How many GHz do i need for gaming?

[AlfonsLM]

I will soon buy a new computer that I will drive heavy CPU / GPU load that takes advantage of hyper threding.

I will be gaming on it so I would prefer to avoid getting to buy a CPU that is too slow.

 

So: How many GHz do in Need for gaming?

[Dzzope]

GHZ isn't a great measurement.. not all are equal.

 

Whats your budget and usage?

[Gofspar]

Not all GHz are created equally, you need to learn about CPU IPC first.

[Majestic]

1.21 giggahertz

[JebKerman]

Well, the fastest hyper-threaded CPU is the 4790K, but, despite lacking hyperthreading, the 4690K is the sweet-spot for gaming atm as it is just as fast if not faster (it produces a little less heat so you can get similar temps with better OCs)

[AlfonsLM]

GHZ isn't a great measurement.. not all are equal.

 

Whats your budget and usage?

i'm looking for a 2011-3 i7 or Xeon, and my budget is around 1,000 USD for one CPU, I will run dual CPU.

[Paralectic]

i'm looking for a 2011-3 i7 or Xeon, and my budget is around 1,000 USD for one CPU, I will run dual CPU.

Dual CPU for gaming?.........

[JebKerman]

i'm looking for a 2011-3 i7 or Xeon, and my budget is around 1,000 USD for one CPU, I will run dual CPU.

save that money for a rainy day, a single 4690K (~$220), 4790K (~$330), or 5820K (~$380) will have you sorted,

 

and if you really must spend all $1000 take a look at the 5960X

[spartaman64]

xeons will probably perform worse in games than a i5 or i7 because games dont usually use more than 4 cores

[Dzzope]

i'm looking for a 2011-3 i7 or Xeon, and my budget is around 1,000 USD for one CPU, I will run dual CPU.

Other than gaming, what are your specific uses?

You'd probably be better served with a med build i5 and a secondary rendering rig or similar if your thinking dual cpu 6 / 8 / 10 cores.

[MegaDave91]

I'll use the cookie-cutter answer and say "Just get a 4690K and be done". Honestly, anything more solely for gaming is not necessary.

[XplosiveNoctua99]

89Ghz

I am from the future

[AlfonsLM]

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Instructions per cycle and I have never heard anyone say that there skuller be a problem on a 2011-3 CPU. Then I'm looking for an estimate of what you would need for a more CPU-intensive games not anvender multiple threads.

[Ertman]

As others have said, gigahertz isn't the best measuring stick. Its only really useful when comparing within the same product family and the same architecture (ex. i5 and haswell). You can make some comparison from i3-i5, but its only really useful for single threaded games. Not sure if I was clear or said what I intended.

 

With that said, lets say 3.1ghz is a starting point, and I (personally) would recommend an i5.

[Maslofski]

ive you go dual CPU you cant ise i7s, those dont support it, youre limited to xeons, so just get the most expensive 2011-v3 xeon under 1000$ and done.

[i_build_nanosuits]

So: How many GHz do in Need for gaming?

3.2ghz intel or 6.0ghz AMD...your pick.

 

Seriously, a good intel quad-core is all you need, an i5-4460 for example will drive any games out there at more than acceptable framerates for the foreseable future.

Pair that with a cheap H97 motherboard, 8Gb of RAM (again...cheap) and then the best GPU you can afford with the rest and you're set.

[AlfonsLM]

save that money for a rainy day, a single 4690K (~$220), 4790K (~$330), or 5820K (~$380) will have you sorted,

 

and if you really must spend all $1000 take a look at the 5960X

 

 

Other than gaming, what are your specific uses?

You'd probably be better served with a med build i5 and a secondary rendering rig or similar if your thinking dual cpu 6 / 8 / 10 cores.

 

I think it would be better with a Xeon CPU because it is not a gaming machine that I'm going to build.

I also think that you should look for an i5 or i7 if it is so that one should use it to play games on.

 

I will primarily use the CPU to work with 3D modding panels and 3D scenes. The data that the CPU will calculate can be up to more than 8GB so I will not build the computer to play games. I will also buy at least one 980ti or TitanX, (I'm most intreserad of TitanX because I'm not sure if 6GB is enough,) so the only reason I wonder how many GHz I need to play is because I do not want to pay 250 USD for a computer that will be just as "capable" to play on.

[Dzzope]

Well basically any of the CPU's in that price-range will work for gaming.. Higher mhz the better.. but thats true for your work too.

 

I would think anything over 3.0Ghz is good(near being ok), closer to 4 is better.

[arvark]

 How many GHz do in Need for gaming?

 

 

 

 

 it is not a gaming machine that I'm going to build.

 

 

[Random32]

 

I think it would be better with a Xeon CPU because it is not a gaming machine that I'm going to build.

I also think that you should look for an i5 or i7 if it is so that one should use it to play games on.

 

I will primarily use the CPU to work with 3D modding panels and 3D scenes. The data that the CPU will calculate can be up to more than 8GB so I will not build the computer to play games. I will also buy at least one 980ti or TitanX, (I'm most intreserad of TitanX because I'm not sure if 6GB is enough,) so the only reason I wonder how many GHz I need to play is because I do not want to pay 250 USD for a computer that will be just as "capable" to play on.

 

Wtf the thread title and first post is asking about gaming and all of a sudden you're doing 3D Rendering and Advanced Calculations that you think you will need a Titan X for. The hell?

[ApolloEleven]

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I know you are not just gaming but lets assume this is a gaming computer.

 

90% of games only use less than 4 cores. Even recent games only rely on quad cores since there are still so much headroom on quad cores that 8 cores is still out of the picture. And games prefer single-threaded performance over multiple cores because it wants to dump the load on GPU, not spread it across the CPU. If you look at a 5960X and a 4770K there are hardly any difference in performance since the 5960X is an octo core but the game only uses four of its core so it couldn't pull away from a 4770K in gaming.

 

Windows 10 actually decreases CPU usage and puts more load on GPU instead. So if anything the future of gaming is about utiilising the CPU less.

Consoles has 8 cores but only because they are really weak so it needs the extra cores to compensate for that. And smaller games such as by indie devs have no control over their third-party game engine, more than likely that game engine is designed for quad cores in mind and they don't have time to optimise so it will just brute force using only one or two cores.

 

Also instead of a Titan X, get a Quadro + GTX GPU instead if you are "not just gaming".

[Dzzope]

 

Wtf the thread title and first post is asking about gaming and all of a sudden you're doing 3D Rendering and Advanced Calculations that you think you will need a Titan X for. The hell?

 

Read the first post.. It's a workstation that he wants to be sure he can game on.. probably trying to chose between different processors at his price point that will trade cores for speed.

 

 

 

I will soon buy a new computer that I will drive heavy CPU / GPU load that takes advantage of hyper threding.

I will be gaming on it so I would prefer to avoid getting to buy a CPU that is too slow.

 

So: How many GHz do in Need for gaming?