull well over 500w. When running OCCT cpu stress test with small dataset, it can pull upwards of 330w. However, on cinebench r23, the cpu will pull only ~220w. GPU on the other hand will pull 330w. However, I have never had a scenario where both my cpu and gpu are maxed out at the same time. Typically gaming scenarios the gpu is pulling 250-330w, while the cpu is ~50-100w.
However, I do use vsync with everything so I'm locked i at 60fps @ 4k.
Interestingly enough, my cpu can do 5.6ghz all p-core, and 4.4ghz e-core and a 4.9ghz ring cache at stock voltages.
@@chieftron 🙂 neat, yes its kinda interesting all the different watts senarios
@@MrSamadolfoMy 12700K + RTX 4070 only pulls 150w while gaming + streaming capped at 120 fps for encoding purposes. 40-45c on both cpu & gpu
News flash. It can.
55 fps unplayable 😂😂😂
This chip is pretty awesome paired with a msi gaming 9 board. Especially the overclocking. I recommend this little beast.
I have an i7-4790K system. it is not my main system, but it is one of my secondary systems. I have mine overclocked to 4.7ghz @1.28v (it can do 4.8ghz but it requires 1.35v, which I'd rather it not be at, even if it's usually safe.) and the RAM is overclocked to 2400MT/s CL11 @1.61v (Impressive considering they were just random kits I got on amazon). I have mine running on an Asus Gryphon Z87 board, it is also being paired with an Asus Dual Evo OC RTX 2070 Super. Still runs games pretty well to this day and for it being a decade old, it is still very impressive. Great video.
One thing I do want to mention though is that your results seem to be worse than mine. I have my i7-4790K OCed to 4.7ghz as well, but in cinebench R23 I get around ~5500 points and in games I generally got better performance than the results you got (for example in RDR2 I was over 100fps pretty much all of the time).
I wonder if it has to do with the RAM configuration? RAM speed and latency makes a decent difference on this platform. I looked in the description and saw the RAM that were you using, which looks to be better than what I am using (though I have mine clocked the same at 2400MT/s, though idk about the CAS latency. My timings are 11-13-13-35.
Bought a used 4790k in 2016, upgraded to 8700k 2 years later, and moved the 4790k into a living room PC and have been using it regularly ever since. Paired with a 2070 and 1440p MED-HIGH gaming no problem, hitting well above 60FPS on average. Some games do suffer though, The Last of Us and Uncharted have really bad micro stuttering, p sure its the CPU showing its age, but over all I'm very impressed with the little guy after all these years.
build up a 2014er gaming pc. start with a 4590 but he is bottleneck with my "new" gtx 970 .now i order the i7😂 warthunder runs 1080p on max with ss aa @ 45fps.
I'm curious as to how well the 8370 has aged compared to this. Many games now use more cores/threads and wonder how it holds up in modern games in comparison. I know games that use less threads will obviously be better but maybe an overclocked 8370 can compete better now than before? Fine wine? If it can get 85 to 90% of a 4790k in modern games, man the untapped potential of FX is crazy
4790k (stock)
Dual tower air cooler
16GB 2400 RAM
AMD 6900x (no ray tracing)
4K 120hz HDR TV
I'm still getting 50-120 FPS depending on the game. Yakuza remakes, Hogwarts, Dragon Age, FF VII remake, and witcher 3. All acceptable when I lower some settings.
Which sucks because I can't justify upgrading yet, lol.
I've been using my 4790k since 2015, last year i upgraded my R9 390 to my 6700 XT and I've had no issues. This little CPU still kicks ass and I've had no reason to replace it yet.
Watching this right now on a secondary rig that has my 4790k I've had for 8 years, on an Asus Z97-Pro Gamer with an RTX 2070. Honestly the 2070 is a little much for what a 4790k can fully utilize, but I had already sold my 1080, which would have been a very balanced match. Anyway, still runs pretty good. It's relegated to older game titles for the most part to save room on my primary PC. Thanks for the video...I actually searched for this topic.
i7-4790K running with RTX 3060TI and playing almost all the latest games in 1080P stereoscopic3D using reshader and bluesky defender. Using passive 3D (polarized) glasses from the movie theaters on my old SONY passive 3D TV. Stereoscopic 3D is amazing (I prefer it over Virtual reality). Having an RTX GPU is essential for good quality resolution upscaling to squeeze a couple more years out of this work horse!
August 2024 and still rocking my i7-4790K, Z97 Mobo combo I built back in 2015. along with the GTX 1070 I added in 2016. It's the first rig I've had that I've never tried overclocking as it hasn't really felt necessary. Will be a sad day when I have to to retire it.
The i7-4790K is the John Cena of processors - he's the GOAT!
Amd Fx processors was terrible, i had one. The fx 8350 with a 650ti boost and the fx 4300 i didn't play tripple a titles. Mostly csgo and og counter strike. Crysis was murdering cpu's and gpu's back then.
Rocking the i7 4970k 4.6 ghz 24gb 2400 ram and rtx 2070s and im happy. Z87-c mb
Bought the 2070super for 150€ last week from a guy i know🎉
Just ocd for fun to 4.7 and seems allright 🤪
I have upgraded everything to pretty modern stuff that has this chip on it still. Mk1 and jedi survivor stutter at times. This cpu is indeed at the end of its life. But damn was it a good one to pick in my 2016 build.
4790k (OC 4,8), NZXT Kraken 240 AIO, MSI 3060 12Gb Gaming X 32GB HyperX Fury Odyssey G5 27" 1440p main monitor and 24" SyncMaster 1080p controll monitor is my guest gaming PC for mainly CS with my buddies... It never disapoints!
bro if i have this CPU why should i get the rtx any rtx
like the maximum i would get with this CPU is 1660 super
although i prefer the rx 580 because it has more Vram and it won't make my CPU bottleneck it like the 1660 super which is better than the rx 580 but will get the CPU to it's limitations
I still use my i7-4790K with 32 gig ram and RX 580. I have not found a need to upgrade to anything newer. Not a fan of most newer games that emphasize show over go (graphics over game play and plot)
Unplayable because less than 60fps? You should have grown up with 386 and 486 CPUs. You would see things differently lol
The 4790k would most def make the 3080 bottle neck like crazy. Especially if all the settings ard on ultra. Only reason i even use it is i have it sitting in an Asus sabertooth Mark S with avexir ram. But i still have a more updated system.
My 12 year old is looking to start with a i7-4790 with 32 gb ram. As of July 2024 what would a good graphics card be? The one recommended in this video is not available on Amazon
Still a good processor, a truly warrior even in this year, obviously with a good graphic card
I got det same specs , oc and xmp, just with a rtx 3070. I run cyberpunk 2077 super smooth with FSR 3 frame gen mods, ill say the FSR 3 titels the 4790k 4,7ghz and 2400mhz ram has at least a couple of years in it
I found it bottlenecked with the 3080, so I put my 2080 back in it. Still using it after 10 years, though I retired it from being my primary game system 2 years ago.
I still use Xeon E3 1270v3 (i7 4770 without i. GPU)
Plan to upgrade to Ryzen 5 5600 and give that DDR3 platform to family member, it will be enough for another 5 years to use for basic tasks.
I’m getting better fps than all of this with a gtx 1080, and I run most of these games in 4K, like gta I get 70fps in 4K with medium settings and in between 55-65 with ultra settings
This CPU is better paired with an AMD GPU, since NVIDIA drivers have too much CPU overhead. Try testing with a similar AMD GPU.
and here i am watching this thinking to upgrade my i5 4750 .. wtf am i doing .. gonna go buy a new one
Just Paired my 4790 chip with the RTX 3050... The GPU is currently the most hated. But I don't care tbh...
on a smooth motherboard, 16GB, no drag, on a medium card amd 7600:1080p lov alan wake 2 30-40fps, Hallblade 2 30 fps loc.rough after all this time
Mine 4790k runs stable at 5.0GHz with nearly zero increase of voltage. Still have it after 10y
I'm still using it, I was looking into a new GPU to replace my 980ti (the whole machine is 10 years old) and now I'm being told I have to basically buy a new PC because the new GPU will have too many bottlenecks
Its worth to upgrade from pentium g3258 to 4790k for just 30$??
Drop the settings from ultra, many lower 12 gen would struggle FFS
ive heard that AMD gpus play more kindly with old hardware, i wonder if thats true and how much fps youd get with an equivalent radeon
I still have It, I just upgraded my GPU to rx 7800 xt and now i get 160+ fps 1440p in my favorite and only game i play Overwatch. Never had to change outdated because it runs great what i need.
Bro pair it with a good gpu like 5600xt or 5700xt.....I played stanfield loved it had more then 70 fps all time..
It can literally still run anything and everything at max settings combined with a gtx 1080 lol (single 32inch 1080P 144Hz screen), no need to discuss this absolute best value for money cpu of all time.
Yupp got one with a 1080TI... just upgraded my son and upgraded myself so this one is in a closet lol... i may convert it to a streaming PC...
Main system still running since 2013, running win11 with no issues and I still play many games with gtx970
Best prosesor legend socket 1150 is i5 4690k and i7 4790k
im waiting on ryzen 9000x3d lol i cant run bf2042 but everything else is ok
i just got through playing hell blade 2 on this cpu at 1080 p ultra 45 fps in higher which is still better then xbox since its capped at 30 for some resson lol jj
still running that beast CPU. 1080p no problem for assasin creed and warzone.
the gaming benchmarks are useless without comparison to another CPU.
Im glad I ignored Linus/LTT when I got a i7 for "gaming"
Since 2015 my 4790k i still rocking in pair with msi 1080ti, I can still run most of the games ! best cpu of its era !
Can I do 8k edition on Premiere pro with this build
4790 still smashing em out, dont tell it im buying components for a new build....
Great video - ggod job !
Mine was bought for BOINC work detecting Earth Killing asteroids.... In a Gigabyte Z87X OC-Force motherboard with four water-cooled GPUs.... Obviously the CPU was water cooled too !!
A Lian Li D600 case which held two huge 420 mm radiators and a load of 1Tb drives. Over-clocked to 4.4 GHz in ran 24-7 for years scoring me millions in credits on the project I ran.
It is now in my "daily driver" with a pair of 2Tb SSD's full of anime.... solely used for trawling round the internet for You-tube, shopping and emails, etc. Also have a GTX 1080 in mine with loads of fast memory.
Sadly stopped the BOINC work due to high electricity costs here in the UK.
I must admit that this was the last CPU I bought ( for around $250) - but I do fancy a "current gen" Ryzen X3D CPU in a brand new build, but as I don't play games it is hard to justify the expense.
P.S. My Amiga A2000 still works fine for spreadsheet and word-processing tasks.... purchased to get through my college work in the 1990's.... and of course 8-bit games.
Built my system with one of these back then, upgraded graphics card once in 10ish years and it plays everything well for me. It's costly these days to upgrade everything ( GPUS are so over priced ). Bring back the Voodoo vs TNT days
I use this cpu i my unraid server and it runs a nas and a couple of containers flawlessly.
terima kasih telah menjelaskan keunggulan CPU tersebut sehingga saya yakin i7-4790k masih dapat digunakan dengan baik di tahun 2024 ini
Got it when I rebuilt my system in 2014/15 still using it, runs everything I've thrown at it.
I would like to upgrade but my life isn't as financially stable now as it was back then. Still, as I said, runs everything and does it well enough.
Hope things will get better for you 🙏🏼
What is the max. video card one should pair with this cpu?
I'm still using a 2 generations OLDER i7-2600K.
Still having NO problem playing any game I'm actually interested.