fx 8320 vs i5 2320 for gaming

topaleks

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I currently have the 8320@4ghz in my gaming rig with a r9 290 and 8gigs of ddr3 1600mhz ram. my media pc has a gtx 750ti and a core 2 quad q6700. a friend will soon give me an i5 2320, cuz he's upgrading to a skylake i7. I recently noticed some frame dips in gta 5 when looking at anything, besides forward(looking at the sky-80fps, looking at the ground- 80fps, looking forward-30-40, sometimes dropping to 25. Warframe is acting strange- high framerates(80+) yet it looks like its running at 20 ish(i learned that this is because of the fx cpu...something about 8 core optimization). So here is the question: Should i use the i5 as my gaming cpu, or as my media cpu
 
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http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

The article says that GTA V is CPU-bound...yet even with a Titan X providing more than enough GPU horsepower to allow for CPU performance to shine through, an i5-2500K only managed 1 FPS more than an FX-8350 in 2560x1600 mode. Given that the difference between the listed i5-2500K & this i5-2320 is about the same as the difference between the listed FX-8350 & your FX-8320, I would say you could expect maybe 1 or 2 extra FPS...which really isn't worth trading it over.

Keep your FX for gaming, & use the i5 for a media PC.

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http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

The article says that GTA V is CPU-bound...yet even with a Titan X providing more than enough GPU horsepower to allow for CPU performance to shine through, an i5-2500K only managed 1 FPS more than an FX-8350 in 2560x1600 mode. Given that the difference between the listed i5-2500K & this i5-2320 is about the same as the difference between the listed FX-8350 & your FX-8320, I would say you could expect maybe 1 or 2 extra FPS...which really isn't worth trading it over.

Keep your FX for gaming, & use the i5 for a media PC.
 
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