How much CPU bottleneck is there with a Phenom II X4 955?

[synixx]

I saw a pretty big jump with a 2500k over a 955 X4 in crysis 3 with a 7870 so I think you will definitely notice the difference.

 

[DELETED_83755]

Haha just finally got the build going. Just tried crysis and what a difference a processor makes! Of course the game is GPU bought but I'm getting far less frame rate drops in action scenes. Same graphics settings but less stutters?

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

From first page:
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We tested the single player portion of the game to ensure consistent results -- something we simply can't do with others. We'd need a bunch players to participate in simulating a multiplayer environment for the benchmark and they'd all have to perform the same exact actions hundreds of times. We could have tested a multiplayer map by ourselves, but that would have likely been less demanding than single player.

We settled on the start of the fourth mission (titled "Singapore") which begins on the US vessel Valkyrie as the team walks to an inflatable rib where they have a brief discussion and then jump in before being lowered down. Although the test takes place in the Valkyrie's launch bay, the scene seems to use a lot of GPU and CPU power. There is heavy use of DoF (Depth of Field) here so perhaps that is what taxes the GPU.

Sorry just noticed your reply.

So yeah those results aren't worth much as they are in single player. Also mulitplayer, 64 player maps less demanding than single player? I very much doubt that. 100 plus hours playing the game vs their test run on a single player section, my old q9550 struggles.

OP's new i7 2700k will be a huge improvement, have fun

 

[DELETED_83755]

Noted a big difference in smoothness in playing multi-player on crysis 3. Glad I made the upgrade! Also windows is generally nippier too

 

[Davedree]

Noted a big difference in smoothness in playing multi-player on crysis 3. Glad I made the upgrade! Also windows is generally nippier too

Comparing a fresh windows vs old is not representative of the cpu upgrade.
Also there won't be a big differencre between a stock 2700k and a stock 955 when using a stock 6950.

 

[DELETED_83755]

Well I didn't even do a fresh install of windows. Windows 8.1 recognised the new hardware, I reactivated my copy of windows and there I went. Origin and Steam didn't make a fuss at all. I even had a SSD with windows and a HDD with steam/origin and my music/videos and everything was configured correctly without any trouble.

It wasn't a difference in the average frames per second or the maximum, it was the minimum frames that I noted the biggest difference and also scenes where there are a lot of explosions and NPC's.

 

[DELETED_83755]

Also to note, absolutely no difference in the old crysis/ crysis warhead or most older games!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you are primarily gaming then I'd say Intel,
For the Amd fx8 route it depends on the games you play. You need good vrm cooling on the mboard, which you don't have unless you fit a heatsink, and you need a good cpu cooler. The fx8320 must clock to 4.7ghz or higher to provide better performance than the 4ghz x4 965.

An FX8320 at stock would probably be significantly faster than a Phenom II X4 in some newer games.

 

[~>Dg<~]

games like crysis 3, arma based games, skyrim , wow, show the differences.