You are almost right, but that depends on the game. Your biggest concern here is that many game engines are not efficient at running paralelizable instructions (for example half of the code can only be run in one core while the other half is run at all "8" cores), and unfortunately, AMD's architecture is not optimized for single core workloads. It is still a great CPU and you will probably be able to play most games just "fine", it is still a good value if you can find one at a decent price, but it is an already aging processor. If you are buying new, and want to stick with AMD, wait until Q1 of next year as there is a big chance we might see a release.