Intel Xeon E5 2699 v3

[Xv Ghostly vX]

So I'm a little confused. I watched the recent video Linus put up about this processor and I get that it's completely overkill and very expensive. That being said, it is compatible with x99. Hypothetically would it be better at gaming than a 5820k or even a 5960x. I don't care about rendering, I know that's what the Xeon is for. Is it just barely better at gaming and not worth $4000 more? 

[Jumper118]

So I'm a little confused. I watched the recent video Linus put up about this processor and I get that it's completely overkill and very expensive. That being said, it is compatible with x99. Hypothetically would it be better at gaming than a 5820k or even a 5960x. I don't care about rendering, I know that's what the Xeon is for. Is it just barely better at gaming and not worth $4000 more? 

its not for gaming at all.

[Enderman]

no it would not

games cannot use that many cores, they usually use only 8 or less

so a higher speed CPU like a 4790k would perform better

[Wind]

the main purpose of Xeon chip is not gaming. Super Heavy Rendering and Server stuff is the main reason the chips exist. it's not an consumer chips.

[FoxHunter]

So I'm a little confused. I watched the recent video Linus put up about this processor and I get that it's completely overkill and very expensive. That being said, it is compatible with x99. Hypothetically would it be better at gaming than a 5820k or even a 5960x. I don't care about rendering, I know that's what the Xeon is for. Is it just barely better at gaming and not worth $4000 more? 

 

Not gaming or even rendering, if Intel release a i7 processor with 16 Cores, it would beat the E5 2699 v3. Xeons have their focus on servers, that's why the they don't really overclock, and have lower frequency.

[harrynowl]

No for the same reason the FX is bad for gaming, many cores but slower (except the Xeon loses it in clock speed instead of IPC).

[Megahurt]

The 18 core beast that Linus showed would play games very well, but I think even an overclocked i7 4790K would do better in gaming, with a single video card at least, 3 or 4 way SLI might be more demanding on the cpu. There are dimishing returns with each additionnal core for gaming, just like adding more gpus in SLI/Xfire.

[NumLock21]

For games to advantage from that 18 core Xeon, then it must take use of all those cores. Most current games just run on 4, that's why a Core i5 is the sweet spot for a gaming build. Core i7 with HT adds some benefits over the Core i5, where you have 4 dedicated cores for gaming and the extra 4 for something else. Maybe one day a game will take advantage of 18 cores, but today is not the day.