The Evil Within game is requiring an i7 as minimum requirement for gaming?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

Dumbass_Too

Reputable
Sep 28, 2014
33
0
4,530
I just read this and am guessing it needs hyper-threading, but will any i7 do the trick?

Also if I buy a used i7-2600 and put it in my H61 mobo, will it hyperthread?
 
Solution
V


Core i7 models in that generationm are 2600, 2600K and 2700K.
All will work perfectly with your motherboard but you won't be able to overclock the K models.
I still feel a core i5 would be just as good.
Sort by date Sort by votes
V

VincentP

Splendid
Oct 18, 2013
4,105
1
26,965


Specification is for a core i7 or equivalent. The core i5 2400 is much faster than the core i7 860.
In every benchmark I have ever seen, a hyper-threaded core i7 has only a small benefit over a core i5 that does not support hyper-threading.
If you were to use the Core i7 2600 it would support hyper-threading.
If you already have a Core i5 2400 or 2500, I would just keep your current processor.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
D

Dumbass_Too

Reputable
Sep 28, 2014
33
0
4,530


Thanks for the reply.
Currently I have a store bought i3-2120 on H61 mobo and 1xPCIE , so I guess I would need a quad core to play it?
I'll keep looking for a $150-ish 2500/2600.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
V

VincentP

Splendid
Oct 18, 2013
4,105
1
26,965

Yes, the Core i3 is probably a bit weak.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet

USAFRet

Titan
Moderator
Mar 16, 2013
171,703
18,090
184,590
From here at PCGamer:
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-evil-within-minimum-system-specs-are-much-more-pc-friendly/

OS: windows 7/8.1
GPU: GTX 460 or an equivalent 1 GB VRAM card
CPU: i7 or an equivalent 4+ core processor
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 50 GB

It does not say what i7.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
P

Pinhedd

Champion
Aug 7, 2007
10,342
20
56,965


A game needing hyperthreading makes no sense from a design perspective. HT increases total instruction throughput at the expense of real time performance. This tends to clash a bit with games as they are generally designed with tight real time constraints in mind. SOP is to limit the scheduling of key threads to separate physical cores to avoid having time sensitive tasks fighting for resources.

Bethesda has been extremely... unhelpful with The Evil Within's performance expectations. They recently said that it will require 4GiB of video memory. The DirectX subsystem can easily access 4GiB on most PCs by diverting plentiful system memory to the graphics driver, but only a handful of video cards have 4GiB or more. Heck, 2GiB is still very common.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
D

Dumbass_Too

Reputable
Sep 28, 2014
33
0
4,530
Tons of great info but still scratching my head, like you said Bethesda is not helping.
The game looks like a good combo of Bioshock & Crysis and I need to replace my Skyrim fixation with something else. lol
USAFRet makes a valid point on which i7, but since all i7 have HT in common that's what makes sense.

Well if I upgrade to a used i7-2600/2700, can I keep the h61 to save dollars or will the mobo affect it somehow other than oc?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
V

VincentP

Splendid
Oct 18, 2013
4,105
1
26,965


Core i7 models in that generationm are 2600, 2600K and 2700K.
All will work perfectly with your motherboard but you won't be able to overclock the K models.
I still feel a core i5 would be just as good.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
D

Dumbass_Too

Reputable
Sep 28, 2014
33
0
4,530


OK thanks for that confirmation, I will look for a K chip and then get a mobo in 2015 to exploit the K's potential.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
V

VincentP

Splendid
Oct 18, 2013
4,105
1
26,965


I wouldn't bother buying a new motherboard for this platform just to be able to overclock.
You are hunting for an old CPU so that you can make use of your existing motherboard.
If that isn't going to give you the performance you want, you need to be looking at a new platform.
The generation of these CPUs is sandy bridge.
Intel have since released ivy bridge, haswell and haswell refresh.
Broadwell is coming next year.

If you don't have the money for a new CPU and motherboard now, buying the sandy bridge core i7 might be worthwhile.
If looking to upgrade next year though, I would be looking at a new CPU, motherboard and RAM.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
D

Dumbass_Too

Reputable
Sep 28, 2014
33
0
4,530
Well I waited a year for Skyrim to work out the bugs before I bought it so I guess I can wait a year for the 14 nm Broadwell/Skylake platform. It'll give me some time to save for it and a few more games, imagine I am a grandfather who is addicted to this stuff. It's just an amazing time and wish I had this form of entertainment 40 years ago. LOL
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
V

VincentP

Splendid
Oct 18, 2013
4,105
1
26,965


It was good to wait a year before playing Skyrim. Bethesda creates these incredibly flexible games with enormous open worlds. They are full of bugs on release but they fix many of them over time and then there is a whole community creating unofficial fixes and improvements. The graphics of the game aren't that impressive, but add a few mods and it can be spectacular. Playing the game a year after release can be a much better experience to playing what is available on release day. I'm looking forward to another Elder Scrolls game (not this Elder Scrolls Online rubbish).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom