Phenom x6 1055t 2.8 or Phenom x4 980 3.7

[Chroned_wind]

Hi, i am wondering witch cpu is better for gaming only. I have a gtx 670 and i want to know witch will bottleneck it less and if 4 cores are better for gaming. i have 1055t now oc to 3.5 and in most games my gpu usage is really low it even gets to 35%+ in operation raccoon city and 40%+ in ACR highest i get is 75%max in games like Skyrim, Crysis 2 and BF3 but most are really low so i wanted to know if Phenom x4 980 oc to lets say 4ghz will help me with bottlecking and is better for games because i heard 4 cores are better for games were 6 are for multitasking i only care about gaming i don't do hard multitasking. And please dont say go with intel i would just dont have the money for new motherboard mine supports only ahtlon and phenom (gigabyte 890xa-ud3). Please help out guys and sorry for my english still learning.

 

[rolli59]

The higher clocked X4 980 is going to be faster for gaming since games will not be able to use the additional 2 cores on the X6. Very few can use all 4 on the X4.

 

[theDanijel]

GPU usage depends mostly on resolution and detail levels. On what resolution do you play and with what detail levels? What is the CPU usage when playing those games?

 

[swifty_morgan]

The higher clocked X4 980 is going to be faster for gaming since games will not be able to use the additional 2 cores on the X6. Very few can use all 4 on the X4.

true a higher clocked processor is better....... but ........ FarCry2 and Crysis2 both ARE both multi thread applications......... as are others. Somebody needs to do their homework. If you already have the 6 core you'll be throwing money away uselessly. ............... you said yours is already overclocked ?.......... next step up would be what you said not to mention..... so I won't.

 

[Chroned_wind]

i play at 1920x1080p i put details to highest in games, how can i see my cpu usage in game i use Precision X for gpu usage but i don't see option to monitor cpu there.