Best Processor for Gaming?

[Stubby]

I wanted to get the best processor available. Money is not a problem. Is it Intel or AMD? 

 

I was thinking of getting the AMD fx 9590, don't know if that is good.

[Interfectorem]

Don't get the 9590. If you want a good gaming processor, the 4690K and 4790K.

[79wjd]

4690k or 4790k, although right now theres only one or two games that can use more than four cores making the 4790k only better in a very small handful of games. 

[Fate]

i5 4690k

[Stubby]

Maby the 5960

[MasonIsPurple]

FX 8320 or i5 4690k. 

That new pentium is good if you have the cooling to OC it

[Interfectorem]

Maby the 5960

No, the 5960X is for people who need the power. I would heavily cry if you bought a $1,200 CPU that's better for rendering and professional tasks for only gaming. The 4690K/4790K is world's cheaper and will give you identical performance to the 5960X(Unless the game's a thread whore).

[ObscureMammal]

Don't get the 9590. If you want a good gaming processor, the 4690K and 4790K.

^This

[TheKDub]

4690K.

[d3sl91]

Yep, as others said, 4690K or 4790K

[Krytopsy]

You are all wrong. 4790K in most games and 5960X in most demanding games like Metro/Crysis 3.

As an exemple, 4790K gives way better performance for emulators since they aren't that multi-cores optimised.

[GloriousPain]

4790k

[Mentoast]

You are all wrong. 4790K in most games and 5960X in most demanding games like Metro/Crysis 3.

As an exemple, 4790K gives way better performance for emulators since they aren't that multi-cores optimised.

It is extremely rare for an i7-5960X to outperform an i7-4790K substantially in games.

[Hecknologist]

You are all wrong. 4790K in most games and 5960X in most demanding games like Metro/Crysis 3.

As an exemple, 4790K gives way better performance for emulators since they aren't that multi-cores optimised.

The benefit a 5960x gives in SOME games is negligible, with most real-world results showing the 4790k as a better choice regardless of price. Multi-core optimisation just isn't good enough yet so a strong single-threaded quad core w/ hyper threading is the best you can get atm.

Don't waste your money.

[Faa]

You are all wrong. 4790K in most games and 5960X in most demanding games like Metro/Crysis 3.

As an exemple, 4790K gives way better performance for emulators since they aren't that multi-cores optimised.

I'm freaking tired of this BS. A 4790K's single threaded performance isn't better when both are clocked equally, makes me hate Intel for giving that teenage overpriced junk i7 CPU a higher base/boost clock.

Lets look at the performance loss Hyperthreading can cause;

You even paid more for your 4790K/Z97 Classified than a 5820K/UD3 combo, that's just hilarious >.> 5960x best gaming CPU? Lol. Then your 4790K is pretty much junk next to it

[Faceman]

i5-4690k for gaming.

[Krytopsy]

The post title is so clear so I'll repeat it again, read it carefully ''Best processor for gaming?''

You're right gaming for everyone is only about playing a old racing game in 720p at the lowest details so this benchmark is what everyone needs.

 

[Krytopsy]

Yeah, I'm all about truth so I had to tell about X99 gaming exceptions

[Krytopsy]

Pay attention guys, AMD fan boys flag people in the forum, they got me.

[Interfectorem]

You are all wrong. 4790K in most games and 5960X in most demanding games like Metro/Crysis 3.

As an exemple, 4790K gives way better performance for emulators since they aren't that multi-cores optimised.

OMFG, this post is full of so much Grade-A Cancer. Please, leave these forums and take your bullshit logic with you. I sincerely hope you're just one big troll.

[ObscureMammal]

You can get a 4790K and a 980 for the price of a 5960X , but if money is not a problem then yes, of course the 5960X

[Faa]

The post title is so clear so I'll repeat it again, read it carefully ''Best processor for gaming?''

 

Yea you told that everyone was wrong when they all included a 4790K >.> Who's not reading here? Also the 4790K isn't the best when its not better. If games do take advantage of HT, anything from the X99 line up will be better than the 4790K.

 

You're right gaming for everyone is only about playing a old racing game in 720p at the lowest details so this benchmark is what everyone needs.

 

You're right gaming is all about paying more for the same performance.

[Krytopsy]

AnandTech the ones that Linus said to be his prefered or motivation Benchmarking website confirmed what I say.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7933/the-desktop-kabini-review-part-1-athlon-5350-am1/4

 

[MasonV]

No, the 5960X is for people who need the power. I would heavily cry if you bought a $1,200 CPU that's better for rendering and professional tasks for only gaming. The 4690K/4790K is world's cheaper and will give you identical performance to the 5960X(Unless the game's a thread whore).

But the quad channel possibilities.

[Faa]

 

You can get a 4790K and a 980 for the price of a 5960X , but if money is not a problem then yes, of course the 5960X

I assume you would buy the 5960x for its 8 cores, can you even imagine how much power they actually consume above 4.5GHz? Pulling 30Amps from the 4+4 pin cable which is 360W at 4.5GHz. You can't cool it under a high-end custom loop, you can't achieve clocks a 4690k can achieve like 4.8GHz on a 5960x unless you disable some cores but you paid for its extra cores. Since gaming is all about single threaded performance, the 4690K is better than the 5960x.