| TheBraveGallade said: yeah intel's i5's still have a substantial advantage via overclocking. however, AMD's chips have cheaper prices and futureproofing, so the low end i3 market is going to be SEVERELY cut down. basically intell will only be ahend in the high performace market of i5s and i7s. it doesn't matter if you have 16 cores is games only use like, 8 for high performance games and 4 for more normal games. |
By the time an overclocked Core i5 Skylake becomes obsolete, you would have upgraded the AMD rig anyway, so don't buy for future proofing... That is silly.
Simply buy the best you can afford today for your needs and be done with. - Brand loyalty is silly unless there is an actual need.
I.E. I tend to opt for AMD GPU's due to Eyefinity being superior to Surround Vision and Compute.
And I shifted from AMD 6-core processor to an Intel 6-core processor as AMD was essentially a few CPU generations behind in terms of performance even with the same core counts.
Intel still commands the majority of the PC CPU market, so games will continue to be built with Intel chips in mind, thus it won't be untill 6 core processors are fully mainstream that we will see a shift in the way games are developed, Coffee lake takes a few steps in that direction with the first 6 core processor on an Intel Mainstream board.
But we are still years away from where an Intel Quad is regarded as strictly low-end with hex core chips being fully mainstream/mid-range... And by the time that transition is all said and done, Ryzen will be slow and outdated where users will be thinking of upgrading. - That is... If your system is stable for all those years on top of it.
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