WILL AMD X4 750k KEEP UP WITH LASTEST GAMES?

clutch_noob221 · Mar 5, 2017

I intend on playing overwatch, battlefield 1, rust, gta v, rainbow six siege. I was wondering if the amd x4 750k can handle these games. I atleast want it on low at around 30-40 fps or higher.

SPECS:
AMD x4 750k
8gb DDR3 Ram
GTX 750ti 2gb

Ecky · Mar 5, 2017

Probably not, no. The 750K is somewhat equivalent to a 1st-gen Core i5 released circa 2009, which wasn't even a high-end chip at the time. It will struggle in games like Battlefield and Overwatch.

A much better choice would be the $60 Pentium G4560, it's close to twice as fast in some cases.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 5, 2017

I needa budget cpu around like $40-$50. Any suggestions?

Ecky · Mar 5, 2017

You really can't get a CPU capable of playing modern games for that price. Anything less than a $60 G4560 will struggle.

That said, if you're finding the Athlon x4 for $40, you probably can't do much better. It's not a great CPU and it's on a dead platform with no potential for upgrades, but at $40 you're going to make serious compromises regardless of what you pick. Another option is the Celeron G3900; I think the Athlon would be better overall, but at least with the Celeron you have upgrade options.

dontlistentome · Mar 5, 2017

The problem with listing every kind of game(low demanding to very demanding) and then wanting to play them smoothly on a very cheap system is it's unreasonable. Games like Overwatch will play well, you should have a good experience. Games like Battlefield 1 will struggle and even at low settings you might find gameplay choppy enough to be aggravating. "30fps average" and "30fps average with no framerate drops" are two very different experiences.

shafe88 · Mar 5, 2017

Do you already have the 750k? Also do you already have the motherboard and ram? If the answer is no to both of those, and your building from scratch, than I'd ditch building from scratch and get a used i5 tower, which one can be had for less than $150. An most i5 will be faster than the 750k

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

shafe88 :

I have everything for the 750k and am considering buying it. I only have a $50 budget and my a4 5300 isn't doing a good job. So I am considering doing a upgrade to a 750k. Is there any budget cpu and motherboard that I can get for under $50 combined? I get these mostly off ebay.

madmatt30 · Mar 6, 2017

^ no - if you already have a board & ram compatible with the 750k then its the best you're going to do.

I honestly don't see a 750k dropping below 30fps on any of those games you listed

Essentially it has the same core performance as your a4 but with twice the cores.
Provably won't make much difference on rust & overwatch but definitely will on GTA v & bf1.

shafe88 · Mar 6, 2017

clutch_noob221 :

I checked ebay and couldn't find any decent, cpu/motherboard combos for around $50, most of them had core 2 duos and older. If $50 is your max budget than I'd stick with getting a 750k, as you'll notice some performance in multithreaded task, since you'd be going from a dual core to a quad core.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

Ok, I found a i3 2120cpu for around $30 dollars. And a Lenevo 03T6014 motherboard for $20. Would that be a better upgrade than the 750k for gaming?

shafe88 · Mar 6, 2017

clutch_noob221 :

It really comes down to weather single core performance is important or weather multi core performance is important. A i3 2120 as better single thread performance while the X4 750 has better multi thread performance.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

shafe88 :

Which one is better in your opinion for gaming? Or should I go with a i3 560?

Ecky · Mar 6, 2017

The i3 560 is getting close to 8 years old, I would not buy it. The i3 2120 is actually a pretty close match to the 750K, and is around 6 years old. Honestly, if these are your options, just get the Athlon and drop it into your existing board, rather than buying ancient and discontinued CPUs.

shafe88 · Mar 6, 2017

clutch_noob221 :

Really depends on the game and how many cores it uses, if the game only uses 1-2 cores max than the i3 2120, if the game uses 3+ cores than the X4 750. Stay away from the I3 560, it's a little too old for my liking.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

shafe88 :

clutch_noob221 :

Really depends on the game and how many cores it uses, if the game only uses 1-2 cores max than the i3 2120, if the game uses 3+ cores than the X4 750. Stay away from the I3 560, it's a little too old for my liking.

I guess that I will stay with the 750k. Is that the best FM2 cpu that i can get around $50?

Ecky · Mar 6, 2017

Yeah, it's actually basically the best FM2 CPU, period.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

Ecky :

ok great! I was considering going with the 760k for a few dollars more but I already bought the 750k. Do you think I should ship it back and go through the hassle for the 760k?

Ecky · Mar 6, 2017

The only difference between a 750K and 760K is the default multiplier - it's slightly higher on the 760K. You can go into your BIOS and change the multiplier on your 750K and it essentially becomes a 760K.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

Ecky :

Can I overclock it a little with the stock cooler? Will it hurt?

Ecky · Mar 6, 2017

It should be fine; the 760K ships with the same cooler, so you can definitely run at 760K speeds and probably a little above.

schaft · Mar 6, 2017

Ok, first take a look at below link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bQIieWSJc
It shows how a X4-860K with GTX 750-Ti looks like with BF1. Note that you will need to reduce the resolution scale into 42% if there were stutter (cpu bottleneck)

That link above should represent the closest of what you might get with your build. BF1 uses 6 thread in order to optimally work, My old i5-2320 has interval dropped fps while using 100% resolution scale. With my xeon E5-2628L 12core 24 thread 1,7GHz, the problem just gone.

If you already have the motherboard, ram and GTX 750Ti, I think its wise to upgrade into X4-750 as its 4 core would prolonged all the other parts. At least until 750Ti run out of its use. My older X4-B55 (unlocked X2-555) was still good with newer games up to R9-280. I upgraded into i5 because I have it lying around my office.

clutch_noob221 · Mar 6, 2017

Ok I did a bit of research. I will just buy a cpu cooler to overclock my cpu a bit. Does overclocking make a big difference?

Ecky · Mar 6, 2017

Not huge, no. You'll probably get 5-10% out of it, which often equates to 3-5 frames per second. You probably won't be able to tell a difference without a frame counter to measure it for you. I'd just use the stock cooler and extra a tiny bit of "free" performance, rather than spend money on a cooler.

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