amd fx 8350 OR i5 4670k for BF4

harinoorvirk28 · Sep 22, 2013

as the title says guys i need some help should i go for the i5 or the amd as people are saying that the more cores the better (BF4) btw i am pairing it with a 7970 ghz

slomo4sho · Sep 22, 2013

My crystal ball will have an answer ready for you on October 29.

rolli59 · Sep 22, 2013

I would go for the I5 since it will handle it fine and is pretty much better in all other games.

8350rocks · Sep 22, 2013

harinoorvirk28 :

I would go with the 8350, multiplayer in BF4 will use at least 6 threads, if not more.

babernet_1 · Sep 22, 2013

http://www.overclock.net/t/1151970/my-own-bf3-benchmark-hyperthreading-on-vs-off

This seems to indicate Hyperthreading doesn't help with games, especially BF3. With gaming, the Intels just stomp the AMD's. Get a 4670K and a ASUS Hero motherboard. That motherboard will give you 100 to 200MHz more speed in overclocking. Of course you will need a good CPU cooler, like a Noctua NH-D14 or NH-C14.

8350rocks · Sep 22, 2013

babernet_1 :

Good thing that AMD CPUs have no hyper threading because they have real cores...unlike i7 Intel CPUs.

iam2thecrowe · Sep 22, 2013

8350rocks :

if you call sharing 1 weak FPU core with 2 integer cores a real core.....
It seriously shouldn't even be a question anymore as to weather an i5 or 8350 is better at gaming, 95% of benchmarks are in favor of the i5, we have read all the reviews. Although i wouldn't go get a hero motherboard just for an extra 100mhz, money better spent elsewhere. As for bf4 specifically, i have heard bf3 runs well on the 8350, about equally as good as the i5 in most cases, so i expect bf4 to be similar.

vince232 · Sep 22, 2013

iam2thecrowe :

8350rocks :

if you call sharing 1 weak FPU core with 2 integer cores a real core.....
It seriously shouldn't even be a question anymore as to weather an i5 or 8350 is better at gaming, 95% of benchmarks are in favor of the i5, we have read all the reviews. Although i wouldn't go get a hero motherboard just for an extra 100mhz, money better spent elsewhere. As for bf4 specifically, i have heard bf3 runs well on the 8350, about equally as good as the i5 in most cases, so i expect bf4 to be similar.

hahha dont mind that fanboy with the fx avatar. you can read him at every intel vs amd thread and make a case for amd.

vince232 · Sep 22, 2013

i think its better to go with amd cpu and gpu for bf4 because bf4 is going to be optimized for amd.

iam2thecrowe · Sep 23, 2013

vince232 :

all that will do is bring AMD fx cpu's up to par with Intel i5 cpu's, instead of trailing further behind. the i5 has 4 physical cores and doesn't need any software tricks to make things work properly like the 8 core/4 module amd cpu's.

vince232 · Sep 23, 2013

iam2thecrowe :

well thats just me. remember when arkham city got out and it is optimized for nvidia. nvidia gpu perform much much better than the amd counterpart for about 10-20 fps

iam2thecrowe · Sep 23, 2013

vince232 :

same thing happened with the new Tomb Raider but AMD was optimized for it, but nvidia released a driver very quickly to fix the issue. Its more that amd gets to work closer with the game dev, so they will have better drivers on release day, an area AMD has long struggled with. I have heard for bf4 nvidia is also allowed early access to tweak their drivers, there was no restriction in place as with tomb raider.

vince232 · Sep 23, 2013

iam2thecrowe :

vince232 :

same thing happened with the new Tomb Raider but AMD was optimized for it, but nvidia released a driver very quickly to fix the issue. Its more that amd gets to work closer with the game dev, so they will have better drivers on release day, an area AMD has long struggled with. I have heard for bf4 nvidia is also allowed early access to tweak their drivers, there was no restriction in place as with tomb raider.

well i dont know the story about tomb raider. but isn't it logical and safer to go with amd since bf4 developers are the one who will optimize it for amd. than go with nvidia and w8 for driver updates and who knows if nvidia is going or not going to release driver updates for bf4.

so i think amd is the safer choice

8350rocks · Sep 23, 2013

iam2thecrowe :

8350rocks :

if you call sharing 1 weak FPU core with 2 integer cores a real core.....
It seriously shouldn't even be a question anymore as to weather an i5 or 8350 is better at gaming, 95% of benchmarks are in favor of the i5, we have read all the reviews. Although i wouldn't go get a hero motherboard just for an extra 100mhz, money better spent elsewhere. As for bf4 specifically, i have heard bf3 runs well on the 8350, about equally as good as the i5 in most cases, so i expect bf4 to be similar.

It's a 256 bit FMAC pipe...more or less same/same as Intel uses.

The difference being Intel has 20 years improving the decoder on the same architecture...where AMD has only 2-3 years tweaking this one.

Unknown-bjorn · Sep 25, 2013

8350rocks :

Incorrect.. battlefield posted the requirements and they said a quad core will be good enough (including online) and intel is much better at gaming that AMD

8350rocks · Sep 25, 2013

Unknown-bjorn :

8350rocks :

Incorrect.. battlefield posted the requirements and they said a quad core will be good enough (including online) and intel is much better at gaming that AMD

"enough" is not the same thing as optimal.

BF3 MP uses 6 threads, as it loads 6 cores on my 8350.

8350rocks · Sep 25, 2013

Well, I can see this thread is going to begin the same degeneration into a flame war that always follows hafijur.

I think it would be best if a moderator closes this thread before it turns into an all out flamewar.

The OP has his answer, and the conversation isn't going to remain civil anymore at this point...not with hafijur in the thread.

logainofhades · Sep 25, 2013

I posted links in a thread yesterday in a debate of an i3 ivy vs an i5 sandy for BF4. The more cores in a given generation, the better fps in BF4. Even a 2600k to sandy-E saw a boost. BF4 will definitely be a game that takes advantage of more physical cores. Hyperthreading does help some, but not quite as much as physical cores.

Unknown-bjorn · Sep 25, 2013

Listen I have the i5 4670 and When i play Bf3 it uses all the cores but only like 50-60% of the cores so please... Bf4 will require abit more power but mainly a bigger GPU.

8350rocks · Sep 25, 2013

Unknown-bjorn :

It's an ENTIRELY NEW Frostbite engine...it will be more CPU demanding than BF3.

Mark. My. Words.

VenBaja · Sep 25, 2013

8350rocks :

If it's more CPU demanding then that will favor Intel, since their CPU's are better/faster than AMD's. 4 fast cores are going to perform better than 8 slow cores. I gained a significant FPS boost going from an FX-6300 to an i5 4670k, despite the FX having "MOAR CORES!". The only reason the FX-8350 performs better than the FX-6300 is because of it's higher base clock rate, and not because of the 2 additional cores. AMD's architecture just doesn't hold a candle to Intel's, and review after review after review have confirmed that.

rolli59 · Sep 25, 2013

8350rocks :

It takes minimum two to have a flame war! The wise one quits!

Unknown-bjorn · Sep 25, 2013

VenBaja :

8350rocks :

If it's more CPU demanding then that will favor Intel, since their CPU's are better/faster than AMD's. 4 fast cores are going to perform better than 8 slow cores. I gained a significant FPS boost going from an FX-6300 to an i5 4670k, despite the FX having "MOAR CORES!". The onlay reason the FX-8350 performs better than the FX-6300 is because of it's higher base clock rate, and not because of the 2 additional cores. AMD's architecture just doesn't hold a candle to Intel's, and review after review after review have confirmed that.

Agreed ans for that sake is why I have bought the i5.. I'm not a fan boy. I'm a guy who wants good hardware... And reviews confirm it every time.

DukeOvilla · Sep 25, 2013

It will be optimized for more threads than BF3, go with the 8350, it will preform a bit better. The i5 and it are not radically different despite popular belief.

Oh, and BTW, the 8350 is really a 4 core CPU with 8 threads, 2 per core.

Unknown-bjorn · Sep 26, 2013

DukeOvilla :

"popular belief" does popular belief inculde benchmarks? no it doesn't. In nearly EVERY SINGLE benchmarch the i5 wins because its........... BETTER!!! and no don't go crazy now lol, its 8 literal cores.

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