Hi,
I currently have an i3-3220 and an r9 270x in my system, and I was thinking of going to a quad core i5 (or i7) or possibly even an AMD eight core with a new motherboard, but either option would end up costing me ~$200.
My i3 does very well for most games I own, only problems I've had are in highly CPU intensive things like 64 man BF4 servers, where it can go anywhere from 60 fps down to 35-40.
What I'm wondering is, if I were to upgrade to an i5, would it be significantly better for games coming out right now or should I wait and keep my i3 until the other CPUs are cheaper and games start utilizing 4+ cores better?
I'm also not sure if my 270x is already being used to its full potential anyway, or if a quad core would get better fps out of it / make it more future proof. I don't want to drop $200 on a processor if my gpu will perform the same. But it's hard to tell, because the only CPU intensive game I own is BF4 multiplayer, and the only 270x benchmarks are for single player, which is not as CPU heavy, therefore the i3/i7 do just as well.
I currently have an i3-3220 and an r9 270x in my system, and I was thinking of going to a quad core i5 (or i7) or possibly even an AMD eight core with a new motherboard, but either option would end up costing me ~$200.
My i3 does very well for most games I own, only problems I've had are in highly CPU intensive things like 64 man BF4 servers, where it can go anywhere from 60 fps down to 35-40.
What I'm wondering is, if I were to upgrade to an i5, would it be significantly better for games coming out right now or should I wait and keep my i3 until the other CPUs are cheaper and games start utilizing 4+ cores better?
I'm also not sure if my 270x is already being used to its full potential anyway, or if a quad core would get better fps out of it / make it more future proof. I don't want to drop $200 on a processor if my gpu will perform the same. But it's hard to tell, because the only CPU intensive game I own is BF4 multiplayer, and the only 270x benchmarks are for single player, which is not as CPU heavy, therefore the i3/i7 do just as well.
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