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I built one of the dual E5-2570 PCs, put in a GTX 1080 and all latest games run very good on maximum graphics settings.

I get the same results as what I see in other tests with GTX 1080 and 6700K. So I can't confirm that there would be any real performance impact on games with such a setup... Even if I get lower results, it is marginal and way over 60FPS (2560 resolution)

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You will probably get the same results with an i5-2500k too. Most games don't use that many cores.

Yeah, I still have a 2500k at 4.6 with no over-volting on air. I wish I had an m2 SSD, but with the GTX1080 and a new 4K IPS TV which also does 120hz at 1080p (Vizio p55-c1, but read the rtings.com review about the lack of true 4:4:4 chroma if you're considering this one), it's been great for 4K and fast action gaming at high frame rates. Has no problem holding 120fps at 1080 with max settings in Overwatch, though I tone some effects down to make it less distracting and easier to spot baddies.

It's crazy to me that this old CPU is still all I need, but the ROI from an upgrade just wasn't worth it. Going from 2X Radeon 6870 to the GTX1080 was a huge performance boost, though, and I'll never deal with multi-GPU again if I can avoid it.

Still running an AMD Phenom II x6 1050T ... which is approaching 7 years old ... and oddly, at 2.8GHZ -- just a tad overclocked to 3ghz, it still manages to run everything I've thrown at it with my R9-380.

Is there anything new I should try that would throw it under?

4k 60hz gaming, or the Rift. I'm not sure how intense Remember Me is, but a friend told me he noticed occasional tearing on that game with his new rig that was using an older R9 2xx-X until he got his GTX 1080s in the mail.

Ah, I have no screen for 4k and am holding off for the time being. I just don't see the cost/benefit paying off for a bit, as I'm still very happy with my first-gen 42" plasma I use in my bedroom @ 720p, though I must admit, vs. the 1080p 50" in my living room, I can't tell much difference anymore, so I'm definitely getting blinder...

I have a 42 inch 4k@60hz Seiki I got for a couple hundred bucks last year, I'm happy with it as my sole monitor (replacing two others). It's not as good as others for gaming but good enough. At that size the pixel density is roughly the same as my smaller 1080 and 1200 monitors it replaced so it really does end up feeling like 4 screens, while having more vertical pixels than my 1900x1200 that I had on its side. I could probably live with a 720 plasma as a TV but not as a monitor I do work on...

It still makes a surprisingly decent bedroom television; for computer use, I agree -- resolution is just too low for comfort.

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