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Do Instruction set extensions matter?

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Looking at the i5 3570k vs i5 4690k and the only real difference the 3570k has over the other is instruction sets, but do they really matter for gaming?

 

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For gaming probably not.

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For gaming? Not anymore. Between these two the lack of VT-d on the 3570k is a bigger issue.

Also, where the hell did you get that comparison? It is completely wrong. Every single Intel CPU since the Pentium MMX has supported MMX, whilst SSE has been a thing since P3. And Intel specifically state on their website that both of these CPU support SSE 4.1/4.2.

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For gaming? Not anymore. Between these two the lack of VT-d on the 3570k is a bigger issue.

Also, where the hell did you get that comparison? It is completely wrong. Every single Intel CPU since the Pentium MMX has supported MMX, whilst SSE has been a thing since P3. And Intel specifically state on their website that both of these CPU support SSE 4.1/4.2.

CPUboss by the looks. Sigh :P

 

But to answer OP instructions are kind of useful outside of gaming (AVX2 can really help in floating point number tasks) but most games use instructions from 5 or 6 years ago.

 

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4690K instructions sets. I think it supports vt-d but I left it off in bios.

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For gaming? Not anymore. Between these two the lack of VT-d on the 3570k is a bigger issue.

Also, where the hell did you get that comparison? It is completely wrong. Every single Intel CPU since the Pentium MMX has supported MMX, whilst SSE has been a thing since P3. And Intel specifically state on their website that both of these CPU support SSE 4.1/4.2.

yea, cpu boss

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-vs-Intel-4690K

 

 

CPUboss by the looks. Sigh  :P

 

But to answer OP instructions are kind of useful outside of gaming (AVX2 can really help in floating point number tasks) but most games use instructions from 5 or 6 years ago.

 

 

 

4690K instructions sets. I think it supports vt-d but I left it off in bios.

 

so really cpu boss just derped, thanks guys :)

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Gaming and normal software do not take support for newer ISAs. Most software are still using SSE2 or even x87 code. You generally say that software is 3-5 years behind hardware.

AVX2 can really help in floating point number tasks

Can also help in integer SIMD.

Extensions like AVX and SSE (AVX2 will replace SSE and AVX) are most used in multimedia software.

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