CPU Longevity?

[cosmogenesis]

Gonna build a new rig and when looking at the benchmarks for single and multi core CPU performance is it worth having 8 cores now albeit at lower Ghz or 4 core at high Ghz going forward. I can see that at 4K resolutions all games seem to level out whatever the CPU but at lower resolutions Intel have high FPS (albeit at levels you dont need - 150 etc).

So will future games in any way make greater use of more cores or still be primarily a single dominat thread just spawning a few more when needed. Can games and other things make use of 16T or is 8T enough going forward?

Opinions appreciated?

 

[cosmogenesis]

so your suggesting presently if your considering getting a new rig you would be wise to go AMD presently as the price is better

 

[cosmogenesis]

Got a original i7, 6GB ram, SATA SSD, ti980 zotac amp extreme. So as I game mostly I thought AMD 1700, hero 6 mobo, 16 go 3000 ram and a m.2 SSD. Would like a 3.9 ghz overclocked rig

 

[cosmogenesis]

yes Longevity. in 5 years time what will most gamer's have and will game designers and developers take a advantage of it. I know its a difficult question but I was just trying to rule out wether games don't or do require more cores and threads?

I know that presently PC Games take advantage of a minimal amount of cores and threads running at very high speeds. In principle the more threads could mean spreading the game over more of them if that is possible and/or desirable for a better gaming experience. I know that graphically games have got much better but except for online games I cant really see much difference in terms of actual game play in single player mode. The AI is not much if any better than 10 years ago etc.

I know its not a gaming thread either but in terms of where the gaming industry is heading is it all about FPS or is there more to it than that.

 

[cosmogenesis]

Mattyg, yes if you can afford them.

 

[cosmogenesis]

Some good info here but cores seem to be as good a factor as Ghz or IPCC

 

[cosmogenesis]

Core look like the way to go as per the threadripper thread in this forum. 12C/16T and 16C/32T parts for the people with very deep wallets