i3 > i5 transition

[random5]

Just wondering, been having my 2nd gen i3 (yeah the very same i3-2100) for quite a while.. thinking its about time for change.. so yeah there's quite a great bargain in local store for i5-4590.. ofc I know I'll need new mobo alltogether due to my dated LGA1155 socket,PCI-E 2.0 and SATA 3GB/s etc.

how impactful for the gaming part would it be? at the moment ain't running any of the newer games that well.. for example CoD:Ghosts like 30-60FPS on high in single player.. in multiplayer like 15-40FPS, in Path of Exile on high 120-200FPS soloing, 8-90FPS full group multiplayer,MWO 15-80FPS on all lowest settings ,Ghost Recon Phantoms like 50-60FPS on medium. Not even trying out games like CoD:Advanced Warfare, PC won't handle em anyway.

Running on 1920x1080 resolution, sure it's a bit high for my PC but it's what I feel comfortable at, tiny screens aren't really my thing.

 

[i7Baby]

4 cores are better than 2. Some games will run a lot better with the i5.

 

[MalakiArtook]

we need to know the rest of the specs to give a solid answer

 

[random5]

well yeah, I get that much mr.obvious,want the actual numbers, increase in performance by % in games which multiple cores matter and in ones where they don't.

 

[random5]

Ugh fine,
ZM-700GLX 700W 80+ PSU
GA-h61m-s2-b3 motherboard
Seagate 7200RPM 500GB HDD
ASUS GTX 750 Ti OC
8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1866MHz
Some cheap Hedy case, think its A1016,might get a wide one too.

 

[MalakiArtook]

there will be a small increase but nothing drastic. CPU intensive games will obviously run better. It will also be a good foundation for future upgrades. modern i5s will most likely be relevant for a long time..

 

[random5]

there will be a small increase but nothing drastic. CPU intensive games will obviously run better. It will also be a good foundation for future upgrades. modern i5s will most likely be relevant for a long time..

need numbers, % performance or # FPS increase in light on CPU games and % or #FPS increase on CPU heavy games.

BTW , mainly I'm multiplayer games player,so for me pretty much CPU is more important than GPU.

 

[i7Baby]

Put the details into the game debate screen for each game you want to play to get back best settings and expected fps.

 

[MalakiArtook]

My name isn't Google 😛 google the benchmarks for whatever game you are looking to play.

 

[random5]

My name isn't Google 😛 google the benchmarks for whatever game you are looking to play.

thing is benchmarks are mainly on single-player runs of games..hard to benchmark in multiplayer every CPU on identical conditions

 

[MalakiArtook]

Just about every multi player game has a forum in which the community talks about such things.

 

[i7Baby]

Put your pc details into http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3060&game=Battlefield%204 to see how you would perform with BF4. Do it again using an i5 an see what the difference is.

Or pick some other game that you want.

 

[random5]

Put your pc details into http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3060&game=Battlefield%204 to see how you would perform with BF4. Do it again using an i5 an see what the difference is.

Or pick some other game that you want.

Though I do not play battlefield due to uhm... political reasons. Did as you've said the performance on 1280X1024 increased from 96% recommended with i3-2100 to 192% of recommended with i5-4590.

That's exactly 2X increase, which is approximately what I was expecting,but still way higher than numbers I received in other forums which said smth like 20-30% which wouldn't be worth the upgrade.All of this leads to state of confusion.

 

[i7Baby]

Try a few different games and see how they average out.