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Games like Watch Dogs and Wolfenstein:The New Order are demanding 6-8 threads for recommended settings. I am looking to buy an i7-4790, but am not sure if this power is needed. I want to run games on ultra for the foreseeable future, and am not sure if a i5-4760K will cut it. Will it?
 
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Considering how long hyper-threading has been around for, if game developers wanted to utilise it they would have done so by now.

Only the newest games recommend an i7 and even then, the performance difference is negligible. Whilst the Xbox One and PS4 hardware possibly increase the likelihood of future PC games utilising more processor resources, it's important to remember that cores (that the consoles have) and threads (that an i7 has) are not the same, so software will treat them differently.

Furthermore, the cores in the Xbox One are clocked at a pedestrian 1.75Ghz, compared to the 3.4Ghz of the 4670k (that's before you get to overclocking). Due to the massive gap in single-core power, the development of PC and console games won't...
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If you are planning on keeping your CPU for quite some time and would like to keep the best possible performance, it definitely makes sense to go with the best you can afford.
While there is not often a large performance between an i5 and i7 Now, having 8 thread processors in both the XBox One and PS4 increase the probability of having highly threaded games in the future.
 
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hyperthreading is not used in any games, so looking at a i7 and saying it has more threads dont apply in games. cores are important. an i5 will be top of the gaming cpu perfomanse if you buy at a reasonable price right now, maybe some games will benefit from the i7-4930K some day but its pricey and on a old platform
 
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Considering how long hyper-threading has been around for, if game developers wanted to utilise it they would have done so by now.

Only the newest games recommend an i7 and even then, the performance difference is negligible. Whilst the Xbox One and PS4 hardware possibly increase the likelihood of future PC games utilising more processor resources, it's important to remember that cores (that the consoles have) and threads (that an i7 has) are not the same, so software will treat them differently.

Furthermore, the cores in the Xbox One are clocked at a pedestrian 1.75Ghz, compared to the 3.4Ghz of the 4670k (that's before you get to overclocking). Due to the massive gap in single-core power, the development of PC and console games won't be as harmonious as you may think. Console games will have to utilise the extra cores, whilst PC games can make do with less.

A 4670k, when paired with a good GPU and sufficient RAM, will do a fine job both now and in the future.
 
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