Hi everyone,
I've been trawling for a while and can't find an answer sorry. It's probably here somewhere.
I was considering smashing in a GTX 590 or such into my current setup for the release of Battlefield 3, but a mate suggested my e8500 @ 3.16 with 4gig DDR3 might bottleneck?
It's really hard to find info regarding how much CPU power you need to run games these days. Even harder to see if Direct X 11 will up the ante.
The CPU charts on this site have 3d Mark Vantage GPU performance which gives a rough overview I think? But seems to suggest CPU isn't important really at all. The difference between my e8500 CPU and the best fairing is about 3 or 4%.
Is this accurate? Should i just stick with the e8500?
Thanks in advance.
Inv.
I've been trawling for a while and can't find an answer sorry. It's probably here somewhere.
I was considering smashing in a GTX 590 or such into my current setup for the release of Battlefield 3, but a mate suggested my e8500 @ 3.16 with 4gig DDR3 might bottleneck?
It's really hard to find info regarding how much CPU power you need to run games these days. Even harder to see if Direct X 11 will up the ante.
The CPU charts on this site have 3d Mark Vantage GPU performance which gives a rough overview I think? But seems to suggest CPU isn't important really at all. The difference between my e8500 CPU and the best fairing is about 3 or 4%.
Is this accurate? Should i just stick with the e8500?
Thanks in advance.
Inv.