Which AMD CPU is best for gaming?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This. No doubt the 2500 is an excellent chip - even excellent value for money.

But is it necessary? My X3 Athlon-II is still holding up well, although admittedly I don't play Battlefield or SupCom2 or the like.

So either games just really aren't that CPU dependant, or I'm not playing the right games And admittedly I don't feel the need to run games on max settings most of the time.

But the X3 breezed through Portal2 and Dead Space 2, the most recent FPS games I've been playing.

My mate has an Athlon II X3 at 4GHZ and it seems fine with SupCom2,Skyrim and Civ5 using an HD5850 1GB at 1920X1080. However,he is not a benchmarker.

 

[Jay85]

So how much more life does my 955 BE chip have in it before i would need to think about upgrading it?

 

[jennidc]

955 will be good for a few years yet, especially when paired with a decent graphics card.

The new release of consoles may lead to higher specs for games when they are ported over to PC. I'm hoping it may lead to more games going down the multi-core route as my x6 will then be an even more future proof chip.

 

[HeX]

960T.

A steal at around £100, with the potential of being an X6 even more so.

 

[neoglow]

Just go with Intel, you know you want to!

 

[JamesM]

I felt my 955 was a bottleneck with my two 6950s in crossfire as the GPU usage would never go above 60-70%.

Compare that to when they were paired with my 2500 and they were at 99% constantly there is a difference.

I didn't notice a difference with a single card however.

 

[Martini1991]

I felt my 955 was a bottleneck with my two 6950s in crossfire as the GPU usage would never go above 60-70%.

Compare that to when they were paired with my 2500 and they were at 99% constantly there is a difference.

I didn't notice a difference with a single card however.

Because it was

 

[Zaim]

I would go with a 960T excellent CPU for gaming and superb value for money. Shame you hate Intel so much as the 2500k really is a superb CPU.

+1, the 2500K is a no brainer.

 

[Dicehunter]

the masses are telling you to go with intel, you must always do what the masses tell you to or the masses will get angry and type nasty things on a forum not many people know about.

jokes aside, go with what you can afford.