955 Phenom II > i5 2500k

[nitram100]

Hey guys,

An opportunity has arisen to switch from AM3 to 1155 platform with an i5-2500k. It will involve a small bit of cash, but was just wondering if it would be worth the effort?

Would I see a measurable increase in fps in games like bf3, skyrim etc with my bf3 to make it worth my while?

Thanks,

Martin

 

[SeraphX]

an SB i5 will easily outperform a Phenom II 955 at pretty much everything

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=288

 

[nitram100]

Damn, so it's very fast chip. If I were to do the exchange simply for games, would it be worth while?

 

[Dave0w]

yes

 

[SeraphX]

Yes, it would offer more Fps on pretty much everygame, plus with the Oc headroom it has you could easily run a machine comfortably with no bottlenecking on a single card, crossfire or even 3 cards

 

[Davedree]

what resolution do you run at?

 

[nitram100]

Only 1440x900

 

[Indy500]

Well, out of the 4 gaming benchmarks in that Anand link, only one shows a noticable difference between the two (Farcry 2) - and that's above 1440x900. Unless this is a cheap upgrade I wouldn't bother - unless you benchmark constantly that is (which people on here do a lot).

 

[eddiew]

I did the same upgrade, after months of debate. Now I wish I hadn't waited!

Subjectively it's much faster, even though the Phenom II 955 was no particular sloth vs many systems out there. Objectively... er, nothing is pushing the i5 enough to actually find its limits. Photoshop feels 10x faster, BF3, Skyrim, and SWTOR beta are all smooth as a shaven peach

 

[MOOGLEYS]

If its just for games I would keep the 955. Ignoring benchmarks you won't notice a great deal if any difference in games.

 

[slade]

Funny how i asked the same question (albeit in a different way) and everyone said don’t do... it would be a waste of money.... very fickle i mush say!

 

[~>Dg<~]

depends how much

in bf3 you will notice a big 0 in fps difference gpu bound game.

if its a cheap deal then worth a shot but for gaming you wont notice much if anything tbh

i was gunna do same looked at what games were coming out and benchies and thought no point for gaming as bf3 is gpu bound and there wont be nothing for at least 1 yr yet to push as hard if not more.

so i just got a ssd and new gc .

 

[Revenga145]

I've also been looking at a 2500k. Upgrading from a Phenom II X4 965, I know for a fact it will offer far better performance. I'd mainly want it for video/image editing, as I only run on a monitor resolution of 1600x900, I wouldn't expect a massive need to get rid of my AMD chip for it. In games, your current processor will do fine for the time being.

But yes, depending on what you want to do, whether it be any type of editing or gaming, the 2500k will perform better (in almost all cases).

 

[joeyjojo]

I did the same upgrade, after months of debate. Now I wish I hadn't waited!

Subjectively it's much faster, even though the Phenom II 955 was no particular sloth vs many systems out there. Objectively... er, nothing is pushing the i5 enough to actually find its limits. Photoshop feels 10x faster, BF3, Skyrim, and SWTOR beta are all smooth as a shaven peach

That'll be the clean install more than anything else. Perhaps you got a faster HDD and memory at the same time?

As said, the FPS difference isn't worth it. Don't bother.

 

[Davedree]

I came from an unlocked b55 at 4.2ghz on a 770am2+ using ddr2@1000mhz.
nb-cpu was at 2500, I run at 1920x1080 on a 42 inch using an unlocked 6950/70.

I sold my old motherboard and ram and an x4 620 but kept the b55 its in my dads machine.

I wanted to buy an i5 2500k, but they only had a i7 2600k so I ended up buying that,

Was it worth spending all that money? For gaming no, there were a few games that provided maybe a 5-10 fps increase but mostly they still run the same as on the amd at 1920x1080.

Handbrake showed masive gains, literally half the time for encoding, I dont use quicksync as the quality looks bad on the 42''.

Everyones going to have theie own opinions mostly people will quote becnhmarks from the internet, I'm stating mine from my personal experience and I say this.

''If your system is struggling in certain areas and you really can't put up with it then yes upgrade''. Otherwise save your money and look at waiting for the next refresh in graphics cards instead.