Haswell for gaming, yay or nay?

[i_build_nanosuits]

I mean i guess if you Have/Want to upgrade right now. Skip the i5's and just pick up a i7-3770 or 4770k/4790k. Great chips i love my i7, makes a world of difference when i play games like rust, and arma

arma3 is not even the same game for me anymore!

[Totally-A-Hero]

arma3 is not even the same game for me anymore!

You play arma? Add me on steam TotallyAHero87

 

Im getting it soon, i played at a friends house on his 8350 living room rig, ran like crap. went upstairs to his i7 rig. Whole world of diffference

[ComradeHX]

I enjoy playing World of tanks often and since that game is absolute shit optimized and only plays on ONE Cpu core, I just want to try and improve my overall performance in that and other games. I tried streaming and i drop from 50 fps to 13 fps... GabeN save me.

Which is why you need intel.

Also helps immensely in Planetside2, Arma3, Starcraft2...etc.

[7850OC]

if funny that all agree that intel is "good" to play "crappy" games :lol: lol

 

c'mon guys, at least use AAA games  B)

 

 

 

(i hear that Tetris work "awesome" in an "xeon" intel) 

[SkilledRebuilds]

if funny that all agree that intel is "good" to play "crappy" games :lol: lol

 

c'mon guys, at least use AAA games  B)

 

4690 (non-k) will suffice too, I havn't seen mine go above 61*c yet.

Mobo allows me to stay at 3.9Ghz Turbo clocks constant also, never declocks to base speeds.

Loving it's power! Drives ALL games easily and GPU usage stays at 99-100% the entire time across all my 25-30 Games installed.

 

But yeah.. their totally horrible

[PrAwKsee]

I have a 4670k overclocked to 4.2Ghz and its absolutely fantastic for gaming. I don't know what people are talking about saying Haswell sucks for gaming...

 

The GPU is still way more important for gaming especially when you're talking about CPUs of this price bracket and performance range.

[nokturrduk84]

yay

[Sintezza]

13fps streaming world of tanks is a VERY GOOD reason to upgrade if op plays a lot imho...you guys dont read enough...

 

Unless he would be upgrading to a 4790K for streaming.

But upgrading to an i5 is totaly not worth it.

Especialy in games like BF4 and such.

 

Cause the whole Qsync magic is rubbish.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Unless he would be upgrading to a 4790K for streaming.

But upgrading to an i5 is totaly not worth it.

Especialy in games like BF4 and such.

on that we agree

[BaSkA]

Guys, let's not suck CPU's dicks. It's sexual assault because they CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES!

[cluelessgenius]

I enjoy playing World of tanks often and since that game is absolute shit optimized and only plays on ONE Cpu core, I just want to try and improve my overall performance in that and other games. I tried streaming and i drop from 50 fps to 13 fps... GabeN save me. 

you could also reserve one core for the game and the use the rest for the rest. 

[LaboonTheWhale]

you could also reserve one core for the game and the use the rest for the rest. 

How would I go about doing that? 

[cluelessgenius]

How would I go about doing that? 

there are tools but you can also do it manualy just google "cpu allocation"

[ProdigyProject]

Haswell is probably the only intel platform out right now recommended for gaming, since it's cheaper than Haswell-E.

So yes it is perfect for gaming, whoever told you otherwise is wrong.

[Tazub]

I have a 4670k @4.5ghz, its a solid processor and I would definitely recommend it. Haswell has the highest IPC, and at least for what I use my computer (gaming) 4 cores are more than enough.

[Chronos5618]

I have a Haswell and use it almost exclusively for gaming. I have had no problems with it on that front, and it is a solid all round platform in my opinion

[BenTech97]

Haswell were decent for gaming but the devils canyons have come out and for 15 bucks more I would go with that.

[ThePackman99]

I just built a new PC thats based on an 4790K which is now stable at 4.7GHz, let me tell you, Haswell is a beast for gaming.