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StefanMilosh1997

StefanMilosh1997

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Which is better: 2 strong cores (Intel Pentium G3220 3.0 GHz) or 4 weak cores (Athlon II x4 740)? Is the Pentium G3220 pretty close to an i3 2100 in gaming? The games I am going to play are pretty much older ones, and some newer ones, but I am not going to play some CPU demanding titles like Battlefield 3/4 MP, at least for now. I am planing to buy a new mid-range Maxwell GPU (something like the GTX 850 Ti), so bear that in mind. And the CPU which you will help me to choose it, will be replaced next year by a more powerful one. Thanks and sorry for any English grammar mistakes.
 
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First of all what the hell is that GTX 850 Ti?
Anyway g3220(69$) doesn't ever comes at par with the i3(139$). Even if both are dual cores , the per core performance of the i3 is larger than the g3220. And what is the need of buying a sandy bridge i3 when there are ivy bridges (3rd generation) processors available at the same price.

Also for the amd vs intel comparison :
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-3220-vs-AMD-Athlon-X4-740

My advise would be to get the intel i3 3220. It is almost at the same price as the sandy bridge's one.
 
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I am just guessing about the GTX 850 Ti, I suppose it would be launched sometimes at the end of 2014... by the way, I thought the G3220 is pretty close to an i3 2100 because they have the same cache, the clock speeds are pretty close, and because it's two generation newer, and the only advantage of the i3 beside the clock speed, it's the hyper-threading. I watched reviews and they are pretty close (about 10-15% advantage of the i3). My question was, which one is better: the G3220 or the Athlon II x4 740K? The G3220 has 2 cores which are much stronger than the Athlon's, but the Athlon has 4 cores. And like I said, I won't be playing really intensive games.


Just like I planned, so I can save more money for a GPU.
 
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G3220. Why? Most games (almost all till now except Crysis 3) do not use more than 2 cores. Though amd offers 4 cores it's of no use to you. Intel offers much stronger per core performance.
 
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However my advise remains the same - the i3 3220. Pairing it with a midrange card will definitely give you good results. One of my friends has a i3 3220 with gtx 650 ti boost and he can run bf3 max at 1280x1024 (53-60 fps).
 
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Well, if I save enough money, which I doubt, I am going to buy the i3 4130, cause it's newer.
 
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Get a haswell i3 and then you can keep the motherboard and upgrade to an i5 when budget permits.

another option would be fx 6300 which is cheaper than the i3s at times, and AMD motherboard, and then you'd be set because it's a 6 core.

I just honestly wouldn't waste the money on a dual core now days. FM2 that athlon on is a dead socket anyway, it's mostly for APUs

I'm guessing you're only playing on 720p? Even on 1080 the haswell i3 gets very decent frames in just about every game.


so whichever you prefer out of i3 haswell or AMD 6 core
 
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I am playing on 900p, and I will do my best to save more money than my original budget which was around 185$, to buy an i3. But I am not so sure I will save that much money.

 
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Performance per core is what matters, not the amount of cores. This will change in the coming years, but right now, most games don't take full advantage of anything beyond dual-core. A quad-core will only come into its own if you're running OS tasks whilst gaming. I can happily run Skyrim, Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite at 50 fps with a Pentium G2030, 8GB RAM and an MSI HD 7850. That's at full HD, high/ultra settings with AA turned on.

Between the two CPUs you've asked about, go for the Intel. Performance per core is superior to AMD's offerings, even when you compare dual-core to quad-core. That said, I agree with others here and advise you go for an i3 with a higher clock speed. A 3250 is a good starting point. I'd also suggest that for gaming, you're better off spending your money on the GPU rather than the CPU.
 
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