Why you really don't need to buy in i7 CPU for gaming (or even an i5).

[Slimebeast]

pezus said:

Slimebeast said:
This is old knowledge but I am thankful you became an advocat for it. The myth of the importance of fast CPU's for gaming is still strong.

Even though the GPU is the most important, the CPU is still important as well. There are some popular games out there that are extremely CPU intensive.

Really? I would say "relatively" but not "extremely". Skyrim and Shogun 2 are relatively CPU intensive, but still much more dependant on a strong GPU.

Let's say you have a certain amount of money to spend on a CPU and GPU (it could be $200 as well as $800, it doesn't matter). There doesn't exist any popular game where you would benefit from putting half of that money in the CPU. All popular games benefit from putting most of that money into the GPU.