i5-4670k vs i7-4770k (GAMING)

[tommy4711]

Which one would be the more powerful / more futureproof / most cost effecient cpu for GAMING?
Would I notice any fps difference in a games such as BF4 and Crysis 3 and if so, how much?

 

[Azn Cracker]

Errr obviously the i7 4770k would be more powerful and "furtureproof" (no possible). Dunno why you are asking that. But for gaming the i5 4670k is the most cost effective. It has the same performance in almost all the games, including the ones you mentioned.

However a year or two the the road, it may be different because the games could start using 8 threads instead of the current standard of like 4.

Heres the benchmark for BF4
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

 

[tommy4711]

Hahaha yeah I figured, sort of meant it all as cost effecient for the power / futureproofness you get, didn't really come out that way.

But yeah, with the ps4 and xbox one using 8 cores I see where you're coming from.
So, you reckon I should get the i5 and save the $100?

 

[redeemer]

Well if you do not have a gpu already I would say buy the i5 and chuck the extra money towards the GPU.

 

[Embra]

Well if you do not have a gpu already I would say buy the i5 and chuck the extra money towards the GPU.

+1 to this.

 

[jaguarskx]

Games don't make use of hyperthreading. I recall reading a post where someone believed HT would be used by a lot of "big games" in about 4 years. That was about 4 years ago.

 

[Extremehotdog]

Get the i5 with a good aftermarket cpu cooler, overclock it and spend the money you saved on the GPU

 

[aatir]

I7-4770K is obviously more powerful but for gaming purposes an i5-4670K will do just fine and its a K CPU you can OC it whenever you want if you feel lack of speed and its capable of handling the best single GPUs. As for fps increment in games there hardly would be any.I say i5 is perfect better invest the saved from i7 on a nice GPU..

 

[Master-flaw]

+1 for saving money with the I5...

 

[fnatic]

i5 vs i7 is all about do you have the money? Do you want to future proof your machine? If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

 

[DeltaRecon2552]

i5 vs i7 is all about do you have the money? Do you want to future proof your machine? If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

Are you sure about that?

 

[navyboy887]

i5. Not worth it quite yet to go with the i7's because most games aren't taking full advantage of 4 (or 8 virtual on the i7) cores. Save yourself the $100 and go with a better GPU or an SSD.

 

[mikat]

If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

Are you serious? Prove it.

 

[Embra]

If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

Are you serious? Prove it.

http://static.techspot.com/articles-info/734/bench/CPU_01.png

20-30 fps???? where??

 

[DeltaRecon2552]

Go with the i5-4670k. Best for the money.

 

[leeb2013]

Try these 2 case statements;

if (I7 benchmark score) > (I5 benchmark score), then I7 = better performance & more future proof, else I5 = better performance & more future proof

if (I7 benchmark score / $) > (I5 benchmark score / $), then I7 = better value, else I5 = better value

 

[i likbathiF]

i5 vs i7 is all about do you have the money? Do you want to future proof your machine? If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

As an i7 owner and gamer, I can clearly say this is a faulty statement. The i7 is nothing but a hyperthreaded i5, which gives the i7 four extra, virtual cores. This is very good for professional video editing, as the HT feature can give you up to 30% better performance in such applications. Unfortunately, no game is taking advantage of neither 8 cores nor HT, which actually makes the similar i7 3-9% slower in CPU intense games.

My advice: Go for an i5 and save the bucks m8, the only reason I've got an i7 myself is that I've got my m/b, RAM and CPU second-hand for the price of a dual-core AMD. If you do video editing though, get the i7 and turn HT off when you don't need it 😉

 

[Agente Silva]

If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

Are you serious? Prove it.

http://static.techspot.com/articles-info/734/bench/CPU_01.png

20-30 fps???? where??

Hããã... there is no 4670k in that link you posted! Anyway, it´s complete bollocks a 20-30 FPS between 4770k and 4670k. So, as a 4770k owner I say 4670k is best value for money.

 

[sonictt1]

Errr obviously the i7 4770k would be more powerful and "furtureproof" (no possible). Dunno why you are asking that. But for gaming the i5 4670k is the most cost effective. It has the same performance in almost all the games, including the ones you mentioned.

However a year or two the the road, it may be different because the games could start using 8 threads instead of the current standard of like 4.

Heres the benchmark for BF4
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

He's absolutely right. If you're only concerned with gaming, the i5 is the way to go.
Now, if you're partial to streaming, you might want to kick it up to the i7. Shouldn't be a huge deal, but if you're streaming a game like GTA 5 (when it comes out on PC) with lots of physics going on all the time, doing both might get a bit hairy. Getting an Nvidia card (which would have PhysX) should alleviate that, too. Anything more than cursory multitasking with a game will be hard on your CPU, too.

In my case, I often play CoD during coding breaks. Running Visual Studio/Eclipse with CoD would be a nightmare with an i5.

In any case, however, an i5 is a brilliant CPU for gaming, just be aware that you won't be doing much else during.

 

[Shark1965]

I am going to give you guys some personal experience. Last winter I built a new system. Asus Z87pro, i54670k (clocked @4.2) 2x7970,s 16gig gskill @ 1600, Intel 520 SSD. In a couple of BF4 maps the cpu was bottle necking my GPU's. I had to set the graphics to medium high. Just recently I upgraded to the i74790k. I left it at stock. Now I cranked it to ultra. With the i5 and BF4 on medium high my average frame-rate was mid 50's. With the i7 @ stock with settings cranked I am getting an average frame-rate in the mid 80's. So in my experience if your going with a multi-gpu setup and play games like BF4 go with the i7. If you have a single gpu set up the i5 is more than capable. Before anybody asks "why 16 gigs of memory" Playing BF4 with settings on ultra I hit 9 gigs memory usage.

 

[Agente Silva]

@shark1965

That´s odd... at 1920*1080 resolution and 2*7970 you should be way above 100 FPS (with everything Ultra and no SMAA)

 

[Shark1965]

@shark1965

That´s odd... at 1920*1080 resolution and 2*7970 you should be way above 100 FPS (with everything Ultra and no SMAA)

Running a 32 inch led @ 2560x1440. Guess I should have mentioned that.

 

[Lascar]

i5 vs i7 is all about do you have the money? Do you want to future proof your machine? If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

That is a totally erronous statement.

1. You will not be futureproof. If you want futureproof, take the most recommended i5 at lower possible price and bundle it with a high end graphics card. Then when new tier of upgrades appear, you can easily upgrade if you feel the need to use more. But do not be mistaken games that will be utilizing 4 cores at 100% and more will not appears until 4-5 years from now.

2. The statement of 30 fps boos from the i5 to i7 is also quite wrong, getting the best FPS possible at most desired settings depends on many factors, but just changing from i5 to i7 cannot give a free 30fps. If that was the case no one would ever buy a 700 dollar graphics card, instead would just take an i7 and pair it with a mid tier 200 dollars card and get the fps that you are stating.

 

[Lascar]

I am going to give you guys some personal experience. Last winter I built a new system. Asus Z87pro, i54670k (clocked @4.2) 2x7970,s 16gig gskill @ 1600, Intel 520 SSD. In a couple of BF4 maps the cpu was bottle necking my GPU's. I had to set the graphics to medium high. Just recently I upgraded to the i74790k. I left it at stock. Now I cranked it to ultra. With the i5 and BF4 on medium high my average frame-rate was mid 50's. With the i7 @ stock with settings cranked I am getting an average frame-rate in the mid 80's. So in my experience if your going with a multi-gpu setup and play games like BF4 go with the i7. If you have a single gpu set up the i5 is more than capable. Before anybody asks "why 16 gigs of memory" Playing BF4 with settings on ultra I hit 9 gigs memory usage.

The issue here is well known, sli cfx setups are always a source of great many annoyances and problems. Mainly certain configurations not working well with each other under certain circumstances. So having these kind of fps issues on multi GPU and different CPUs are within the error margin on every benchmarks. Who knows next you change to an amd and get 120 fps what would you say then? It's just not really good to rely on SLI CFX markers.

 

[Shark1965]

i5 vs i7 is all about do you have the money? Do you want to future proof your machine? If yes to both then the i7 is the way to go. You will see a 20-30fps increase in your games with the i7 though. BF4 specifically you'll see around a 30fps boost.

That is a totally erronous statement.

1. You will not be futureproof. If you want futureproof, take the most recommended i5 at lower possible price and bundle it with a high end graphics card. Then when new tier of upgrades appear, you can easily upgrade if you feel the need to use more. But do not be mistaken games that will be utilizing 4 cores at 100% and more will not appears until 4-5 years from now.

2. The statement of 30 fps boos from the i5 to i7 is also quite wrong, getting the best FPS possible at most desired settings depends on many factors, but just changing from i5 to i7 cannot give a free 30fps. If that was the case no one would ever buy a 700 dollar graphics card, instead would just take an i7 and pair it with a mid tier 200 dollars card and get the fps that you are stating.

#1 Battle field four Utilized 95 to 100% of my i5 @4.2. BF4 utilizes 6 threads.
#2 Upgrading from an i54670k @4.2 to the i74790k @4.4 (no other upgrade) gave more than 30 frames. With the i5 I had to lower the graphics to medium high. With the i7 all settings are maxed and I still get about 30 frames more, depending on the map. Of course it is going to depend on what hardware you already have. If you have a crappy gpu and not enough memory no processor upgrade will help you.
My System - Asus Z87 Pro. i7-4790@4.7. 16 gig gskill @1600(888-24). 2x HD7970 in cf. Intel 520 SSD (120gig) for OS and programs, Crucial M500(256gig) for games.