Schmiddy

I'll look to see about using OBS to create an overlay showing my task manager performance and CPU-z and GPU-z results, and I've recently discovered that Nvidia Shadowplay has a built in fps counter that can be enabled. I'll try to get a video together showing various games and my performance later today or tomorrow, depending on how much time i have available. Some things to keep in mind: 1: Recording software will impact my performance. 2: I only have a GTX 1050 Ti, but I will see if I can find any other benchmarks using the same game and settings with that same graphics card but a different CPU for comparison, but I get the feeling that may be a bit difficult. Thanks for the input Yurizaki. I'm only looking to discuss the general matter of whether or not CPU performance is overrated in PC gaming. I'm not looking to benchmark hardware performance or to refute entire studies.

Forgive me if I've misinterpreted these statements as being snide / aggressive / insulting. Like I said, this was only a quick demonstration. If you'd like further evidence of my computer's performance I can provide that at a later time.

I'm not saying the terminology varies by game, I'm saying my performance varies by game. My computer runs Skyrim Special Edition far better than it does The Witcher 3. Like I said this was only a quick video I made, it was not meant to be a comprehensive look at the performance I was getting, but simply showing that I was running the game with a smooth frame rate at high settings. If people are interested in a comprehensive look at my computer's performance while playing these games at various settings then I can look into doing just that. Please keep the insults to yourself, I'm only looking to have a civil discussion.

The only time I've needed more than 8GB ram is when playing Arma 3 with very high view distance, and even then it peaked at around 9GB usage.

"high to max settings" as it varies by game. Obviously some games will perform better than others. please read my post thoroughly before making snide remarks.

I recorded some quick footage of the witcher 3 showing it run on high settings. I only ran around the map a little bit, and there's no fps counter etc, so if you guys are interested in something more comprehensive let me know. Give the video a little while to finish processing.

People are shocked when they hear that I run Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Skyrim: Special Edition (with mods), Fallout 4 (with mods), The Witcher 3, and more on high to max settings with just an AMD FX 4300 ($70) and a GTX 1050 Ti. Meanwhile people are talking about getting the latest Ryzen 7 1700 ($300) or Intel i7 6700 ($290) processor for their gaming rig. Has CPU performance been oversold to gamers, or is there an actual application for these high performance CPUs in gaming?