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Performance per dollar based off overall system price, which CPU is you?

Phenom II 29 34.52%
 
Athlon II 13 15.48%
 
Core 2 9 10.71%
 
Core i3 3 3.57%
 
Core i5 11 13.10%
 
Core i7 18 21.43%
 
Total:83
Garcian Smith on 25 February 2010
ssj12 said:

yes, because even AMD's Phenom x6 probably wont compare to the i7-930

So are you running something particularly CPU-intensive on any kind of regular basis? Because if you're not, then there's no reason for you to ever want a CPU from the i7 line.

EDIT: Anyone who considers buying a Core i7 for gaming needs to look at these charts.

Enjoy paying hundreds of dollars more for a 3-4 average FPS increase I guess.



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ssj12 on 25 February 2010
Garcian Smith said:
ssj12 said:

yes, because even AMD's Phenom x6 probably wont compare to the i7-930

So are you running something particularly CPU-intensive on any kind of regular basis? Because if you're not, then there's no reason for you to ever want a CPU from the i7 line.

EDIT: Anyone who considers buying a Core i7 for gaming needs to look at these charts.

Enjoy paying hundreds of dollars more for a 3-4 average FPS increase I guess.

actually they are capable of a lot higher FPS gains, its just that games are programmed for 8 threads,.



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Garcian Smith on 25 February 2010
ssj12 said:

actually they are capable of a lot higher FPS gains, its just that games are programmed for 8 threads,.

Doubtless they're capable of more, but then, why buy one now if you'll never use anything that takes advantage of its full capabilities? In two years when game engines start to really take advantage of hyperthreading a CPU as powerful as the i7-920 will have likely dropped to the $100 range, and won't require lock-in with expensive mobos and triple-channel RAM.



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jefforange89 on 25 February 2010
Garcian Smith said:
ssj12 said:

actually they are capable of a lot higher FPS gains, its just that games are programmed for 8 threads,.

Doubtless they're capable of more, but then, why buy one now if you'll never use anything that takes advantage of its full capabilities? In two years when game engines start to really take advantage of hyperthreading a CPU as powerful as the i7-920 will have likely dropped to the $100 range, and won't require lock-in with expensive mobos and triple-channel RAM.

Not to mention, it'll be obsolete anyhow.



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greenmedic88 on 25 February 2010

The i7 920 with the current DO stepping is actually a monstrous overclocker breaking 4Ghz on air with stock voltage (many lots can actually be undervolted and break 4Ghz). But, just about any decent current CPU should easily overclock fast enough (or beyond) for practical use with current games. Pretty much all of the 1156 based CPUs fall into this category. Since their debut, there really hasn't been any point in building a 1336 based system for games.

Despite the huge difference in overall processing power currently available, some of the best gaming rigs still use highly overclocked E8400-8600 core 2 duos.