processor for 3d gaming

[dodo]

i7 3770k (overclocked to 4.5ghz) have a major improvement over the i7 3770(3.9ghz in turbo mode) in 3d gaming ?

[Money]

It would have an improvement for sure. Actually overclocking will beat Turbo boost in most cases.

[Ghost]

CPU doesnt help much in gaming. The bottleneck is the gpu in most cases. You will only gain 1 or 2 frames out of a cpu overclock.

[SaNE]

If you're gaming then go for the 3570 (or the K if you want to overclock), the 3770 will only be useful if you're doing more than gaming (rendering, vm's, etc).

To your question itself will an overclocked chip be a major improvement yes and no. It will make a difference but not a very noticeable one compared to upgrading your GPU.

[killerx525]

This rule also applies to AMD CPUs, in games they perform pretty similar to a Intel CPU.

[Dragon_Cannon]

Processor will not be the limiting factor when you are 3D gaming it will be the graphics card or cards. Ideally for 3D gaming you want to throw a reasonable amount of horsepower at it, ideally two way SLI or CrossFireX.

Bearing in mind that nvidias 3D is also better than what AMD has.

[Tama]

No the processor doesnt do much for 3d gaming, thats mostly done by the Gpus, If you want a good cpu overall get the 3570k, its very good, If you do alot of video rendering then go with the 3770k and overclocking is much worth the 10$ difference from the 3770

[jdanek]

Id leave it stock with the turbo because the overclock will just make your CPU hotter which will need your fan to spin more = louder system, expect if you are using a water-cooling solution then i would use it overclocked. The 3770 CPU is fine out of the box and will not bottleneck any games your playing.