GTA IV and an i5 3570k

[modder234]

Can GTA IV run well on an i5 3750k @ 3.4 GHZ?


Thanks in advance

 

[DM186]

The CPU is fine no problem at all. It is the the video card that you have got to make sure it is a good one too. Your CPU is fine no worries on it.

 

[modder234]

Going with a NVIDIA GTX 560ti 2G

 

[DM186]

Then you are good to go and you do have a PSU that is 500w or better?

 

[modder234]

850 Corsair PSU. Also I have 8GB RAM

 

[RyQril]

the cpu is powerful and can handle the heavy process with the gtx560 so yes you can run it fine on max settings plus with graphics mods

 

[addzy94]

The CPU is fine no problem at all. It is the the video card that you have got to make sure it is a good one too. Your CPU is fine no worries on it.

Actually GTA 4 doesn't rely much on the graphic card...because it is badly optimized for the PC. I have check the graphic usage in the setting and stuff.

GTA 4 runs better on 4 cores.

 

[modder234]

Hmm. Well I have looked around and other people are saying that the i5 3750k runs the game just fine. Plus Intel quad cores are extremely expensive.

Thanks for your input though



EDIT: Well I decided to spend the extra cash and go for the i7 3770k. I'm basically just building my rig to play and mod GTA and a few other games so I thought the extra power wouldn't hurt anything.

 

[namelessonez]

EDIT: Well I decided to spend the extra cash and go for the i7 3770k. I'm basically just building my rig to play and mod GTA and a few other games so I thought the extra power wouldn't hurt anything.

You'll do perfectly fine with the i5 3750k @ 3.4 GHZ. Really no need for the i7. Heck, even an i5 2500k is a good enough CPU. Both the i5's have good overclocking capabilities.

You could however, save up the extra cash and put it into the GPU budget for a better GPU (though even the 560ti is pretty good in itself).

 

[simon12]

i7s are no better than i5s for gaming

 

[DM186]

Staying with the i5 is the better choice. With my i7 I only us about 40% of it on load. The i7 is not only for gaming but a wide area of programs that has nothing to do with gaming.

If I had know that at the time of this build I wouldn't have bought it and put the extra cash into my GPU's. So If all you are going to do is game then stay with the i5 and it is a quad core as the i7 is but the i7 has 8 threads.

So save the money and get put it into a GPU or even two of them.

 

[spat55]

Staying with the i5 is the better choice. With my i7 I only us about 40% of it on load. The i7 is not only for gaming but a wide area of programs that has nothing to do with gaming.

If I had know that at the time of this build I wouldn't have bought it and put the extra cash into my GPU's. So If all you are going to do is game then stay with the i5 and it is a quad core as the i7 is but the i7 has 8 threads.

So save the money and get put it into a GPU or even two of them.

what he said ^^^ games are more reliant on gpu rather than cpu so spend like £150 on the cpu then £200 on gpu, but you can always add another gpu card...