Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: January 2012 (Archive)

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Wow... serious AMD Bias in this article, I mean... an Athlon II x4? Really???

Tom's if you're going to mention those POS CPU's, then at least throw the Core2Duo and Quad in there. An e8600 completely smashes the Athlon II x4. ANY CORE 2 QUAD will put any Athlon II CPU to shame. Do you guys at Tom's hate the Core 2 or something? AMD sucks, has for the past few years, please stop trying to make them look better than they are, it's embarrassing!
 
Does this look different from last year, AMD parts look more reasonably placed yet leaves a lot to be desired in many regards but I will leave that out as long as some Intel entrants seemingly very oddly placed.

I would say that the FX8350/8320 possibly should occupy the bottom of tier 1, the FX6300, 4170, 6200 and 1100T top of tier 2 and some Trinity parts need to be buffed up a notch or two as in many instances the 5800K rivaled the 3220 in many gaming metrics discrete performance. that said compared to last years articles this is far more realistic and I wonder why a whole year went to pass before this realization.
 
I am no fan of reverse order posts, but since you keep the same article link month after month, maybe you should put the newest comments first.
 
nice to see some shake ups in the hierarchy charts. really looking forward to the new gaming cpu roundup article. :)
i am glad that pentiums are gone (finally), woulda been happier to see the core i3s lose recommendation as well. this is 2013, ht or not, dual core desktop cpus need to pack up and phase themselves out.
too bad fx is still in the same tier as core i3, always makes me laugh. 😀
i suspect that amd fanboys will groan at how the fx4300's core/thread count is mentioned as 2(4) same as core i3. i remember fanboy(s) launching solo PR campaigns to make sure people say that "it's 4 Real cores, darn it!" reminding me of stan lee's "it's spider'-'man, not spiderman!"....
i fully expect amd fanboys raving about how quadcore cpus made a surging come back and taking budget crowns, totally winning and stuff... 😗
 
Benchmark data makes it clear that Intel's Hyper-Threading technology is effective in mitigating the limitations of a dual-core CPU in games.
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Woah, what? 😱

I can't wait to see that benchmark data now! 'Hyperthreading = useless for gaming' has been the mantra for years and years, this could really shake things up.
 


It shows up in the Far Cry 3 Benchmarks right here on Tom's.

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[citation][nom]ronch79[/nom]You can buy the FX-8350 for $200 or less.Tigerdirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=7339Microcenter: http://www.microcenter.com/product [...] _ProcessorI hope you guys do a better job looking for prices next time. It's not like Microcenter and Tigerdirect are not well-known in the enthusiast community, to which these monthly articles are aimed at.[/citation]

Tigerdirect is having a short-term sale, and Microcenter has no on-line option so you have to live close to one. Regardless, it doesn't have an impact on the recommendations as the Core i5 is a much better performer in games for the $.

You need to do a better job of criticizing. Try reading the first page, it'll help. :)

 
[citation][nom]antiglobal[/nom]AMD FX-4300 has 4 cores and 4 threads, not 2 cores and 4 threads.[/citation]

That's subjective as it's a hybrid. But since Windows 8 calls it a 2 core/4 thread processor that's how I'll list it.
 
[citation][nom]JustPosting101[/nom]Wow... serious AMD Bias in this article, I mean... an Athlon II x4? Really???[/citation]

Interesting you should accuse bias before you've seen the objective benchmarks we're about to release...

Maybe you should look for bias in the mirror... 😉
 
[citation][nom]Cleeve[/nom]Tigerdirect is having a short-term sale, and Microcenter has no on-line option so you have to live close to one. Regardless, it doesn't have an impact on the recommendations as the Core i5 is a much better performer in games for the $.You need to do a better job of criticizing. Try reading the first page, it'll help.
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Hehe Cleeve, did you just respond to a month old post, nice to see this format with reusing the same link and thus responses are causing you "problems" too.
 
[citation][nom]Cleeve[/nom]That's subjective as it's a hybrid. But since Windows 8 calls it a 2 core/4 thread processor that's how I'll list it.[/citation]

But just because Windows sees it that way, does that mean all apps will?
 
So absolutely no gain in any modern game from the additional threads of an i7-3770K?
In which case, why suggest anything more than a 3570K?

Side Note: Anything that equals a Core 2 Quad Q8400 isn't good enough any more. You'll be bottle-necked. Just my personal experience.
 
[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]So absolutely no gain in any modern game from the additional threads of an i7-3770K?In which case, why suggest anything more than a 3570K?Side Note: Anything that equals a Core 2 Quad Q8400 isn't good enough any more. You'll be bottle-necked. Just my personal experience.[/citation]

Most sites don't, and I don't know if this one does either. That's not to say that future games won't take advantage of extra cache, higher clock speeds, more threads than modern games do.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]But just because Windows sees it that way, does that mean all apps will?[/citation]

I don't understand the relevancy of how apps see it.

Apps see four threads if they see anything at all. The same thing they see with a hyperthreaded dual-core processor or a true quad-core.
 
[citation][nom]Sakkura[/nom]Apps don't see it at all. They just hand the work over to Windows, which then decides how to assign it.[/citation]

Some apps are written for a single core, does this not pertain to this?
 
[citation][nom]lothdk[/nom]Hehe Cleeve, did you just respond to a month old post, nice to see this format with reusing the same link and thus responses are causing you "problems" too.[/citation]

Well, I didn't respond before, so I responded now. :)

I know the comment situation is far from ideal, I never said otherwise. Just the reality of keeping a static URL for the monthly updates. The web team should remove the old responses soon...
 
[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]So absolutely no gain in any modern game from the additional threads of an i7-3770K?
In which case, why suggest anything more than a 3570K?[/citation]

Read the page. :)
 
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