Pentium VS i3 in gaming

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Last response: February 15, 2013 10:20 AM in CPUs

February 14, 2013 8:35:29 PM

is there a significant (20%+) performance increase in getting an i3 3220 over a Pentium G2120 paired with a HD 7850 2gb for games like BF3, Planetside 2, etc.

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jaguarskx

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February 15, 2013 1:05:17 AM

The biggest difference is that the i3-3220 is 200MHz faster and it has Hyper Threading. Games do not make use of Hyper Threading.

I'll let you figure it out if the i3 will give you a 20% performance increase over the Pentium.

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Sarutobi0997

February 15, 2013 1:12:42 AM

jaguarskx said:

so no difference in games?

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ASHISH65

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February 15, 2013 1:19:56 AM

Mostly no difference as both are dual core.now intel another pentium g2130 @ 3.2gh so now there is 100mhz diff between i3.but i3+ hyperthreating have impact on games like battlefield 3,farcry.

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jupitor45424

February 15, 2013 1:29:48 AM

their both shite CPUs.

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Cazalan

February 15, 2013 1:52:38 AM

Hyperthreading does help some. Look at the i3 vs G860.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-processor-fr...

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mohit9206

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February 15, 2013 4:48:13 AM

if the price difference is low enough then its better to get the i3

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phyco126

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February 15, 2013 9:46:52 AM

jupitor45424 said:

their both shite CPUs.

No, they are not *** CPUs. Go back 14 years and run a Celeron CPU and come back junior. Both CPUs will do just fine on a budget. This isn't like the old days were you will be banging your head against the desk over how slow the computer is.

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jaideep1337

February 15, 2013 10:20:27 AM

Only in very few games where hyper threading is used the i3 will be faster but as a whole I would say you should get the G2120/30 and a spend the remaining money on a better GPU.