AMD Athlon 5350 Comparison

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

I actually have a AMD Athlon II X3 440...
I'm looking forward to buy: AMD Athlon 5350 and GigaByte Motherboard...

FOR PLAYING GTA 5 W/O LAG

Should i Stick to it or invest same money in better RAM?

Specs: Corsair ValueSelect 2gb ddr3 1333MHz
X3 440
Nvidia GT 240 1gb GDDR5

 

[Trafalgar747]

Thats graphics card, ram and processor is simply not able to run GTA 5 without alot of lagg. May i ask what resolution you will be playing at? Also could you list all the parts you already own, and the budget that you have to upgrade your PC to play GTA 5.

 

[dudeman509]

...???

That's a terrible CPU. Your current one is better, though not by much.

To play GTAV without lag, you need a much, much better CPU and GPU.

For starters, i3-6100/RX 380/470 or GTX 750ti/960 at a minimum.

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

Thats graphics card, ram and processor is simply not able to run GTA 5 without alot of lagg. May i ask what resolution you will be playing at? Also could you list all the parts you already own, and the budget that you have to upgrade your PC to play GTA 5.

I saw that 4gb ram
GT 730 and
5350 are ok for GTA 5 ultra

 

[Ecky]

Wherever you read that, the source was mistaken. The Athlon 5350 is basically a tablet/phone CPU and has no place in a desktop PC. It's somewhat slow even for things like web browsing, performing on par with something you could get in 2005-2006. I work at a PC shop and when people come in with AMD cat-core machines, I generally recommend they recycle them and move to something more modern.

 

[Trafalgar747]

@Ecky is absolutely right, wherever did you read these components would be able to run GTA 5 on Ultra? Thats simply impossible.

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

Wherever you read that, the source was mistaken. The Athlon 5350 is basically a tablet/phone CPU and has no place in a desktop PC. It's somewhat slow even for things like web browsing, performing on par with something you could get in 2005-2006. I work at a PC shop and when people come in with AMD cat-core machines, I generally recommend they recycle them and move to something more modern.

So is FX-6300 OK?

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

I do play BF4 at my current config : X3 440, 2gb ddr3, gt 240 at 1080p

 

[dudeman509]

So is FX-6300 OK?

Buy an i3.

Don't bother with the FX platform right now.

-FX-8320 owner.

 

[Trafalgar747]

I would recommend purchasing an i3 6100 and 750 ti, you should be able to play those game very well with it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $278.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-30 01:29 EDT-0400

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

I would recommend purchasing an i3 6100 and 750 ti, you should be able to play those game very well with it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $278.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-30 01:29 EDT-0400

What about Core 2 Quad Q6700 + GT 240 + 4gb @1600Mhz?

 

[Ecky]

The GT 240 is much slower than an i3's integrated graphics. It's not a gaming GPU at all, and is barely adequate to play modern HD video.

The Q6700 would be faster than an Athlon 5350, but it's a 10 year old CPU, and many 775 motherboards are on their last leg. Also, by today's standards, its power usage is atrocious. When I moved from a Q6600 to my current i5, my idle power consumption dropped from 175w down to ~35w, which equates to about $200 per year in electricity if you leave your PC on all the time.

EDIT: Gaming is an expensive hobby. Not as expensive as some, but you're just not going to get a machine that can run GTA V smoothly for less than $3-400.

 

[TerryLaze]

GTA V doesn't run smoothly because it has a "bug" with it's main thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8DQl_VRiPw

Just use a fps limiter to make it run smooth if you don't like messing with the threads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK0_wOKv-rU&feature=youtu.be&t=249

 

[Ecky]

That's not the only reason it might not run smoothly. GTA V is one of the most intensive games out today, so expecting it to run well on a 10 year old CPU is wildly optimistic.

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

The GT 240 is much slower than an i3's integrated graphics. It's not a gaming GPU at all, and is barely adequate to play modern HD video.

The Q6700 would be faster than an Athlon 5350, but it's a 10 year old CPU, and many 775 motherboards are on their last leg. Also, by today's standards, its power usage is atrocious. When I moved from a Q6600 to my current i5, my idle power consumption dropped from 175w down to ~35w, which equates to about $200 per year in electricity if you leave your PC on all the time.

EDIT: Gaming is an expensive hobby. Not as expensive as some, but you're just not going to get a machine that can run GTA V smoothly for less than $3-400.

I was asking just cuz i have an extra. (motherboard too)

 

[Ecky]

You can certainly try it on the Q6700, and it will run better than on the Athlon.

 

[Ideal Computer Education YT]

You can certainly try it on the Q6700, and it will run better than on the Athlon.

OK!
Well it doesn't lag on this config too!
It gives me 20-40 fps @1366x768

I'll sure try for Q6700