CPU game performance

[jecho]

So I have been thinking about upgrading my gpu lately. Then I asked myself, what difference would it make to upgrade my cpu. I am currently running a 2500k but I did not get a very good one cause just about any clock over 4.1 crashes my cpu. Then i stumbled across an article that seems not quite accurate.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/6

I would love any comments if you can attest to this. If so it seems that a 3570k greatly outperforms my 2500k.

[Glenwing]

The 2500K is pretty good.  What GPU do you have?  A CPU upgrade might not do you any good.  Skyrim is a pretty CPU intensive game, in most cases the difference between the 2500K and the 3570K is not large.

[BusinessRogue]

So I have been thinking about upgrading my gpu lately. Then I asked myself, what difference would it make to upgrade my cpu. I am currently running a 2500k but I did not get a very good one cause just about any clock over 4.1 crashes my cpu. Then i stumbled across an article that seems not quite accurate.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/6

I would love any comments if you can attest to this. If so it seems that a 3570k greatly outperforms my 2500k.

^Bump what the guy above me is saying. I don't see a huge difference between 4.0Ghz and 5.0Ghz with my AMD FX-8350. I also don't want to say that the test results from bit-tech.net aren't correct because I love that site, but if you watch any videos of YouTube like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE - that show different results. 

What is your current rig component list? Also, maybe if you post your settings for your OC we might be able to find some headroom or a setting that you may have missed?

 

[jecho]

I have a gtx 670 ftw for my gpu. My thing though for the gpu is that I have a 1440p monitor and run BF3 at max (less MSAA). But I am not sure My gpu will make the cut in BF4 mostly cause of the lack of Vram. I ran the beta okay, but I want smoother frames. Right now I am waiting for the 290x benchmarks and also hoping the 780 sees a slight drop in price. I am a bit unhappy about my cpu being such a bad OCer, especially since I have it underwater.

[TheMissxu]

Honestly, I don't really think gaming benchmarks are valid for CPUs... I've seen benchmarks where the 2500k tears everything up, the 8350 comes out on top, and the 3570k steadily beats everything.

I guess benchmarkers know what to tune to get intel or AMD (or parts there within) to win.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-4-graphics-card-performance,3634-10.html Note: the 2500 rips!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5 Note: 3570k and 3770k lead a bunch. The 8350 does okay when the code doesn't bottleneck.

[jecho]

Honestly, I don't really think gaming benchmarks are valid for CPUs... I've seen benchmarks where the 2500k tears everything up, the 8350 comes out on top, and the 3570k steadily beats everything.

I guess benchmarkers know what to tune to get intel or AMD (or parts there within) to win.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-4-graphics-card-performance,3634-10.html Note: the 2500 rips!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5 Note: 3570k and 3770k lead a bunch. The 8350 does okay when the code doesn't bottleneck.

Now how does performance vary across resolution. Isn't it that the cpu becomes less important as you gain resolution.

[Goldilock]

Modern games while they look like need stronger CPU, actually game developers are heading a way to reduce CPU overhead which makes CPU less important.

[TheMissxu]

Kinda... it isn't as much of a hold back because by nature the GPU renders slower and high resolutions.

The CPU tells the GPU what to render. That speed doesn't change, even at higher resolutions (maybe higher effects might affect the speed of the CPU, but not that much). So, yes, "the cpu becomes less important as you gain resolution," but only because the GPU is slowing down to a reasonable speed, no longer "waiting" for the CPU to tell it what to render.

 

Modern games while they look like need stronger CPU, actually game developers are heading a way to reduce CPU overhead which makes CPU less important.

This is true too. But optimizations for multicores makes multicores more viable as a gaming CPU (until the GPU becomes a bottleneck).

[WoodenMarker]

The 2500k is still a great cpu. The 3570k is only slightly faster. 

What are you rest of your specs? Are you not getting enough performance in gaming?

[bottenfield125]

You will be just fine with a 2500k for at least 2 more years, id say shoot for a 770 4gb model if your going with a higher res then 1080p. 2500ks are still a great CPU and wont bottleneck anything unless your going like 3 titans You could even try for the R9 280x if you dont mind the red team.