Directx 12 CPU for gaming?

[PatrikVujicic]

Hey guys!

So alot of you guys say that i5 4690k is better than i7 4790k for gaming only.I wan't to know if its true even in 4k with dual SLI 980 ti?and if this is true that I heard somewhere that directx 12 will make that CPU with more core and thread will benefit in games for more FPS?is it ture?

 

[soldier5637]

It is, especially if its a hyper threaded model, and yes! DX12 will up your performance next month noticeably (well, when a full DX12 game comes out). The i7 is very often over kill for so many people that think they need it or it will bottle neck, not true at all. The i5 will have lots of breathing room and save some $$.

 

[andy_Man]

The 4690k is not better than the 4790k for gaming. The 4790k just doesn't offer any benefit for gaming because 90% of all games use 4 cores or less. So it's a bad performance per dollar value. Even at 4k with SLI.

Directx12 is supposed to lessen the cpu overhead. It has nothing to do with making games benefit with more cores/threads. (This is up to the developer)

 

[PatrikVujicic]

http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/460524/DirectX11vsDirectX12_oversimplified

DirectX 12: Every core can talk to the GPU at the same time and, depending on the driver, I could theoretically start taking control and talking to all those cores.

So that means if your CPU has more cores then you will gain more FPS?

 

[andy_Man]

http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/460524/DirectX11vsDirectX12_oversimplified

DirectX 12: Every core can talk to the GPU at the same time and, depending on the driver, I could theoretically start taking control and talking to all those cores.

So that means if your CPU has more cores then you will gain more FPS?

If the game developer has done multi-threaded programming using directx 12.Even those doing this will probably only aim for 2-4 Threads because that is what most systems have. There have only been a few games that take advantage of more than 4 cores/threads. Also Hyper-threading are not true cores, so there is that to consider too.

The big reason why going beyond 4 cores doesn't yield fps increases is because most game engines do not support it. Direct x 12 release doesn't magically mean all developers are going to start aiming for 8 threads, because hardly anyone has 8 threads.

and it's a bitch to code multi-threaded engines.....

 

[theonerm2]

The Core i5 4690K is better for the PRICE than a Core i7 4790K. The Core i7 4790K is better than the 4690K in every way except for value. Think of it like this... If you can save $100 by getting a Core i5 instead of the Core i7 then you can use that $100 to get maybe a GTX 970 instead of a GTX 960. The graphics card is the best part to get for higher performance in games. The CPU is also important because it has to process everything and if the CPU can't keep up with the graphics card then you have a bottleneck. The Core i5 would be a little slower in games but it's nothing you would notice in the real world. You could see the difference in benchmarks but the difference in actual game performance is so little that it's not worth the extra $100 and that extra $100 would be better spent on a graphics card because the graphics card is where the major performance gains are at.

 

[LookItsRain]

All of this directx miracle 49k cores will be used by games stuff was said when directx11 was being talked about. DX12 will not make an i7, fx 8 core etc give higher fps over an i5. If the rumors hold true, all cpus will get a large benefit.