Is CPU Performance Overrated in Gaming?

[Intel HD Graphics]

2 hours ago, Schmiddy said:

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?

Some games demand more cpu power than others

[Praesi]

Depends on the Game. Your CPU is so weak, i dont believe it can handle any CPU demanding Game. 

[ShoshinUK]

1 hour ago, Princess Cadence said:

Oh I was joking really it is a terrific CPU it doesn't bottleneck my 1080ti FE Black Edition at all at least not on 2560x1080p80hz max out which is how I play ^^

LOL copy that!

[redbullvodka]

11 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i5s are not worth it anymore, ryzen 1600 is much better. 

Mjeh, already had a 1151 socket mobo

[Taja]

Yes, it is. Tough not as much as you seen to believe. Anyway, almost any CPU can achieve 60 fps, and for me thats whats important.

The bottleneck is always your choice, if my GPU is being bottlenecked, as I see it, its not a CPU problem, but a resolution problem. Turn that to 4k and pronto - the bottleneck is on the GPU now.

[leelaa14]

I'd say it mainly depends on what resolution your playing. If 1080p with a high end card then you'll see more of a cpu bottleneck holding your card back. So a higher performing cpu will help with that. Also some games are just more cup intensive than gpu.