NamesLucky wrote:I am looking to upgrade my cpu and ram to improve diablo 3 4boxing performance, and insure good performance while 5 boxing games like wildstar( if possible). I currently only 4box diablo with my 8gb ram and 4670k, and even at 4.7ghz I'm hitting 100 percent usage spikes on the cpu and ram, causing fps lag spikes.
Your RAM is spiking? RAM tends to be a pretty static number because once things are loaded into RAM they tend to stay there and hang out for awhile. I imagine that D3 uses between 500MB and 1GB of RAM per client, so even running 4 clients you really shouldn't have more than 4GB allocated to D3 at any given time.
NamesLucky wrote:I will be going for at least 16gb in my upgrade, if not 32.
16GB is probably a good number to aim for if you're looking to 5-box other MMORPGs since 8GB can be cutting it close at times.
NamesLucky wrote:My question, to those with any 5+ mmo boxing experience is whether I need to go for a 4930k, or if the 4770k (having hyperthreading over my 4670k) will be acceptable. A 4930k and rivbe are within the budget, but I do not want to splurge unless it is either needed OR will provide a significant performance increase while 5 boxing mmos.
I don't think you necessarily
need a 4930K, but I don't have a system with a 4770K so I can't really compare the performance. I would guess that in a best case scenario you could expect
maybe 50% out of a virtual, hyper-threaded core when compared to a physical core, but this is a total guess and I'm sure it all comes down to how well the game you're playing handles hyper-threading. A six-core CPU is obviously the route which is going to provide the most CPU power, but it's more expensive and if your GPU isn't up to the task of multiboxing at higher framerates then you're looking at upgrading that next.
As for a RIVBE... Is that necessary? Do you plan to use all the features of a $500 motherboard? I have the motherboard and I recommend it if you're going to be playing with its settings, but if you plan on just dropping the CPU into the socket and then powering on the system, never to take a look at the BIOS like most people do, then I'd have to say that spending $500 on a motherboard is not the best choice. You could probably save at least $100 on the motherboard and put it toward a new GPU if necessary -- Just steer clear of EVGA boards.
However, people are already
reporting that they're having a very difficult time getting 5 WildStar clients to run at a good framerate, so I imagine that no matter what CPU you're running it's not going to be that great. I thought I heard from some random person that the devs are still trying to "optimize" the game, but its release date is less than a month away so I wouldn't necessarily hold my breath on that one.
Just some food for thought...