i3 4130 vs pentium g3258

[waleeda]

which cpu is better for gta 5 a core i3 4130 3.4ghz or pentium g3258 3.5ghz oc.d with 8 gb ram for gaming which one will give more fps ?

 

[James Mason]

The i3.
The extra threads will help GTA 5 run smoothly, and the g3258 will likely have stuttering issues.

GTA 5 on i3-4130, 8gbs ram, gtx 750ti:
GTA V: Settings: high/very high Avg: 53-65

 

[waleeda]

and what about 4130 vs phenom ii x6 3.4ghz i want to play gta 5 maxed out with reflections to very high with msaa off what will be the fps

 

[thomasshera]

An overclocked Pentium G3258 will easily outperform the i3 single-core wise and be cheaper. GTA 5 might use more than 2 cores, though, which could in theory cause a bit of a bottleneck. However, on Youtube, the opposite is true: the GPU, fortunately, is what usually causes the bottleneck.

In this video, there is less than a 5% FPS difference between the Pentium G3258 and the most expensive Devil's Canyon i7 (over $300). Spend your money on the GPU and buy the Pentium G3258 and pair it with a good budget watercooler like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rls12v24pkr1

 

[James Mason]

An overclocked Pentium G3258 will easily outperform the i3 single-core wise and be cheaper. GTA 5 might use more than 2 cores, though, which could in theory cause a bit of a bottleneck. However, on Youtube, the opposite is true: the GPU, fortunately, is what usually causes the bottleneck.

In this video, there is less than a 5% FPS difference between the Pentium G3258 and the most expensive Devil's Canyon i7 (over $300). Spend your money on the GPU and buy the Pentium G3258 and pair it with a good budget watercooler like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rls12v24pkr1

Or don't because you'll possibly have stuttering issues like this guy does:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2685911/make-gta-stop-stuttering-g3258.html

 

[madmatt30]

Only a fool would buy a pentium over a hyperthreaded i3.

You won't max GTA 5 with anything less than a highly overclocked i5 & a gtx 970 /r9 290 ,& even then you'll be looking at drops to 30fps.

 

[waleeda]

if pentium g3258 is low in performance than the i3 than what will be the fps difference between i3 4130 and phenom ii x6 3.4ghz an i3 is expensive in my area

 

[madmatt30]

Its not that the pentium is particularly weak - single core performance is on par with most other low-mid end Intel CPU's.
Its that its a straight dual core - this is a hindrance on some titles now & will only get worse as time goes on.
Only buy the pentium if you 100% are going to have the cash in 12 months time to upgrade to an i3 or i5.

If the i3 is out of budget look at the amd 860k ( incredibly hard to find in Asia and/or the middle east)
Fx 4300
Fx 6300.

 

[duckandchicken]

g3258 oc will run most game fine, but some game like gtav, witcher3, watchdog or total war ect.. will have massive frame drop,
if on budget get g3258 over i3, or save to get 180$ i5 for long last value.
AMD FX 83xx is a good option if DX12 do it's job as promise, you may also get some value if you use PC to render or convert video, for gaming i5 is still the best option at this time