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Brother thinks he needs to upgrade CPU, please explain that he doesn't.

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Hello there everyone.

 

Here's a quick one for you. My brother wants to buy the new Hitman game when it is released, but is unsure if his system will run it sufficiently.

I told him it will, but he decided to check his specs against the older Hitman Game (Absolution) and the website he used told him to there maybe a CPU bottleneck and recommends he upgrades it.

I called BS, and I want your opinions and to tell him to ignore this website.

 

His current computer specs are as follows.

Intel Core i5 4460

12GB DDR3

GTX 960 2GB

 

The website he used, said there is a CPU bottleneck and recommends he upgrades to a Intel Xeon E5 4650 (A $3600 processor)

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And to show how BS I think this site is, It recommends my system gets an upgrade to a Intel Xeon E7-8890 V2 (an almost $7000 processor)

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Note the site does say, this suggestion doesn't mean he can/can not run the game, but I think it is BS that they are suggesting those processors.

Your thoughts please.

 

Edit: This post is also more of a PSA on how un-reliable this site is and to not use it.

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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That site is a joke.

Go to the game steam page and check requirements.

 

System Requirements
  • MINIMUM:
    • OS: Win7+ 64 bit only 
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM 
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 6870 
    • DirectX: Version 11

 

He is more than good to go. 

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That website tells you to upgrade whatever component scored the lowest,

even if he got 9 out of 10 points for CPU.

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Gamedebate is a terrible site that should not be used by anyone ever.

 

Is he actually willing to drop $3600 just to play Hitman?

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That site is irrelevant

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CPU: i3 4160|Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE|RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 8GB(2x4GB)|GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB|PSU: Seasonic M12II EVO 620W Modular|Storage: 1TB WD Blue|Case: NZXT S340 Black|PCIe devices: TP-Link WDN4800| Montior: ASUS VE247H| Others: PS3/PS4

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Fuck that website and whoever thought of it

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/439354-why-nvidia/
 
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Oops.

 

It is definitely not a bottleneck.

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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Gamedebate is a terrible site that should not be used by anyone ever.

 

Is he actually willing to drop $3600 just to play Hitman?

No, he doesn't have that money. He is just in the mindset that he needs to upgrade to something better because of the website. i just need to convince him, he doesn't need to upgrade. 

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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Thanks For The Replies. I wont be spending $3600 on a CPU. If its fine to stick with my Intel i5 4460 then I sure will be :)

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Sites like cpuboss, gpuboss, and gamedebate are absolutely worthless. The cpu it recommended to your brother is from 2012

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WTH?!  What reasonable human being would ever think any game in the world requires those processors? Is that based entirely on random generator or what?

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