What's the sweetest spot for gaming the 4 6, 8, 12 cores? Is the 5950x 16 cores futureproof for 5 years from now for gaming?? against 6 and 8 cores

[survivor21]

What's the sweetest spot for gaming the 6, 8, 12 cores?

How many cores do  generally ask for?

Can games play better at 8 and 12 cores than the six cores right now?

Do you think the eight cores from next year will be the standar in relation to the six cores?

Do you think the 8 and 12 cores from next year will be more demading and more recommended for new games? in relation to the 6 and 4 cores?

[Slottr]

Most games aren't even programmed to use any more than 6, with the odd exception of things like cities skylines 

[WhitetailAni]

6, unless you do streaming, then 8.

At least, that's what my brain pulled out of "it might have been in an LTT video at some point".

[Yo soy Jack]

19 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Most games aren't even programmed to use any more than 6, with the odd exception of things like cities skylines 

You need a darn Space X pc to play that game 

[SupaKomputa]

For me 6 is the sweetspot, i can go to 8, but since 12 cores are available i might just jump to that in the future.

Gaming is ok, can't find a single game that pushes it to the max currently, even with simulation games.

Rendering videos are just okay, i don't have a problem sipping a cup of coffee while i'm waiting.

People are use to do it with 4 cores for a long time, an extra 2 cores is nice to have.

[Mister Woof]

6 is the general minimum for a great experience, 8 will yield gains in some games, beyond that is not really helpful in a meaningful way.

[jaslion]

6 core 12 threads. As there are multiple games that have trouble running without stutters on pure 6 core cpu's like the ryzen 3500x and i5 9600k but are fine on a 3100 or i3 10100 because they simply have more threads (both are 4c/8t cpu's). With the new consoles we'll probably see a move to 8+thread use so a 6 core 12 thread modern cpu would do.

 

The new consoles have a ryzen 8c/16t cpu so take away a couple threads for reserved processes and well if you get a 8core/16t desktop ryzen you should basically be able to ride out this generation no problem. 6c/12t will probably be also fine as that is the new mainstream goto for cpu's and developers will still optimize games at least a little bit to not totally alienate all of their pc customers.

[aDoomGuy]

6 cores with multithreading is fine. If you have a hell of a GPU maybe there is a point to have more. 4 cores is a bit low unless you have a slow GPU.

[survivor21]

6 is the general minimum for a great experience, 12 and 16 cores will yield gains in some games, and i believe in 5 years from now you will need 16 cores/../

6 cores will be last for one year from now.. 8 cores will be last for 3 years max.. more games day by day, year per year will untilize 12 and 16 cores


so if someone wants future proof i believe 16 cores is the bet for this...

all the people say 6 core is ok for gaming.,. you dont need 8 or 12 or 16 core..
most peoply say 6 and 8 cores will be ok for the next 4 years,.
i dont believe it

i believe that 6 cores from the next year will be the minimum and 8 cores will be maxinum,,

more games slowly will come for 12 and 16 cores..

lets take example cyberpank i have seen in benchmark with 10900k and 6800tx that there is bottleneck from the cpu and not from the card 6800xt

but there is one question..

for 2018-2020 the games were ok for six cores .. but the question is do we know from the next year when will be more upcoming games if will be demanding in more than 6 cores./.??
because i believe from next year more games will be demanding in more than 6 cores./.


all the benchamarks that we have seen so far is based in games from 2018 and some from 2020 so ok 6 cores are ok now.. but 6 cores wll be ok from the next year???

 

do we know if  the games  from 2021 and 2022  will be ok  with six  cores??

   Is the 5950x 16 cores futureproof for 5 years from now for gaming?? against 6 and 8 cores

 

 

[xg32]

since a 16 core cpu exists, the problem isn't core count, but single core performance, there's no futureproofing that, the 5800x and 5950x will do fine for 5 years though.

 

Consoles are 8 slow cores, so there are argument for both 6-core rent->upgrade later, or just get an 8 core and use for awhile.

[Kopaka]

For argument let's say in five years most new games can make use of 16 cores. If at the same time amd continues the same single core permance improvements they have in last few generations then the 16 core you buy today will not be much better than an 8 core you buy in four-five years. Just look at the 6 core 5600x which is  pretty much as fast as the last gen 8 core 3800x even in multi core tests. So if you look at it bang for buck wise, buying a 6 core now instead of 16 core will save you enough to buy a new motherboard and ram in 4-5 years that enables you to buy a new cpu with way better single core performance with whatever amount of cores makes sense at the time.

[Boyohan]

17 hours ago, survivor21 said:

What's the sweetest spot for gaming the 6, 8, 12 cores?

 

 

9 minutes ago, Kopaka said:

For argument let's say in five years most new games can make use of 16 cores. If at the same time amd continues the same single core permance improvements they have in last few generations then the 16 core you buy today will not be much better than an 8 core you buy in four-five years. Just look at the 6 core 5600x which is  pretty much as fast as the last gen 8 core 3800x even in multi core tests. So if you look at it bang for buck wise, buying a 6 core now instead of 16 core will save you enough to buy a new motherboard and ram in 4-5 years that enables you to buy a new cpu with way better single core performance with whatever amount of cores makes sense at the time.

I agree with @Kopaka

 

If your PC is only used for gaming then a 6c/12t CPU is where I would spend my money today.

5600x is clearly the best right now but depending on availability the 10600K isn't a bad choice as it is cheaper than the 5600x. 

 

Buying 12 or 16 cores today just to "future proof" is meaningless as the price different is to large that you can save the money and instead get a new CPU/Mobo in 3-4 years. 

[survivor21]

It's difficult to be certain what will be the case five years into the future, but I suspect the 5950X will be a lot more future proof. Games are starting to make use of eight or more cores, and that's a trend that will only continue, so more more horsepower under the hood with a 5950X, and games will be able to use it.

So yeah, it'll be more future proof, the only caveat is that it might make sense to pick up a 5950X CPU