AMD or Intel cpu

[assassin445522]

im buying a new cpu soon the most i might be able to get is 150-200$ whats the best cpu to get for games like bf4 planetside 2 starcraft 2 skyrim minecraft with SEUS shaders i was thinking either the fx 8320 or a low end i5 and i have a cpu fan already for my fx 4130 which is bottlenecking my gtx 760 big time that i just bought. lower the cost with 60 fps gameplay no drops the better

Important specs
GPU: Gtx 760
CPU: fx 4130 @3.8GHz
PSU: 600 watt
RAM: 8GB

 

[Amit rock]

Amd or Intel differences.http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1986387/intel-amd-gaming.html. read and find which is better for you!!

 

[crispytheone]

Well,you have the AM3+ socket, you could get the FX-8350 or 8320, if the motherboard will support the 125 watts, of not the FX-6300, I really depends on if you want to move up, spend the money and get a new motherboard, then get an I5.

I think you should get the 8 core, ride it out a while, then when you feel its time, spend the money and upgrade, the 8350/8320 will do well with these new games coming out

 

[maddogfargo]

It will depend on the games you play and how many cores they use.

The performance gap between intel and AMD is much smaller in modern titles and with updated drivers and OS patches. So it won't matter much unless you play a lot of older titles that only use 2-3 CPU cores.

 

[Outlander_04]

If your mb has a 970 or 990 chipset , and a decent set of VRM's then stay with AMD and update to the FX 83200.

If it doesnt then the mb needs to be changed too

 

[delaro]

$200 could get you a Low end Intel board and a G3258 which would give you 45+ FPS overclocked for a year or so.

For AMD that depends on your motherboard, If your using a low end 970 board then you have a 4+2 VRM power phase and you wont be able to overclock FX chips up real high which means losing up to 10 FPS. On a low end board a FX 8320 is a marginal upgrade you would see a minor change but nothing drastic.

 

[crispytheone]

$200 could get you a Low end Intel board and a G3258 which would give you 45+ FPS overclocked for a year or so.

For AMD that depends on your motherboard, If your using a low end 970 board then you have a 4+2 VRM power phase and you wont be able to overclock FX chips up real high which means losing up to 10 FPS. On a low end board a FX 8320 is a marginal upgrade you would see a minor change but nothing drastic.

Why would you say the 8320 would only be a marginal upgrade? single core performance is better and multi core performance is WAY better

The g3258 will not play GTA V, Witcher 3, Star Citizen, ect ect, dual core CPU's are not a wise purchase, even if its really powerful.

The 8350 and 8320 are in a different world than the G3258, no way would I recommend a pentium dual core over an AMD 8 core, come on the G3258 even has missing instruction sets, stop this.....

 

[Rafael Luik]

It will depend on the games you play and how many cores they use.

The performance gap between intel and AMD is much smaller in modern titles and with updated drivers and OS patches. So it won't matter much unless you play a lot of older titles that only use 2-3 CPU cores.

Not really. http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36940392&postcount=22

You can check all the newest games, if you find one where a FX 8350 beats a Haswell i3 it's one of the very few exceptions.
AC: Unity, Alien Isolation and Civilization V all use 6+ cores and the FX line still loses to a 2 cores / 4 threads i3.

 

[konawolv]

For your budget, get the 8350. NOTHING is going to beat it at that price range. It multitasks like an absolute beast, and the gaming performance is also very good.

I just upgraded from my 8350 to the i7 4790k (to free up my 8350 for an ESXi build). Did i see performance improvements going from the FX to the i7? kind of; in gaming i saw an increase, but in windows and multitasking, the 8350 was better. Was it worth the extra money (assuming it was purely an upgrade and not freeing my up to do something else with my parts)? no.

The 8350 is aging like fine wine especially with DX12 around the corner.

***NOTE*** remember that gaming FPS isnt all encompassing. The typical user will have multiple apps open and running and like to filter through said apps seamlessly. The FX 8350 does this better than its comparably priced competition. If you try to multitask with an i3 or even an i5 while gaming on a high end game, its not going to perform as well.

 

[delaro]

$200 could get you a Low end Intel board and a G3258 which would give you 45+ FPS overclocked for a year or so.

For AMD that depends on your motherboard, If your using a low end 970 board then you have a 4+2 VRM power phase and you wont be able to overclock FX chips up real high which means losing up to 10 FPS. On a low end board a FX 8320 is a marginal upgrade you would see a minor change but nothing drastic.

Why would you say the 8320 would only be a marginal upgrade? single core performance is better and multi core performance is WAY better

The g3258 will not play GTA V, Witcher 3, Star Citizen, ect ect, dual core CPU's are not a wise purchase, even if its really powerful.

The 8350 and 8320 are in a different world than the G3258, no way would I recommend a pentium dual core over an AMD 8 core, come on the G3258 even has missing instruction sets, stop this.....

Are you sure about that. A G3258 overclocked to 4.5ghz or better will play everything out right now, It's just not a chip you want for years to come like a I5 is. FX chips are showing trouble now that is how far behind they are in Core to Core performance vs Intel. They are still good budget chips if Max settings are not a issue but even the best they have struggles to keep up with the cheapest of the I5's out today. All those added FX cores mean squat only a few games can utilize more than 4 cores and they still favor 4 Core Intel and even I3's. Yes a G3258 should not be doing so well in games being a Dual Core but guess what..... It does It's just not a chip you want to be Gaming/Frapsing/Teamspeaking and running 4 browserer all at once on.

Assassin's Creed Unity Pentium G3258 4.5ghz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S224cg0_VPA

Alien Isolation Max Settings G3258 4.4GHz GTX 970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EkHyey7ss

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389795
Chart results for Civ V Brave New World and many other titles.

 

[Outlander_04]

A G3258 pentium overclocked to 4.5 Ghz is nearly as good as an i3 at stock speed [ but uses twice the power]
and an i3 will be trashed in online gaming by any of the multiple core AMD's costing the same amount

 

[delaro]

A G3258 pentium overclocked to 4.5 Ghz is nearly as good as an i3 at stock speed [ but uses twice the power]
and an i3 will be trashed in online gaming by any of the multiple core AMD's costing the same amount

If you were to compare say 50 titles a "heavily" overclocked FX will beat a I3 4460 by a small margin and be using 2X the power. A G3258 VS I3 are neck in neck in most titles and in many games the G3258 is on par with a I5, there are tons of Charts,Graphs and Benchmarks out to prove all of this. There are very few titles out that FX's chips beat out I3's by a large margin and I do mean very few.

 

[Rafael Luik]

I don't agree on the Pentium G3258 recommendation.
Every time I see anyone recommending this processor is purely in the base of overclocking capability. This will require a better board and cooler from the user and in no way will solve the fact it's a pure dual core. When frame time variance won't catch you, games like Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition will come to bite you as they simply won't run.

Just go with an i3 and be done with it (a virtual quad-core is better than no quad at all)... Or the i5 if you can afford it.
Even with the utilization of 6 or more cores in games in the great great majority a FX 8350 can only dream to get a tie in FPS with it (a tie where the FX is using more than double the energy of the i3). So don't expect miracles from DirectX 12.

 

[crispytheone]

Every time I see an G3258 recommend I know that either that person is an Intel fanboy, or lives by the benchmarks, and really doesn't pay attention to games coming out, most if not all higher end games are requiring a quad core, so games like GTA V require at least a Phenom x4 which in benchmarks can't hold a candle to a g3258, but it will play GTA V, Witcher 3, Starcitizen, and the pentium g3258 or I3 wont