AMD CPUs & gaming

[Spev]

I see people on the forums commonly say they regret getting AMD cpus for their machines. Just saw someone's sig that said, "I REGRET BUYING MY 8320 EVERYDAY". Another thing I see commonly is people saying buying the latest cards like a 970/980 will experience bottleneck whenever someone mentions their AMD CPU. Lastly then there are lots of YouTubers like Jayztwocents among others who claim that AMD only suffers maybe a few less FPS in games and stuff.

 

Anyways this is all kinda confusing to me & I'm not trying to start a Intel vs AMD war I'm just really confused. Does AMD have higher end CPUs that compete with Intels? It seems all the AMD CPUs I've seen are like 150$ and less, not that paying less is a bad thing but you get what I mean.

 

Edit: Also title specifies gaming which is fine but I kinda mean in general here as well.

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

I see people on the forums commonly say they regret getting AMD cpus for their machines. Just saw someone's sig that said, "I REGRET BUYING MY 8320 EVERYDAY". Another thing I see commonly is people saying buying the latest cards like a 970/980 will experience bottleneck whenever someone mentions their AMD CPU. Lastly then there are lots of YouTubers like Jayztwocents among others who claim that AMD only suffers maybe a few less FPS in games and stuff.

 

Anyways this is all kinda confusing to me & I'm not trying to start a Intel vs AMD war I'm just really confused. Does AMD have higher end CPUs that compete with Intels? It seems all the AMD CPUs I've seen are like 150$ and less, not that paying less is a bad thing but you get what I mean.

AMD's cpus are obsolete. 

[Clyne]

WTF MAN

sig below :lol: 

[Fate]

The best answer in this thread pretty much sums it all up: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/262677-okay-guys-8350-vs-4690k/

[Mush Brain]

People can only lie for so long, i mean the 2500k decimates them in gaming.

[Spev]

WTF MAN

sig below :lol: 

Yeah your sig is what inspired me to post the topic lol. Why is it so bad? 

[Jack.EXE]

You hear no complaints from me.

[Jack.EXE]

People can only lie for so long, i mean the 2500k decimates them in gaming.

I'm going to be blunt with this.

 

Screw off, I'm an honest man.

[Clyne]

Yeah your sig is what inspired me to post the topic lol. Why is it so bad? 

It's not the performance that i don't like, it's just that i bought it at the wrong time, dead socket, doesn't have new features that you get on a Z97 board.

[Mush Brain]

I'm going to be blunt with this.

 

Screw off, I'm an honest man.

Touchy...

[Jack.EXE]

Touchy...

 

I'm not a fan of being called a liar.

[Spev]

The best answer in this thread pretty much sums it all up: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/262677-okay-guys-8350-vs-4690k/

Damn...that is major dude.

[WoodenMarker]

Does AMD have higher end CPUs that compete with Intels? 

AMD pretty much stops at the 8320/8350 and doesn't have competition for cpus like the 4770k/5820k in terms of performance. AMD offers value at lower price points and is great for those who can use more threads but don't need something like a 4770k. . 

Faster cores dominate for a good number of games since we're still in the early transition to better threaded games.

[Mush Brain]

I'm not a fan of being called a liar.

You called yourself that not me.

[DigitalHermit]

I don't regret getting my 5600k even if I did lose the silicon lottery...

 

What I do regret getting is the A55 mobo... I should've gone A88X...

[Jack.EXE]

You called yourself that not me.

Well, I've long advocated that you wont see a difference. you said people who say that are liars. you called me a liar. I don't like being called a liar. therefor, I told you to screw off.

[Mush Brain]

Well, I've long advocated that you wont see a difference. you said people who say that are liars. you called me a liar. I don't like being called a liar. therefor, I told you to screw off.

You do see a difference, minimums of 91FPS vs 35FPS is pretty damned noticeable, Black Ops if you wondered.

[Jack.EXE]

You do see a difference, minimums of 91FPS vs 35FPS is pretty damned noticeable, Black Ops if you wondered.

 

Every single game I play I see a minimum of 45 fps so far, save BF4 (Never expected to with 4800x900 & a 7870xt) and Crysis with way too many graphical mods.

 

Have never stuttered either.

[Mush Brain]

Every single game I play I see a minimum of 45 fps so far, save BF4 (Never expected to with 4800x900 & a 7870xt) and Crysis with way too many graphical mods.

 

Have never stuttered either.

Obviously you must think it's still no different.

 

When i went from my Phenom II @ 4.0ghz to stock 2500k, i was fucking stunned.

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

AMD pretty much stops at the 8320/8350 and doesn't have competition for cpus like the 4770k/5820k in terms of performance. AMD offers value at lower price points and is great for those who can use more threads but don't need something like a 4770k. . 

Faster cores dominate for a good number of games since we're still in the early transition to better threaded games.

i agree...but we start to see the change happening these days...here's a good example of this, dragon age inquisition is a game that can take advantage of 12 CPU threads if you happen to have them and from these results an overclocked FX chip

would get similar or better performance than a stock core i5-4670K

 

But yeah...not often do you see such results and 99% of the games out there will favor the core i5 and many of them in which the poor single-threaded performance of those FX cpu's is litteraly a deal breaker.

[WoodenMarker]

i agree...but we start to see the change happening these days...here's a good example of this, dragon age inquisition is a game that can take advantage of 12 CPU threads if you happen to have them and from these results an overclocked FX chip

would get similar or better performance than a stock core i5-4670K

 

But yeah...not often do you see such results and 99% of the games out there will favor the core i5 and many of them in which the poor single-threaded performance of those FX cpu's is litteraly a deal breaker.

We're getting there.. eventually.  I think that was also the reason Linus suggested going with the fx 6300 for the gaming build guide. (Yeah I know--most of us had gripes with the part choices but that sort of applies to a lot of the recommended parts lists)

[Mush Brain]

In the budget end, AMD makes sense, pairing a monster GPU with an FX is just silly unless you think low GPU usage is normal.

[i_build_nanosuits]

We're getting there.. eventually.  I think that was also the reason Linus suggested going with the fx 6300 for the gaming build guide. (Yeah I know--most of us had gripes with the part choices but that sort of applies to a lot of the recommended parts lists)

personaly i had more trouble with the G3258 choice...the FX-6300 is a good choice for a budget build IMHO...at least as long as the user is not a big MMO player...

[boboman342]

i agree...but we start to see the change happening these days...here's a good example of this, dragon age inquisition is a game that can take advantage of 12 CPU threads if you happen to have them and from these results an overclocked FX chip

would get similar or better performance than a stock core i5-4670K

 

But yeah...not often do you see such results and 99% of the games out there will favor the core i5 and many of them in which the poor single-threaded performance of those FX cpu's is litteraly a deal breaker.

Oh dam, if only we all played games at 1280 by 720! That benchmark is kind of an unrealistic situation... What's the differences in fps of say 1080p?

[Mush Brain]

K den...

 

Edited December 5, 2014 by WoodenMarker
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