AMD FX 8320 analysis.

[Wraith]

Every single sign out there now points to not needing a good CPU for gaming.

This is something we've known for some time now, just take the G3258 for example, when pitted against the 4770K and clocked to the same frequencies they perform the same in games. My observations lately are mainly of people building gaming rigs and throwing the top Intel desktop CPU in and being happy.. sure if money is no object and your "happy", good for you. I don't honestly see the point when it's already proven that you don't need all that CPU grunt just to "run games". The only time anyone needs high end CPUs is if they are Rendering or editing (video/3D/audio).. APIs are ever improving and we have quite the future in APIs heading our way (I'm excited).

 

[barnsley]

Cheap quad cores are the future. I was very impressed with the Athlon 750k. Cities Skylines and Arma/dayZ are games that need strong CPUS to do well but they are in the minority.

 

[Wraith]

Cheap quad cores are the future. I was very impressed with the Athlon 750k. Cities Skylines and Arma/dayZ are games that need strong CPUS to do well but they are in the minority.

Indeed, simulators do thrive with a few more cores.

 

[barnsley]

Indeed, simulators do thrive with a few more cores.

With Arma/DayZ you need incredibly stong CPU cores over more cores. Although in some cases you also need an incredibly powerful server to actually get good clientside FPS as well..

 

[shambles1980]

but bench testing your pc is fun. and makes me want a 6 core i7 over clocked with 4 titans so i get a really high 3d mark score on a semi suicide run. then i can lower the over clocks for 24/7 stable and play at 1080p