To the op intel is the winner for 1080p gaming, but when you start to go up the resolution ladder for instance 1440p or 4k then it will tax/use the gpu much more than the processor, so a 2700x is ideal for this when pitted up against a 9900k when gaming at 4k resolution only 1-2 fps difference between the two processors.
Anyways... since the 3 of us recommend the amd processor, the amd route as i say offers value for performance over a stock intel processor that is not gonna be overclocked, but if overclocked it changes the scene like if you had a 9900k at 5ghz then it is a different ball game.
Yep also the amd route is defiantly more future proof because since the launch of ryzen and the am4 motherboard socket, they amd will support the am4 socket for 3 years since its launch at 2017 and until 2020.
This video goes on about the ryzen 1600 vs 7600k it will give you an idea why we are recommending ryzen processors.
If you look at all the benchmarks comparing intel processors and amd processors and studying all of them, it makes sense intel is the no brainer approach because of much higher frames per second okay, so if you look at a wall intel processors will have higher fps over ryzen, but if you look at a field etc with tons of explosions going on in crysis 3 then the ryzen will have the higher fps, also important that the game is using all of the cores/threads though.
Bit of a toss up between intel and amd processors.
If you watch this video it exposes where the strength of these ryzen processors are coming from.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32379305
But if your overclocking then it is intel processors all the way but i think and hopefully zen 2/ryzen 3000 series offers something or until zen 3/4000 series to combat this.
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It is imperative to know that these ryzen processors love fast ram so 3000/3200 mhz ram is ideal.
So yeah in crysis 3 between ryzen 1600 and 7600k, the ryzen absolutely stonks the 7600k with much higher min frame rates thanks to the extra cores and threads used giving it a much better smooth experiance the fps hardly changed when the processor was not taxed this much before the 7600k tanked in fps that is, but the 7600k has the much better max fps or high fps thanks to it's single threaded performance.
Overall the ryzen processor is the much powerful processor when compared to 7600k and shows it with the much higher min frame rate in crysis 3 but the ryzen processor lacks in single threaded performance imo, so the 7600k had much higher fps then the ryzen could ever achieve.
Like yin and yang, intel wins in max fps ( this is what most bench markers will show you vs ryzen processors), ryzen wins in min fps but the amd processor is much more consistent with the fps in crysis 3 which is why it is a smooth gaming experience, before and after it maintained a smooth gaming experiance of over 100fps before the explosion and 100fps after the explosion in crysis 3, but the intel 7600k processor fell/tanked from heaven with its glory of max fps to under 100fps by quite a margin like 62 fps thus the ryzen processor wins in that way.
Anyways this is a classic example between these processors and the land of intel vs amd so yeah.
As have said bit of a toss up between amd and intel.
