G3258 for Cities: Skylines and GTA 5?

[Fortress]

I'm currently building a budget PC for my friend. I heard that Cities: Skylines and GTA 5 are CPU-heavy games. He says it's okay if the PC can't play these game at max settings.

 

SPECS:

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3-1600MHz

MB: ECS H87H3-M 1.0 Crossfire-Ready Micro ATX Motherboard

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X / R7 360X R7 360 (Depending on which one is available)

HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

 

(Edit: R7 360 not R7 360X)

[Guest]

I'm sorry heisenberg, but no.

[salecar3]

Gta v cant run on dual core cpu so u cant play it

[JefferyD90]

Personally, I'd suggest getting more cores if you can.  Cities Skylines LOVES the threads.  And GTA V has a hard time on just 2 cores.

[grayblizzard]

I'm currently building a budget PC for my friend. I heard that Cities: Skylines and GTA 5 are CPU-heavy games. He says it's okay if the PC can't play these game at max settings.

 

SPECS:

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3-1600MHz

MB: ECS H87H3-M 1.0 Crossfire-Ready Micro ATX Motherboard

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X / R7 360X (Depending on which one is available)

HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

at least get an i3

[Zayzo]

this gives a decent idea of performance in GTA V although with an i3

 

For cities it uses a lot cpu resources, if you're gonna stick with pentium be sure he can overclock the hell out of it

[JustChilliing]

That G3258 can go to crazy speeds, but I still think you'd need an i3 at the very least

[PentiumK]

 

Gta v cant run on dual core cpu so u cant play it

Yes, it can. I'm playing it right now on my G3258. 40-60FPS with a 2gb 750 SC and 4gb of 1666mhz RAM. Keep in mind, this is on DX10, however I can bump everything (but textures) up to max and it still runs great, and looks about the same as PS4 graphics. OCd my CPU to 4ghz

 

BTW GTA is a RAM whore, less of a CPU whore. 8gb is the sweet spot, but it still runs pretty decent on 4gb.

[salecar3]

Yes, it can. I'm playing it right now on my G3258. 40-60FPS with a 2gb 750 SC and 4gb of 1666mhz RAM. Keep in mind, this is on DX10, however I can bump everything (but textures) up to max and it still runs great, and looks about the same as PS4 graphics. OCd my CPU to 4ghz  

BTW GTA is a RAM whore, less of a CPU whore. 8gb is the sweet spot, but it still runs pretty decent on 4gb.

I didn't know that

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

C:S loves the threads indeed.  With smaller cities, the game runs full speed while CPU usage is okay.  As the city grows, the CPU usage will reach 100% and at that point the game will start to slow down. 

 

Notice that I said "the game will slow down", not "the framerate will decrease".  The game engine is designed to let the time slow down as it runs out of CPU power.  The days in the game will simply last longer and vehicles and pedestrians will move slower.