GTA V on Pentium G3258

[NumLock21]

If this chip had hyperthreading, it would be so much better.

That won't happen

[ubw]

Anyone tested GTA v on Athlon?

[Syte]

I've had hands on with several different chips, but not as many as you apparently. 

Examples? BF3 does weird stuff on a dual core, like AI not being there, crashes, etc.

Dragon age: Inquisition doesn't run on a dual core, have fun playing multiplayer in a BF4 game, Minecraft of all things, does not run the worst, but does not run great either. 

Games don't like dual cores, and for general use, a "quad core" will be better than 3258. 

If this chip had hyperthreading, it would be so much better.

Disproven.

Every game I've ever tested works except for Far Cry 4 (unless you pirate it, then it works fine), the worst situation is two games give you a popup saying "Warning, blah blah blah dual core CPU" you press yes and then enjoy 60+FPS on High settings with your budget GPU (GTX 750, 760, 960, R9 270, etc).

Like I keep saying. I have first hand experience here and evidence to back that up. This chip is astounding compared to the competition as it delivers the best IPC of any CPU under $280 (The 4690k is the ONLY close CPU that beats it's IPC at over $200 more) and almost every game every will gain more performance through high IPC vs 4/6/8 weak useless cores (Vishera, Kaveeri, etc.)

Yes. If the chip had Hyperthreading it would be better. But an unlocked i3 would literally kill the i5 market and Intel isn't a company that makes a habit of killing their own market.

[Guest]

Download MSI Afterburner, run the program that comes with it called RivaTuner Statistics Server, set the frame limiter to 40 and the stuttering should go. Any more question, DM me. I run GTA V on my G3258 perfectly fine

Thank you so much! This really helped

[Ketcchup]

Anyone tested GTA v on Athlon?

 

Me 860K @ 4.3GHz. Works really good (40fps when going super fast and 60 in desert with vsync) and it has no stutters. 

[NeatSquidYT]

Thank you so much! This really helped

Welcome. I find that the latest patch makes it so I can limit the FPS to 50 with no issues.

[Sechoki]

I run GTA V with a G3258 at 4.4 GHz fine in single player with 40 fps. But once I play online, the game froze once every 10 seconds. I checked to see if its my internet but it was perfectly fine playing other games. So is it because i'm running on a duo core? SETUP: Pentium G3258 4.4 Ghz, R9 270x, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz

[i_build_nanosuits]

Intel Dual-Core Pentium G3258 4.5 GHz

XFX AMD Radeon HD 7970

 

that GPU deserve a much better CPU...i recommend you look for an i5 to replace it. (i5-4460 for example)

[TDP_Equinox]

I run GTA V with a G3258 at 4.4 GHz fine in single player with 40 fps. But once I play online, the game froze once every 10 seconds. I checked to see if its my internet but it was perfectly fine playing other games. So is it because i'm running on a duo core? SETUP: Pentium G3258 4.4 Ghz, R9 270x, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz

Yes.

[MachineKillx]

Yeah, i have an R9 270 nas a pentium, Bf4 runs on 30 GPS on low, with CPU load at 100%, gpu never at 100%,and the stutters are real.

[Jackgamer91]

Spend $40 more and get AMD FX-6300 Vishera blows the Pentium out of the water. It ain't the 90s anymore Pentiums are low end now.

[MageTank]

Part of the problem for the pentium, is that GTA 5 loads textures an awful lot like minecraft does. Decoding those textures as they spawn in is brutal on those two cores, and you will notice that most of the people running uncapped framerates on the G3258 end up with invisible buildings and see-through floors. Limiting the frame rate to 40fps helps remove this, but you still end up with the stuttering that occurs when the CPU hits 100% usage. This cannot be avoided on the G3258, i've thrown everything at it in an attempt to remedy this. 4.7ghz OC, OC'd GTX 770, lowered resolution down to 720p and it still maxes the CPU out. The cores really are the limitation here.

 

There comes a time where one must realize that a $60 CPU is going to perform like a $60 CPU in some scenario's. While we got a ton of mileage out of these G3258's for most situations, we have to understand that if it could max every single game ever, then there would be no need for the higher tier CPU's in the first place. When you run into these problems, it's time to upgrade. As always, i have to give @i_build_nanosuits credit for his spot on advice. Get a cheap i5, and enjoy all modern games.

[MachineKillx]

In Christmas I will be getting a basic i5, and stay with my r9 270

[SteveGrabowski0]

I bought GTA V hoping that my dual core pentium G3258, was sufficient with my overclock beeing 4.5 GHz. But when i run the game my average fps in the city is around 30 fps, no mater what my graphics settings are (exept for MSAA and anti-aliasing then they'll dip way below). Naturaly I jumped to the conclusion that it was my CPU that was lagging behind, but in LinusTechTips' new video about GTA V (vessel.com) they test GTA V on a dual core, and get 51 fps.

I was just wondering if it could be possible to get my game running with a average fps preferably around 40-50 (or higher of course ).

 

My setup:

Intel Dual-Core Pentium G3258 4.5 GHz

XFX AMD Radeon HD 7970

8 Gb ram

 

They're not using a G3258; they're using an i7-5960x with cores and threads disabled, but it still has a monster 20 MB L3 cache while the G3258 has a small 3MB L3 cache.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Honestly, I don't understand why every benchmark shows games working so well on the G3258, when in real-world it sucks. Are they getting paid by Intel to advertise these numbers? My friend also has a G3258 with an R9 290, and I can tell you for sure it's the fault of the GPU, because in GTA 5 he also gets around 30FPS driving around the city, with a LOT of noticeable stuttering and lag. Meanwhile my Phenom II X6 + with a weaker 7870 (R9 270) can get 45+ FPS at the same settings.

 

Too many people fell for the G3258. Two cores is not enough for AAA gaming.

 

Average framerates can be reasonably high numbers on a Pentium. When your framerate oscillates between 40 and 100 constantly, that average can be pretty high even though it feels awful. At least that was my experience using a G3258 + GTX 970.

[SteveGrabowski0]

If this chip had hyperthreading, it would be so much better.

 

Which is why Intel will never release an unlocked i3. It would be an incredible budget gaming CPU and so many people would buy it instead of an i5.

[TDP_Equinox]

Average framerates can be reasonably high numbers on a Pentium. When your framerate oscillates between 40 and 100 constantly, that average can be pretty high even though it feels awful. At least that was my experience using a G3258 + GTX 970.

Why. The hell. Would you match a 970. With a G3258.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Why. The hell. Would you match a 970. With a G3258.

 

I had a G3258 from a non-gaming system I built, and later decided I wanted to get a better CPU and a GPU to make it into a gaming system as opposed to buying a console. The 970 I wanted went on sale a week before I had the money to get the CPU I wanted too (Xeon E3-1231v3), so I bought the 970 a week early and used it with my G3258 for about a week and a half until I got my Xeon. It was interesting seeing firsthand how awful a combination it was for new games, though I knew it would be. The only relatively new game that played worth a crap was Bioshock Infinite, which actually played perfectly with 100% GPU usage at the stock 3.2 GHz clock.

[TDP_Equinox]

I had a G3258 from a non-gaming system I built, and later decided I wanted to get a better CPU and a GPU to make it into a gaming system as opposed to buying a console. The 970 I wanted went on sale a week before I had the money to get the CPU I wanted too (Xeon E3-1231v3), so I bought the 970 a week early and used it with my G3258 for about a week and a half until I got my Xeon. It was interesting seeing firsthand how awful a combination it was for new games, though I knew it would be. The only relatively new game that played worth a crap was Bioshock Infinite, which actually played perfectly with 100% GPU usage at the stock 3.2 GHz clock.

I'm sure Tomb Raider 2013 would have played great too, it seems to be a very GPU Heavy game, and the CPU doesn't seem to matter.

I even managed to play through the whole thing on a Q6600, as well as Bioshock infinite. 

[ThomasD]

Yeah thats true.

The pentium wont run the game ay any satisfactory framerate.

It is one of the most cpu heavy games on the platform , get an i5 OP lol.

What did people expect really , its a massive open world game.

The G3258 is a good chip, but people who insist on making it do things it is not intended for give it a bad name.  Frankly I'm impressed that it runs GTA V at all.

 

There is no free lunch, a $70 dual core pentium cannot be expected to properly run games that require a quad core.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I'm sure Tomb Raider 2013 would have played great too, it seems to be a very GPU Heavy game, and the CPU doesn't seem to matter.

I even managed to play through the whole thing on a Q6600, as well as Bioshock infinite. 

 

Nah, TR actually played pretty lousy. The ingame benchmark ran great with full GPU usage, but without 3 hardware threads the GPU usage was pretty awful in actual gameplay. The game was constantly fluctuating between 40 fps and 100 fps.

[SteveGrabowski0]

The G3258 is a good chip, but people who insist on making it do things it is not intended for give it a bad name.  Frankly I'm impressed that it runs GTA V at all.

 

There is no free lunch, a $70 dual core pentium cannot be expected to properly run games that require a quad core.

 

I think the G3258 is definitely a nice chip for an email/internet/video box like you'd build your mother or something. It was fine for me doing that kind of stuff, solving differential equations in MATLAB, doing development of small projects (though I wouldn't want to use it to compile an operating system, for example), etc. I honestly can't notice any difference between it and my Xeon E3-1231v3 for any of the uses I previously mentioned, though it is of course night and day better when it comes to compressing a video or playing modern AAA games.

[-iSynthesis]

I bought GTA V hoping that my dual core pentium G3258, was sufficient with my overclock beeing 4.5 GHz. But when i run the game my average fps in the city is around 30 fps, no mater what my graphics settings are (exept for MSAA and anti-aliasing then they'll dip way below). Naturaly I jumped to the conclusion that it was my CPU that was lagging behind, but in LinusTechTips' new video about GTA V (vessel.com) they test GTA V on a dual core, and get 51 fps.

I was just wondering if it could be possible to get my game running with a average fps preferably around 40-50 (or higher of course ).

 

My setup:

Intel Dual-Core Pentium G3258 4.5 GHz

XFX AMD Radeon HD 7970

8 Gb ram

From my experience GTA V is quite CPU heavy. All 4 cores + HT cores of my Xeon are at about 70%.

Running it with a 280x at very high settings avering at around about 60fps.

[ThomasD]

I think the G3258 is definitely a nice chip for an email/internet/video box like you'd build your mother or something. It was fine for me doing that kind of stuff, solving differential equations in MATLAB, doing development of small projects (though I wouldn't want to use it to compile an operating system, for example), etc. I honestly can't notice any difference between it and my Xeon E3-1231v3 for any of the uses I previously mentioned, though it is of course night and day better when it comes to compressing a video or playing modern AAA games.

We have one, and the kids use it for plenty of gaming - Planetside2, Heroes & Generals, TF2, and a lot of less demanding titles.  Right now it is as limited by it's GPU (a 7790) as by the CPU.

 

It (OC'd to 4.4 GHz) does better in many AIDA64 benchmarks than my stock i7 860, but it does struggle in situations where multiple cores or hyperthreading matter.

 

A CPU is a tool, and like any tool you will get the best out of it if you understand it's capabilities and limitations.

[-iSynthesis]

Nah, TR actually played pretty lousy. The ingame benchmark ran great with full GPU usage, but without 3 hardware threads the GPU usage was pretty awful in actual gameplay. The game was constantly fluctuating between 40 fps and 100 fps.

TR is an insanely nice optimized game. My 580 ran at 100% all the time, now obv. with a xeon but it gave a very constant fps and really nice graphics beeing playable at lower framerates.