i5 3330 to i7 3770.

[ShockBolt]

Hey, thinking about the new The Witcher 3, i was looking at the requirements, and i have everything recommended (the graphics card is even better than the recommended) except the CPU, i have a i5 3330 3,0, the minimum CPU it's a i5-2500K 3,3 and the recommended one is a 3770 3,4, and i was wondering if my actual CPU even being slighly inferior than the minimim one, would run the game easily along with my gtx 970, upgrading to one of those tow will increase a lot of my fps in games or what i have is enough to get, i don't know, High, 1080p with around 50fps ?

 

[Shneiky]

The 3330 you have has exactly the same performance as an 2500k. Since the 3330 is Ivy Bridge it is around 5% faster for the same clock as Sandy Bridge (like the 2500k). Do not worry about a thing. Your I5 will be more than sufficient.

 

[Calculagator]

Your i5 3330 should have almost identical performance to a stock i5-2500k. I would try the game before sinking the cash into an unnecessary upgrade. The upgrade you suggest may increase performance, but probably not by much. I would be surprised if you cannot get much better performance that what you aim for without upgrading anything.

 

[Undying89]

If you can get a 3770k and overclock it then we are talking some nice difference over your 3330.

Also i would not take serious that system req. we will really know how it runs when we actually try the game.

 

[Shneiky]

Passmark is a horrible benchmark. Synthetic benchmarks do not show real world scenarios - specially gaming. A 3GHz Ivy is comparable to a 3.3 GHz Sandy and to a 2.8 GHz Haswell.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/702?vs=288

Put 1% on top of the 2500K and you will get the difference from 3330 to 2500. Almost completely identical.

We are arguing about completely irrelevant differences. Even if the 2500 is faster - it is 1 FPS per 100. Completely useless debate.

As far as paying for an I7 goes - not needed. The I5 3330 will be more than enough to run the game. Always take the minimum requirements with a grain of salt.