- Dec 7, 2013
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Hey guys,
I have been looking around all the posts about AMD and intel cpu's and there is just one thing I cannot get a grip on. It's about the question whether or not single core perfomance really matters (since every last generation CPU seems to have enough single core for every game you'd like to play). Isn't it more important to have more cores in your CPU?
Intel has better single core performance, far better, that's clear to me. However, for the same price as a 4 core i5 you can get an 8 core AMD (e.g. FX 8320/8350). It seems to me that producers of games are now slowly starting to utilise the extra cores build into the CPU's. The Playstation 4 and the Xbox one have 8 core AMD cpu's, which opens up the path to games based on 8 core CPU's (or at least games that profit more from 8 core cpu's).
Now here is the thing I'd like to know. Intel has better single core performance, but it's quite clear that you don't need the single core perfomance that an i5 gives you. Actually, you have a lot of room left, which gives me the feeling that AMD cpu's have more than enough single core performance.
That would suggest choosing an AMD cpu, since you´ll probably profit from the 8 cores in a year or two, and then it is more useful than a i5 intel cpu.
But, I don´t know if this is true. Can anyone confirm this to me, or otherwise tell me why I am wrong?
Hope you guys can help me with this.
Cheers, Tom
I have been looking around all the posts about AMD and intel cpu's and there is just one thing I cannot get a grip on. It's about the question whether or not single core perfomance really matters (since every last generation CPU seems to have enough single core for every game you'd like to play). Isn't it more important to have more cores in your CPU?
Intel has better single core performance, far better, that's clear to me. However, for the same price as a 4 core i5 you can get an 8 core AMD (e.g. FX 8320/8350). It seems to me that producers of games are now slowly starting to utilise the extra cores build into the CPU's. The Playstation 4 and the Xbox one have 8 core AMD cpu's, which opens up the path to games based on 8 core CPU's (or at least games that profit more from 8 core cpu's).
Now here is the thing I'd like to know. Intel has better single core performance, but it's quite clear that you don't need the single core perfomance that an i5 gives you. Actually, you have a lot of room left, which gives me the feeling that AMD cpu's have more than enough single core performance.
That would suggest choosing an AMD cpu, since you´ll probably profit from the 8 cores in a year or two, and then it is more useful than a i5 intel cpu.
But, I don´t know if this is true. Can anyone confirm this to me, or otherwise tell me why I am wrong?
Hope you guys can help me with this.
Cheers, Tom
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