Which CPU for Battlefield BC2?

[DoctorStoxx]

X6 1055T or i5 760?

Which of the above will be the better performer purely for BC2 (which I understand to be a multi-threaded game capable of using all available cores)?

What about when both are overclocked to circa 4GHz, does one scale better than the other?

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

The i5 at 4ghz is a quicker chip than the x6 at the same speed.
The x6 will only beat the i5 in heavily multithreaded applications, to which there really aren't many.

I would get the i5 and clock it, but the AMD is not a better nor worse choice imo. There really is not much in it.

 

[oO Stevie Oo]

BFBC2 runs flawlessly on my 955

 

[nicnik]

both are fine. could go with the AMD, but that's only if the 6 cores would be put to good use. For gaming, the 6 cores don't make much difference if at all.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would look at this review:

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1853&pageID=8966

A Phenom II X4 955BE or a Core i5 760 would be fine for the game it seems.

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

I've got the 1055T and the i5 750. Both do a cracking job in BC2 (along with a 4870x2 and 5870 respectively).

 

[Relentless81]

Anything quad and above is fine, it doesnt run so well on dual core

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It looks like even an Athlon II X4 should be fine:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1075t-970be-645-processor-review/17

 

[SouthEastBlue]

Anything quad and above is fine, it doesnt run so well on dual core

Just gone from a dual to a quad, and noticed my average fps go from 35 - 45 to 40 - 60 fps now so quad definitely makes a difference and I've got 2GB less ram at the moment too.

 

[TrojanWhore]

any quadcore is fine, im running a q6600 at 3.2, all max settings at 1920x1200 with a 5850

 

[d_brennen]

any quadcore is fine, im running a q6600 at 3.2, all max settings at 1920x1200 with a 5850

Ditto. Athlon II x4s are great from experiance too

 

[wakayoda]

I'm using an Athlon X2 @ 3.8 socket AM3, if paired with the righ GPU would it work with BC2?

 

[SouthEastBlue]

I'm using an Athlon X2 @ 3.8 socket AM3, if paired with the righ GPU would it work with BC2?

It would work fairly well with the right GPU, enough to be playable on high settings anyway.

 

[DoctorStoxx]

Can BC2 utilise 6 cores?

If so, then surely a 1055T would offer a performance advantage over an i5 760 (or any other quad) in BC2.

I know the i5 760 is faster clock for clock but all benchmarks I've seen show that the 1055T pulls ahead in heavily threaded situations that are able to use up its 6 cores efficiently.

 

[d_brennen]

Can BC2 utilise 6 cores?

Doubt it. It does stretch its legs with a quad over a dual though.

 

[nitram100]

955 is more than enough for me, runs it flawlessly. I don't think you can go wrong with any decent quad core.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Do i need quad core for Battlefield bc2 ??

 

[TigerUK]

I had good fun playing this game with my setup on my sig.

 

[ThomasTheTankEngine]

Can BC2 utilise 6 cores?

If so, then surely a 1055T would offer a performance advantage over an i5 760 (or any other quad) in BC2.

I know the i5 760 is faster clock for clock but all benchmarks I've seen show that the 1055T pulls ahead in heavily threaded situations that are able to use up its 6 cores efficiently.

According to that link posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH bc2 can handle up to 8 threads.

There'd be virtually no noticable diference though, as both chips will run the game without breaking a sweat.