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AMD Bulldozer FX 8150p vs Intel i7-2600k for gaming

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by SKYSTAR, Oct 3, 2011.

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do you think that AMD bulldozer FX 8150p will beat i7 2600k in gaming performance

Poll closed Oct 13, 2011.
yes 1 vote(s) 7.1%
yes , but only in heavly multithreaded games like GTA eflc 2 vote(s) 14.3%
no 11 vote(s) 78.6%
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  1. tweakboy TechSpot Guru

    Well, games don't need 8 cores to run.

    Games barely take up 2 cores of a quad processor. About 70 percent usage in Crysis 2

    What matters is how fast the Bulldozer cores are and Sandy cores are simply faster as shown in benchies.

    2600k any day over bulldozer. Ill take the 4 logical cores over 4 physical cores.
    tweakboy, Oct 21, 2011
    #81

  2. Sarcasm Newcomer, in training

    That pretty much sums up why Bulldozer's gaming performance isn't as high as everyone expects, because games barely use 2-4 threads (not even cores) at this point.

    So would it be interesting to think that the more games use more and more threads, bulldozer's gaming potential will keep rising until 8 full threads are useable?

    Heck, it's probably the same reason why the i7-980X doesn't blow the 2600K out of the water for this reason.

    While I'm sure we're a LONG way off before games start actually use more than 4 threads minimum, we're heading in that direction starting with BF3.
    Sarcasm, Oct 21, 2011
    #82

  3. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    you should look up game performance reviews over the lasy year. you might be surprised how few use only two cores. Also how many games perform significantly lower, or are unplayable on dual cores.

    Crysis 2 CPU
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    From Techspot review of Crysis 2:
    Dirt 3 CPU:
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    BFBC2 CPU:
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    its because at higher resolutions the vast majority of games are GPU dependent.
    red1776, Oct 21, 2011
    #83

  4. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    Red - your last post has given me a good idea for a new thread... 2 new threads actually, one for CPU(s) and one for GPU(s). Time to waste a bunch of bandwidth!
    LNCPapa, Oct 21, 2011
    #84

  5. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    Hehe, I'm in. I graph CPU and GPU on every game anyway. the 800 x 600 may be a deal breaker for me though :p:wave:
    red1776, Oct 21, 2011
    #85

  6. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    800x600 is the size of the taskman cap, not the game. But after looking at a few of these in a row I may adjust that to a smaller size anyway.
    LNCPapa, Oct 21, 2011
    #86
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