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is it time to say goodbye i5 in gaming world?

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October 17, 2014 1:50:27 AM

hey guys .. about a year ago everybody was saying that intel i5 is more than enough in modern games and there is no game will use more than 4 cores .. but today i started to notice some games requires i7 , and even i7 overclocked ! ... so my question is will i5 ivy bridge & haswell won't do enough with modern upcoming games ?

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October 17, 2014 1:56:56 AM

My guess is those are because the old Nehalem-era i5s were only a dual-core part, and just saying 'i5' might lead to issues.
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October 17, 2014 1:58:54 AM

every game ive seen that says it needs an i7 has lied and an i5 has more than done the job.
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October 17, 2014 2:13:53 AM

The Evil Within requires a Core i7 CPU but I've been playing it just fine on my FX 8120 and I have the game maxed out. My graphics card is a Zotac GTX 770 2GB.
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October 17, 2014 2:16:13 AM

I currently run Wolfenstein The New Order on an i5 4670k but with no OC, this game recommends an i7 but my CPU sits around 60% usage with everything maxed out at 1080p supporting a GTX 780. I could be wrong but maybe when they say i7 they mean mobile i7's and not desktop?
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October 17, 2014 2:24:54 AM

neon neophyte said:
every game ive seen that says it needs an i7 has lied and an i5 has more than done the job.


I agree entirely, if you take Watch_Dogs as an example, there's no performance difference between an i5 and an i7. Same goes for Black Flag; the difference between dual and quad core is pretty meaningless.

When a developer/publisher states an i7 as the recommended processor, I suspect it's because they're being lazy in porting the game from console.
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October 17, 2014 2:49:32 AM

No, not at all, Intel Core i5 is still strong enough to handle latest games like Watch_Dogs, Wolfenstein, Shadow Of Mordor and upcoming PC games like Grand Theft Auto V. Though some games may need to be set at high/medium settings, I guarantee you that an Intel Core i5 can run games smoothly until mid 2015. Later on you need to upgrade to an Intel Core i7 to play next-gen games. If you're deciding to buy an i7 then you should definitely go with the Intel Core i7 4790k as it can be overclocked in future to handle next-gen games. ;)  Good Luck and Happy Gaming. :) 
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October 17, 2014 5:41:36 AM

Currently have a 4670k @ 4.5ghz paired with a 780ti.

Only games that get severely bottlenecked by the cpu are planetside 2, and thus I dont play it anymore.

Next upgrade is going to be to an I7 but thats on the backburner
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October 17, 2014 5:46:27 AM

Haha, i love threads like this. No, you must have i7 4.5ghz minimum to play games. :D 
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October 17, 2014 10:01:53 AM

Most games dont even use 4 threads efficiently, let alone 8.
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October 17, 2014 12:43:16 PM

sreeramnair said:
No, not at all, Intel Core i5 is still strong enough to handle latest games like Watch_Dogs, Wolfenstein, Shadow Of Mordor and upcoming PC games like Grand Theft Auto V. Though some games may need to be set at high/medium settings, I guarantee you that an Intel Core i5 can run games smoothly until mid 2015. Later on you need to upgrade to an Intel Core i7 to play next-gen games. If you're deciding to buy an i7 then you should definitely go with the Intel Core i7 4790k as it can be overclocked in future to handle next-gen games. ;)  Good Luck and Happy Gaming. :) 


just until mid 2015?!! that's very bad man ..going back to a processor like i5 sandy bridge it was capable of running all games smoothly since 4+ years until these days .. and now i have to upgrade my cpu almost every one year just to be on the run with next-gen games. !! ..i was just concerning of upgrading my gpu in the next year , thinking that i don't have to worry about my i5 unitll next 3 years at-least.
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October 17, 2014 3:37:35 PM

lol what. im still using a 2500k and it kicks ass, mind you, it has been at 4.9-5 ghz since the day i got it
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October 17, 2014 4:06:55 PM

whiteknights said:
hey guys .. about a year ago everybody was saying that intel i5 is more than enough in modern games and there is no game will use more than 4 cores .. but today i started to notice some games requires i7 , and even i7 overclocked ! ... so my question is will i5 ivy bridge & haswell won't do enough with modern upcoming games ?


Considering 99.9% of the gamers on Steam use Core2Duos, i3's and i5's and various AMD processors I really doubt it.
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