I5 2500 gtx 1050ti

[Boris0110]

So i dont know if i should buy i5 2500 for 65 € and buy gigabyte gtx 1050 ti oc 4gigs with it, + 8gb ram ddr3 dual channel 1333mhz WILL THIS SETUP GET HIGH FRAMERATES ? i want 1080p gaming, can this run like battlefield 1 60fps on medium\high ?

 

[Herc08]

That i5 could possibily hold you back. However, BF1 has been having issues with even modern chips as well. The pair will work, but you may want to consider getting a higher CPU, at least a i5-4xxx. If you are going to make an invest, at least make one that will last.

 

[Boris0110]

Hmm will the i5 2500 hold me back so much ? Or ?

 

[Herc08]

Hmm will the i5 2500 hold me back so much ? Or ?

Put it like this, games will be playable. But expect low settings in 1080p, or you may have to drop down to 720p. It's not the GPU, but the CPU may not be able to handle the modern games. If you can try and grab a i5-4xxx chip with a H81 motherboard, then you should be good for the next years.

Not saying it won't work, just want to make sure you get the best bang for you buck,

 

[spdragoo]

BF1 is kind of a hard call. I know Techspot had trouble testing as many configurations as they would have liked, because it kept locking the accounts after so many "hardware configuration changes" -- IIRC, they even had trouble when they tried to artificially downclock their Skylake i7 for testing purposes. Basically, they weren't even able to test with Haswell chips (let alone Skylake).

Having said that...in most other games released in the past 12-24 months you see more differences between Intel chips of the same class due to their core clock speeds rather than the generation they belong to. In most of those games, an i5-2500K (about 99% equivalent to the i5-2500 you're asking about) holds its own with Haswell & Skylake core i5s (&, for the most part, core i7s), losing maybe 5% tops on performance with the same GPU, & the times where it lags behind the core i7 chips are the times that the Skylake i5 chips also lag behind the core i7s. In fact, in a lot of those games its performance is equal to or slightly better than the higher-clocked i3-6100 (3.7GHz version).

So, yeah, it should be able to run 60FPS on medium/high at 1080. In fact, based on how the GTX 1060 performed with a Skylake i7 (http://www.techspot.com/review/1267-battlefield-1-benchmarks/page2.html) & how the i3-6100T (3.2GHz) performed (http://www.techspot.com/review/1267-battlefield-1-benchmarks/page4.html), you should be able to hit at least 70FPS on Ultra with DX11, possibly up to 80 with DX12 (although apparently it won't run as smooth).

The question is whether you want to buy parts for an older system. If you're not worried about its future upgradeability, don't need more advanced features (i.e. built-in M.2 ports, DDR4 RAM, etc.), & the price is cheaper than a Skylake build, then go for the i5-2500. Otherwise, you might want to consider buying newer parts.