FX-8350 Good For Gaming

[mbw56789]

I was wondering if this is a good CPU for hardcore gaming??!?!?!

 

[TheBigTroll]

a i5 4670k is better

 

[mbw56789]

Yes but I was wondering if it is OK.

 

[TheBigTroll]

depends on your budget for the total rig. a smarter question would be to ask for advice for the entire rig rather than a single component. saves you time, and saves us from giving bad advice.

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[06yfz450ridr]

yes youll do fine with it

 

[ethereal essence]

It will run most games as well as an i5 (we're talking about 2-5 fps difference in most games here). However there are some games were the difference will be rather large, these games are more demanding of the cpu and/or poorly optimized. Some games are Starcraft 2, guild wars 2, flight simulators, WoW and skyrim just to name a few.

Overall tho the 8350 can run a lot of those games well enough.

 

[4745454b]

To expand on what ethereal wrote which is spot on, for me the question was do you want to have that lower performance in some games or is it worth the ~$20 to get the 3570K? Or whatever ~$200+ chip Intel has out now. I went with the 3570K because I didn't want to have slow downs in any game. I wanted the fastest/best, and it was worth it to me to spend the extra $20 to get the 3570K. As bigtroll mentioned however asking about one part might not be the best. Hard to suggest parts when you can't see the whole picture.

Edit: Here are a few games where the 8350 has trouble keeping up.

And yet other times it has no problems.

Sometimes it does fine, as good as what Intel has. Other times, as ethereal said, it the difference is rather large. (what is that, 1/4th to 1/3rd less? 25-33% lower?)

 

[8350rocks]

If saving $70 buys you a better GPU, get the 8350.

FX 8350 + HD 7870XT > 4670k + HD 7790

EDIT: The GPU is going to be FAR more a determining factor in game performance than the CPU will. The only point where it makes more sense to do the 3570k (I don't recommend the 4670k except under certain circumstances), is if you are not at all concerned about a budget...(at that point it really makes sense to me to go to a 3930k over the 3570k anyway).

 

[bryonhowley]

I have a FX-8350 rig with a Crossfire HD 7970 and a i5 3570K with a SLI GTX 670 and can tell for sure that my FX rig is more than capable of playing any game I have just as good as my i5. And in games that support Eyefinity at 5760x1080 it runs better in some games than my i5 at the same resolution.

 

[4745454b]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&Tpk=8350&IsVirtualParent=1
8350 $200 counting shipping and rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484
PCS 7870+ $234 counting shipping and rebate.

$434 total for 8350 and 7870.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
4670K $240 counting shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202029
Sapphire 7790. $122 counting shipping and rebate.

4670K and 7790 = $362 which is NOT $70 more expensive then the 8350 and 7970+. Why are you putting such a low card with the 4670K? The 4670K is $40 more expensive then the 8350. The question is is that $40 well spent or should you pass on it?

 

[4745454b]

Good luck with your build. Closing now to stop the flame war.