i3 or i5, which should I get for future games?

[George Mooey]

So I made a budget build late last year, using a pentium G3258 as my processor. I heard many great things about it. Although it's a dual core CPU, its overclocking made it worth its buck. However, I've heard many things regarding dual core CPU's that have me very skeptical of my decision to buy the CPU. Apparently dual core cpu's are just not up to snuff for future titles, where games (like Dragon age inquisition and far cry 4) simply can't work with dual cores. Now, I realize there are work arounds for those titles, but recently I purchased Mortal Kombat X on pc, and it has an issue of not being able to perform well on dual cores. Although I can play the story mode near 60 fps on high settings, the other modes, such as tutorial mode and player vs cpu mode is unplayable since my game crashes during loading screens, where my cpu goes to 100% load. This is apparently an issue with my Dual core users, so it tells me this game is simply not meant for Dual cores, or the game is poorly optimized.
I've recently thought about upgrading to a better processor for future titles. I plan to play pc games that are coming out in a year or so, such as Overwatch and Street fighter V, but if this processor simply can't play these games, I want to know this. Should I get an i3, which is still a budget dual core cpu, but with hyper threading, or get a i5, which is much more expensive but is a quad core and is usually the standard for higher end games? My budget isnt the best, which is why I'm asking this (clearly if I did have a great budget, I'd just get an i5)

 

[i7Baby]

i5 for sure. See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

There are no tier 1 i3's.

 

[napster100]

In my experience, i5 all the way. I started with the i3 4130, dual core with hyper threading, I then upgraded to the i5 4690k quad core but no hyper threading, and I seen the difference straight away as my computer was booting up.

 

[George Mooey]

i5 for sure. See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

There are no tier 1 i3's.

Okay, which i5 would you consider one for someone who's on a budget?

 

[i7Baby]

i5 4460

 

[holyrage]

now 4460

1.5 months from now a broadwell I5 (only 2 chips will be out both unlocked I5 and an I7)

 

[i7Baby]

See http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-core-i7-5775c-core-i5-5675c-processors-iris-pro-graphics-6200-detailed-launching-q2-2015/

"While the processors are meant to offer an upgrade to the current desktop parts, they are not going to be a high-performance capable chip like the Devil’s Canyon which was built to handle higher overclocks and featured faster clock speeds. The replacement to Devil’s Canyon comes with Skylake-S in Q3 of 2015."

 

[holyrage]

so broadwell is basically not an OC chip (im pretty sure clock for clock it is faster Ivy was faster than sandy clock for clock)

i think skylake would be released late Q3 broadwell comes in june anyways

a locked I5 now will give u at the very least 4 years of service b4 u need to upgrade

 

[George Mooey]

See http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-core-i7-5775c-core-i5-5675c-processors-iris-pro-graphics-6200-detailed-launching-q2-2015/

"While the processors are meant to offer an upgrade to the current desktop parts, they are not going to be a high-performance capable chip like the Devil’s Canyon which was built to handle higher overclocks and featured faster clock speeds. The replacement to Devil’s Canyon comes with Skylake-S in Q3 of 2015."

Ty for the advice. So, would an i5-4460 bottleneck something like a r7 260x? 1080p gaming is not my end goal, since i just wanna play the games at 60 fps.

 

[holyrage]

a 4460 can run a R9 295X2 or a titan X SLI no probs

 

[i7Baby]

So, would an i5-4460 bottleneck something like a r7 260x? - no way. But maybe a higher end card using to play high end games.

See http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/the-intel-haswell-e-cpu-review-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/6 - see the trouble high end amd have.