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An idea of what the top dog for gaming just now

Sav112

Sav112

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Hi can someone give me an idea of what the top dog for gaming just now with regards to CPU’s

Am I right thinking this i7-6850K 3.60GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor is the newest best suited for a games rig? Yes I know there will be better bang for buck. But just trying to keep tabs on things.

All I know is i7 is better than i5…..at least with this 1080/1070 GPU cards I can appreciate this is where I want to enter at when I order a build later this year.
 
none are bad choices.if you have the extra go x99 platform.

next 6-12 months you will see the x99 platform come into its own.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
none are bad choices.if you have the extra go x99 platform.

next 6-12 months you will see the x99 platform come into its own.
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You're a bit hypocritical at times Dg.

In the GPU forum you're telling people the devs stick to designing games around the most popular hardware.

Why would more than 4 cores come into their own for gaming when barely anyone has 6+ core chips. Even the early DX12 benchmarks aren't showing any gains.
 
yes they do but look at the future consoles.

its not just the games is it. its VR and other things.

also look at the past the enthusiast platform always lasts the longest ;)

why have 4 core when you can have six ? males no sense to do it.


the 6700k is a great cpu.
 
VR isn't showing any benefit from extra cores either.

Platforms lasting the longest for gaming? People are still using 2500k's which perform just as well as the old enthusiast chips.

The consoles we currently have use 8 core chips and it's made no difference.

The enthusiast platform is great if you can use the cores for other stuff bar gaming but in OP's case I'd go with the 6700k.
 
Building a 6 core system currently, that can match a 6700k in gaming is a fair bit more expensive. Yes, more cores is better, but honestly, it's barely making a difference in gaming beyond 4 cores and has been like this for a long time. I doubt it will change any time soon either. Yes consoles have 8 cores, but each core on a 6700k is probably doing the same work as 3 or 4 of those cores anyway, lol.

I was going to go for a X99 system, but realised that the only thing I do on the computer where performance actually matters is gaming. I occasionally encode the odd movie here and there, but not enough that the time saved with a 6 core cpu will matter.

People hate on Intel for not progressing and while this is true, you can't deny that at the same time, they've had no reason to either. An overclocked 6700k is overkill for pretty much any software a consumer will be using.
 
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Sav112 said:
Hi can someone give me an idea of what the top dog for gaming just now with regards to CPU’s

Am I right thinking this i7-6850K 3.60GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor is the newest best suited for a games rig? Yes I know there will be better bang for buck. But just trying to keep tabs on things.

All I know is i7 is better than i5…..at least with this 1080/1070 GPU cards I can appreciate this is where I want to enter at when I order a build later this year.
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How many gpus in the system? If one, then Skylake... If SLI, then x99.
 
My low power CPU has made no difference in some of the benchmarks in the GPU section, one of which is DX12, I've even scored higher than a system with the same GPU but running a 5960X.

As far as I can see if you have 4 cores then there's little else to worry about.
 
Doogles said:
I'd go for 6700k but if you can wait until after KabyLake.
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For what?

Don't understand why its a waiting game all the time.. If you want it, buy it now, otherwise you're forever waiting. If its not Kabylake, it'll be zen, then it'll be Skylake-E.... :rolleyes:

OP for gaming get a 6700k, or the 6600k if you're on a budget. The i7's hyperthreading offers little in gaming though and often isn't worth the premium ontop unless you do video editing etc.
 
i went for the 6700k over the 6600k

figured i could skimp a bit on the mobo and memory to future proof my system a bit more with a more powerful cpu

with zen having 8 cores and a version of hyper threading thought 4 cores might get old soon

but as pointed out games wise these days there is no difference
 
I keep promising myself a new system to play games I’ve bough on steam but never been able to play like the new Elite etc. With regards to waiting I’m almost the king at that as I’m typing on my 2004 build still used daily. New Ipad Air2 take some of the stress off it mind but still used for stuff like forums etc.

So coming from a one core AMD 64 Athlon is going to be like going from a biplane to concord anyway. I was happy to see what looks like a great GPU in the 1080 cards. Just want a CPU that will match the 1080 etc and play games flawless for at least a good few years. My thinking is Tech has pulled away again from games rather than games just now hammering the hardware. Looks like games are limited by their programming rather than hardware that pushes well beyond.
 
Sav112 said:
My thinking is Tech has pulled away again from games rather than games just now hammering the hardware. Looks like games are limited by their programming rather than hardware that pushes well beyond.
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Everything is going towards high resolution gaming (4K) and at those resolutions even single GTX 1080 isnt enough for constant 60fps with maxed out settings in most games.
So yeah games are still hammering the hardwardware as always.
 
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