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How long until 2 core CPUs will be obsolete for gaming? On the flip side, How soon until 6 core and 8 core processors can be effectively used in video games?

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Its all in the game engines and how they utilize it. I would say in the next 5-10 years max where graphics will ultimately bottleneck on a dual core CPU.

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How long until 2 core CPUs will be obsolete for gaming? On the flip side, How soon until 6 core and 8 core processors can be effectively used in video games?

 

2 cores are already becoming an issue in gaming, so...now

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it depends on the games - some games dont even run on dual cores anymore, others run perfectly fine.

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If you play the latest games: Like.. now

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Depends on what you mean by gaming.

 

If you mean the 'latest and greatest' releases - the ones with cutting edge graphics and such - then that time is now.

 

If you mean the sorts of games that are most commonly played by the common sorts of computer users then that time is probably five to ten years away. 

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If you play the latest games: Like.. now

now? you're late xD

 

then again, FSX thread was on about sub-zero pentiums before page two happened xD

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2c 2t cpus are already "obsolete" for gaming, as for 6 to 8 core utilization, that will take a while before a game's engine will fully utilize those cores. DX 12 and vulkan should allow more cores to be used for draw calls though, but that's about it

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Yea this sorta thing is already happening, games which are aesthetically pleasing almost always use more than 2 cores. I doubt any game in the future would be uglier.

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2 Cores are already out of Date. Some Games dont even start with a CPU like that.

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IMHO it's already is, for gaming you want a strong quad-core CPU such as the i5-4460 or better.

On the flip side, some games already do take advantage of 6 or 8 CPU cores, but the gains are usualy pretty minimal and strong per core performance is still king and required that's why for example AMD CPU's perform quite bad in games.

So, just get a good modern intel quad-core CPU and call it a day, this will last you years.

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