"Futureproof"

[Janezzz]

I have a i5 4460 CPU at 3.2 Ghz Base Clock and a 3.4 Ghz Boost clock.

I was wondering will this CPU handle games for 4-5 years?

I see people on the internet with the i5 2500 and a modern high-end GPU still having no "bottleneck"?

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Yes it should last for a while before starting to look really dated.

[Virtual01]

Bottlenecking isn't really an issue unless you have a low end CPU. You should be good for another few years, but nobody can predict the future.

[BrinkGG]

I have a i5 4460 CPU at 3.2 Ghz Base Clock and a 3.4 Ghz Boost clock.

I was wondering will this CPU handle games for 4-5 years?

I see people on the internet with the i5 2500 and a modern high-end GPU still having no "bottleneck"?

The 2500k is an unlocked CPU, so if you're looking at where your cpu will sit, it will be more like the 2400 where its at now. 

[C0LL0SS0S]

it should last 2-3 years atleast, except the CPU market changes a lot, I doubt it though, The i7 4770k is about to be 2years old, and its not even close to be "bad" or anything else, specially with Intels little improvements per year

[tomas710]

I have a i5 4460 CPU at 3.2 Ghz Base Clock and a 3.4 Ghz Boost clock.

I was wondering will this CPU handle games for 4-5 years?

I see people on the internet with the i5 2500 and a modern high-end GPU still having no "bottleneck"?

Most likely won't be an issue for a long time, but u gotta consider, that's when overclocking becomes practical, people with 2500k can keep up cause they usually overclock it.

[tomas710]

it should last 2-3 years atleast, except the CPU market changes a lot, I doubt it though, The i7 4770k is about to be 2years old, and its not even close to be "bad" or anything else, specially with Intels little improvements per year

Well, right now should be the most stale moment in the market in a long time, considering Intel failed to deliver the TIK TOK cycle and we'll see 3 generations of 14nm chips. And AMD...well, maybe they will do something, i sure hope so, monopolies ain't good for nobody

[Kyuubixchidori]

my dads I7-920 still kicks ass and its 7 years old. for sheer gaming alone, it will be more then fine unless some huge jump in performance happens. Honestly it will be fine for years, but theres always that chance something big comes along in the next few years that gives us a 50% jump or something crazy. 

[SonoDanshi]

For the last few years desktop CPUs haven't seen any drastic jumps in power for several factors (such as 0 competition and the fact modern games are more and more GPU bound). We are seeing a ~10% IPC improvement year on year right now which means a gen 10 intel CPU (assuming the same IPC progression) will be ~ 60% more efficient with it's IPC compared to your current CPU.

 

Unless the trend of offloading most of the processing to the GPU in games changes then I don't see why your current CPU would be considered outdated. I have a 3770K in my main rig and I will probably swap that out in maybe 18 months as there is no tangible benefit of doing so right now.

[kondziowy]

I would say there is 70% chance it will survive 4 years. But think about it. That would mean i5-2500k will survive 8 or even more years and still be very good for gaming That's insane but may be true. 

[sms1202]

Future Proofing isnt possible until you know what the future holds for you.With technology evolving probably tomorrow it will be obsolete !

[tomas710]

I have a i5 4460 CPU at 3.2 Ghz Base Clock and a 3.4 Ghz Boost clock.

I was wondering will this CPU handle games for 4-5 years?

I see people on the internet with the i5 2500 and a modern high-end GPU still having no "bottleneck"?

The thing is, first, i don't think we will have a 'revolutionary' chip, now the change tends to be gradual over generations of CPU, and also, even when a new CPU comes to the market, is up the developers weather the games will actually use the features, just now games are starting to utilize 4 cores, and only considering intel, quad cores have been in the market for 8 years, so, even if CPU architecture makes a huge evolution, PS4 and Xbox one will still need games in 792p at 30 FPS. 'Sighs'. So, considering the pace of the current market, with mobile still crushing traditional CPUs i would say it's gonna be a loooong time before games start using new technology

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

 

it should last 2-3 years atleast, except the CPU market changes a lot, I doubt it though, The i7 4770k is about to be 2years old, and its not even close to be "bad" or anything else, specially with Intels little improvements per year

No doubt. I rock an Intel i7-3770 @ 4.2GHz (max multiplier I can do on my mobo lol) with 103MHz FSB and I doubt I'll need to ugprade my CPU anytime soon...

Especially with DirectX 12 around the corner with further removes the CPU as a bottleneck as the draw calls will be moved from the CPU to the GPU. DirectX 12 and Vulkan 3D APIs will make the CPU even less important... of course, that only applies if games run Dx12 or Vulkan... so maybe 2016 we'll see a little shift (I'm hoping for a big adoption rate though heh) but then it'll become the gold standard of graphics as DirectX 11 becomes legacy support for people unwilling to get the free upgrade.. my guess due to piracy or counterfeit product keys.

 

The thing is, first, i don't think we will have a 'revolutionary' chip, now the change tends to be gradual over generations of CPU, and also, even when a new CPU comes to the market, is up the developers weather the games will actually use the features, just now games are starting to utilize 4 cores, and only considering intel, quad cores have been in the market for 8 years, so, even if CPU architecture makes a huge evolution, PS4 and Xbox one will still need games in 792p at 30 FPS. 'Sighs'. So, considering the pace of the current market, with mobile still crushing traditional CPUs i would say it's gonna be a loooong time before games start using new technology

The only revolutionary CPU coming out soon? AMD... because they need to reinvent their CPUs to catch up to Intel... and maybe even surpass them? It's almost been a decade since AMD has claimed the crown of enthusiast CPUs... AMD Athlon 64 and early AMD Athlon FX chips was a long time ago.. once Intel reinvented their CPUs with the Core series? It has never been an even playing field since.. and the gap has only gotten larger over time.

[C0LL0SS0S]

Heyyo,

No doubt. I rock an Intel i7-3770 @ 4.2GHz (max multiplier I can do on my mobo lol) with 103MHz FSB and I doubt I'll need to ugprade my CPU anytime soon...

Especially with DirectX 12 around the corner with further removes the CPU as a bottleneck as the draw calls will be moved from the CPU to the GPU. DirectX 12 and Vulkan 3D APIs will make the CPU even less important... of course, that only applies if games run Dx12 or Vulkan... so maybe 2016 we'll see a little shift (I'm hoping for a big adoption rate though heh) but then it'll become the gold standard of graphics as DirectX 11 becomes legacy support for people unwilling to get the free upgrade.. my guess due to piracy or counterfeit product keys.

I am quite honest, I hope that grahpics stay the same and games will be less laggy online and have way more things to break and just behave more realistic, not look realistic

[tomas710]

Heyyo,

 

No doubt. I rock an Intel i7-3770 @ 4.2GHz (max multiplier I can do on my mobo lol) with 103MHz FSB and I doubt I'll need to ugprade my CPU anytime soon...

Especially with DirectX 12 around the corner with further removes the CPU as a bottleneck as the draw calls will be moved from the CPU to the GPU. DirectX 12 and Vulkan 3D APIs will make the CPU even less important... of course, that only applies if games run Dx12 or Vulkan... so maybe 2016 we'll see a little shift (I'm hoping for a big adoption rate though heh) but then it'll become the gold standard of graphics as DirectX 11 becomes legacy support for people unwilling to get the free upgrade.. my guess due to piracy or counterfeit product keys.

 

The only revolutionary CPU coming out soon? AMD... because they need to reinvent their CPUs to catch up to Intel... and maybe even surpass them? It's almost been a decade since AMD has claimed the crown of enthusiast CPUs... AMD Athlon 64 and early AMD Athlon FX chips was a long time ago.. once Intel reinvented their CPUs with the Core series? It has never been an even playing field since.. and the gap has only gotten larger over time.

the fact is Intel won't release a game changer until AMD catches up, and the weird thing is that even tho i REALLY want AMD to get their act together, along with most of the PC community, they almost seem...lazy, like, no fuck it, 9590......would be awesome if IBM kicked both their asses tho (not happening). The thing is AMD doesn't have to revolutionize, all they have to do is catch up to intel at decent prices, and they sure have taken their time to do so. The moment that happens Intel will show what they got under their sleeve, maybe mainstream 6 or 8 cores, who knows, but goddamed AMD has to get their shit together

[SonoDanshi]

the fact is Intel won't release a game changer until AMD catches up, and the weird thing is that even tho i REALLY want AMD to get their act together, along with most of the PC community, they almost seem...lazy, like, no fuck it, 9590......would be awesome if IBM kicked both their asses tho (not happening). The thing is AMD doesn't have to revolutionize, all they have to do is catch up to intel at decent prices, and they sure have taken their time to do so. The moment that happens Intel will show what they got under their sleeve, maybe mainstream 6 or 8 cores, who knows, but goddamed AMD has to get their shit together

A lot of people are hoping (for once) that AMD's hype regarding Zen next year is close to reality. It would be truly great for consumers and AMD share holders.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

the fact is Intel won't release a game changer until AMD catches up, and the weird thing is that even tho i REALLY want AMD to get their act together, along with most of the PC community, they almost seem...lazy, like, no fuck it, 9590......would be awesome if IBM kicked both their asses tho (not happening). The thing is AMD doesn't have to revolutionize, all they have to do is catch up to intel at decent prices, and they sure have taken their time to do so. The moment that happens Intel will show what they got under their sleeve, maybe mainstream 6 or 8 cores, who knows, but goddamed AMD has to get their shit together

Yes and no... Intel has been constantly working for improvement. Sky Lake (if the leaks are real... but of course, leaks be leaks) shows a lot of promise if it can truly OC to 5.2GHz without breaking a sweat. Does it improve IPC which these days seems almost more important than clock speeds? Who knows... 

 

A lot of people are hoping (for once) that AMD's hype regarding Zen next year is close to reality. It would be truly great for consumers and AMD share holders.

Of course, it would be good for the tech industry as a whole. Probably why the articles about other companies buying out AMD and so on... the tech world needs AMD since Intel wouldn't give NVIDIA an x86 license to make x86 CPUs... could you imagine if they did? There would be some pretty epic three way competition.