AMD or INTEL for gaming?

[Guest]

I'm looking for a good CPU for gaming. I know the Intel is better however I don't know weather it's worth spending the extra money on the Intel .

I was looking at AMD fx8350 or INTEL i5-4690k?

I want to get the best proformance for money and maybe might go for the AMD-6300.

[Archangel1994]

Even a 9590 bottlenecks a GTX 780 or higher and the likes. Get intel

[minibois]

Intel

[Guest]

I'm getting an r9 280

[Guest]

Thx

[Kyuubixchidori]

depends on your budget 100%.

 

a fx-6300 can handle a 7950. 100% just fine. so you can go cheaper and get a better gpu if you need to

[SimpleG]

Pagani Zonda R or a Ford Taurus 1992 to pick up a girl? 

Of course Intel and Pagani

[the jolly roger]

Even a 9590 bottlenecks a GTX 780 or higher and the likes. Get intel

nein, nyet, not true

 

an 8350 can handle a single 980 or mid range cards like 760 in SLI

[Archangel1994]

an 8350 can handle a single 980

Read the links in my signature,

 

Also the guy with 8 links or so will come along as well probably

[Apple_II]

Fellow, AMD user here. I suggest to get a used  or new intel CPU.

[Kobrastachka]

Even a 9590 bottlenecks a GTX 780 or higher and the likes. Get intel

amd WONT bottel neck a 780. although intel is better for gaming, amd fx - xxxx wont bottle neck most cards.

[Guest]

Umm...so Intel right? *_*

[Archangel1994]

Umm...so Intel right? *_*

Yes

[Guest]

Ok... With one ? I5-4950k is slightly out of budget?

[david cassar]

Ok... With one ? I5-4950k is slightly out of budget?

A locked i5 like an i5 4460/4440 should be in your budget and still kick ass in gaming.

[the jolly roger]

Read the links in my signature,

 

Also the guy with 8 links or so will come along as well probably

yes it is true the argument of why would you want to buy an old product, i would totally buy a core i3 rather than a 6300... but it is still fine if someone has an 8000 series and wants to get a gpu with more firepower

[i_build_nanosuits]

amd WONT bottel neck a 780. although intel is better for gaming, amd fx - xxxx wont bottle neck most cards.

it does, i owned this kit first hand for 3 months last year i was running a FX-8320@4.6ghz and a GTX 780 for gaming at 1080p and in many if not most games i've played with this combo the CPU was the limiting factor and i was having a hard time reaching 75% GPU loads in many games even with anti-aliasing cranked and stuff...AMD FX chips are pretty bad gaming CPU's.

If the FX was up to snuff for high-end cards like that, i'd still have my FX kit...intel i7 upgrade costed me over 350$ so i'd rather have that money in my pockets right now but AMD FX is old and it was a very BIG let down for me i blew up over 200$ on AMD board and CPU only to realise later that it was BARELY any better than my old Q6600@3.6ghz when it comes to gaming. Seriously. Even a core i3 play most games better than an highly overclocking FX beastly cpu and it's doing so while using LESS than HALF the energy from the wall.

 

now put back your AMD fanboyism back in your back pocket where it belongs and get yourself connected, look at benchmarks and reviews and see for yourself...the AMD FX CPU's have abysmal per core performance and this makes them very bad for gaming...they have never been great, they never will be...even at launch they couldnt hold-up with older intel CPU's in games (i7-930 nehalem chip is better than ANY AMD CPU when it comes to gaming, and intel improved on this for 3 more generations now, where as AMD is stuck in the past...) intel CPU's now offers litteraly twice the IPC of the now 4 years old AMD FX dinosaurs...wake up man!