Will an i5 4670k be fine for gaming since it has 4 cores and I have heard that future games will use 8 cores so tell me will it(i5 4670k) be fine for gaming?
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------------Stock rant on 8 core FUD--------------
I have heard some say that 8 cores will be required for future games.
I think that is FUD perpetuated by AMD.
Game developers want the largest possible market for their games.
No game developer will willingly undertake the extra cost to make their game multi core enabled and also require many cores to run.
They would not sell many games.
Most games today only use one or two cores.
There are a few exceptions, FSX is one.
It is more important that the cores be fast.
AMD hates that because their cores are much less efficient than intel's. Perhaps 30% slower per clock.
That is also a motivation for mantle, a technology that improves the efficiency of graphics drivers.
Mantle is most important for slow chips, but is irrelevant for $200 class intel cpu's.
Just because you see activity on windows task manager across all cores, do not assume your job is using all those threads.
What you are seeing is windows spreading the activity across all available threads.
Then there is "Amdahl's law" which limits how many threads can be useful, depending on the speed of the main thread.
Today, a I5-4690K is as good as it gets for gaming.
I see many reviews from pleased users switching from a FX-8350 to a i5-4670K.
I see none who are pleased switching from a i5-4670K to a FX-8350.
The only reason for a i7 4790K compared to a i5-4690K is if the $100 difference is not important to you.
For your $100, you will get a better binned chip and some extra L3 cache.
The extra hyperthreads will not be very useful to the gamer.
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I have heard some say that 8 cores will be required for future games.
I think that is FUD perpetuated by AMD.
Game developers want the largest possible market for their games.
No game developer will willingly undertake the extra cost to make their game multi core enabled and also require many cores to run.
They would not sell many games.
Most games today only use one or two cores.
There are a few exceptions, FSX is one.
It is more important that the cores be fast.
AMD hates that because their cores are much less efficient than intel's. Perhaps 30% slower per clock.
That is also a motivation for mantle, a technology that improves the efficiency of graphics drivers.
Mantle is most important for slow chips, but is irrelevant for $200 class intel cpu's.
Just because you see activity on windows task manager across all cores, do not assume your job is using all those threads.
What you are seeing is windows spreading the activity across all available threads.
Then there is "Amdahl's law" which limits how many threads can be useful, depending on the speed of the main thread.
Today, a I5-4690K is as good as it gets for gaming.
I see many reviews from pleased users switching from a FX-8350 to a i5-4670K.
I see none who are pleased switching from a i5-4670K to a FX-8350.
The only reason for a i7 4790K compared to a i5-4690K is if the $100 difference is not important to you.
For your $100, you will get a better binned chip and some extra L3 cache.
The extra hyperthreads will not be very useful to the gamer.
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