I5 750 Vs Phenom II x 4 955 for gaming

[adam_x_brookes]

I'm trying to decide what CPU to choose for gaming, I will be coupling it up to an sapphire HD5770, G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Ram

The price between the two is not that different, and Im wondering which processor will give the best performance for gaming, internet use, and overlocking?

Thanks

 

[arterius2]

there is almost a $100 difference between i5-750+mobo and AMD 955+equivalent mobo

a better comparison would be i5-750 vs X6 1055T : http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/282244-28-best-value-phenom-phenom-1055t
^ in which case no need to continue this thread

 

[simon12]

For gaming & overclocking I would go for a dual core AMD 550 (Black Edition for overclocking) or intel G6950 as both overclock great and neither should bottleneck a single 5770.

 

[saaiello]

For gaming & overclocking I would go for a dual core AMD 550 (Black Edition for overclocking) or intel G6950 as both overclock great and neither should bottleneck a single 5770.

NO NO NO Please do not get a dual core there is no reason with all the quad core options out there to get a dual core CPU especially the Phenom II 550 it is overpriced and IMO pointless to buy in todays market.

If starting a new gaming rig you need a good quad core no matter how you look at it quad core is the way to go more and more games will start using these quad cores to their max soon and being on a dual core CPU when this happens will suck.

I'm trying to decide what CPU to choose for gaming, I will be coupling it up to an sapphire HD5770, G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Ram

The price between the two is not that different, and Im wondering which processor will give the best performance for gaming, internet use, and overlocking?

Thanks

In Gaming the I5 750 and the Phenom II 955 are about the same performance but the I5 750 is faster clock for clock so if you overclock the I5 it will kill the 955 even if you were to clock the 955BE to it highest OC the I5 still wins now the drawback is cost of motherboard for an Intel system you can expect to spend about $100 more on the system.

 

[steddy]

@ saaiello: did you know that you can put period in the middle of a paragraph?
Just kidding :lol:

To answer the OP's question, the i5-750 is better than the 955 at gaming, although, as simon says, it would be fairly hard to bottleneck a weak(er) graphics card like the 5770.

 

[triplebug]

i5-750 and Phenom II x 4 955 is not the same.
i5-750's performance is better than Phenom II x 4 955, and even slightly better than Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition.

Here's the CPU heirarchy chart 2010 of tomshardware
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-core-i5-phenom-ii,2620-7.html

and look for the review of Phenom x4... uhm... I will give you Phenom x6 for better understanding which to get
http://www.techspot.com/review/269-amd-phenom2-x6-1090T-and-1055T/

tbh, I'm a i5-750 user and I did alot of research before purchasing it, this is a article you must see for overclock it. Perfect and efficiency is what tomshardware aim for.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-750-efficiency,2500-9.html


i5-750 is the answer, and 1600mhz dram only if you plan to overclock your processor or else it will stay 1333mhz as default speed.

 

[ksampanna]

I'm trying to decide what CPU to choose for gaming, I will be coupling it up to an sapphire HD5770, G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Ram

The price between the two is not that different, and Im wondering which processor will give the best performance for gaming, internet use, and overlocking?

Thanks

The i7 is wayyy better for gaming. A good p55 board+750 would be pricier than the AMD equivalent, but offer great stock performance & very good OCing.
As arterius2 it would also be pricier by about $100, but every penny worth the price.

 

[saaiello]

@ saaiello: did you know that you can put period in the middle of a paragraph?
Just kidding :lol: .

LOL yea could of used one in there somewhere. Cut me some slack I had not even drank a cup a coffee yet when I posted it was still brewing. :lol:

 

[failboat]

If you go i5 make sure you get a p55 mobo thats important. All the reviews say that thing is badass. Alternatively, with AMD, you could probably get the 300 6 core and a mobo for the same price or the 200 dollar one if you wanted to go cheaper. The clocks are lower on the 6core, but it will shread stuff where the cores are in use.

 

[Onus]

In most games, where performance is mostly determined by the GPU, you will see no visible difference between those two CPUs. In your place, I'd consider anything else I might do besides gaming. If the answer is "nothing, really" then I'd get the 955BE. That's because I'd be able to get a mobo that offered SATA 6gb/s and USB3.0 without cutting into my available PCI Express lanes, and still have the option for at least x8,x8 Crossfire. If, however, you were going to do pro-level video encoding, format conversions, and other CPU-heavy tasks, the i5-750 would be the better performer, or you could get an i7-860.

 

[Userremoved]

Phenom II X4 955 simply because it's cheaper than Intel , you get true Sata 6Gbs and USB 3 lower cost platform (890FX same price as many P55 motherboards and has 16X 16X crossfire).

 

[Userremoved]

...the i5-750 is better than the 955 at gaming...

Heh no.

 

[Userremoved]

The i7 is wayyy better for gaming. A good p55 board+750 would be pricier than the AMD equivalent, but offer great stock performance & very good OCing.
As arterius2 it would also be pricier by about $100, but every penny worth the price.

The i7 usually have the same performance in games.

 

[ksampanna]

The i7 usually have the same performance in games.

Don't know where you got that from, or which crap review you've read, but it's ridiculously wrong. You are embarrassing yourself.

 

[mrhoshos96]

IMO i think the 955 is more future proof

 

[Userremoved]

The i7 usually have the same performance in games.

Don't know where you got that from, or which crap review you've read, but it's ridiculously wrong. You are embarrassing yourself.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=47
Almost always the same except for Far Cry 2.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-9.html
Look at the results for Crysis with the 965 and the i7 930 look at the results.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-11.html
In this one the i7 980X is beaten by the 965.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-12.html
Almost all the same results.
So your looking like an idiot.

BTW: I know the i7 930-920 beats it in some games but it's still small for such a price (except for 980X).

 

[simon12]

NO NO NO Please do not get a dual core there is no reason with all the quad core options out there to get a dual core CPU especially the Phenom II 550 it is overpriced and IMO pointless to buy in todays market.

If starting a new gaming rig you need a good quad core no matter how you look at it quad core is the way to go more and more games will start using these quad cores to their max soon and being on a dual core CPU when this happens will suck.




In Gaming the I5 750 and the Phenom II 955 are about the same performance but the I5 750 is faster clock for clock so if you overclock the I5 it will kill the 955 even if you were to clock the 955BE to it highest OC the I5 still wins now the drawback is cost of motherboard for an Intel system you can expect to spend about $100 more on the system.

If you look at the Building A Balanced Gaming PC part 3 guide you will see you need at least an overclocked 5870 card to get any performance increase from an old core 2 to an i5 750. If the main use of the PC is gaming get a cheaper CPU and a better GPU.

 

[Onus]

Good summary from simon12. People can argue back and forth for days, and there will be titles where there's a difference (one way or the other), but most of the time, performance will ultimately come down to the GPU. Any current quad you get will be powerful enough for games; I suspect that is even true of the new 45W models.

 

[ksampanna]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=47
Almost always the same except for Far Cry 2.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-9.html
Look at the results for Crysis with the 965 and the i7 930 look at the results.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-11.html
In this one the i7 980X is beaten by the 965.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-12.html
Almost all the same results.
So your looking like an idiot.

BTW: I know the i7 930-920 beats it in some games but it's still small for such a price (except for 980X).

OK dumbass, listen. This forum is about 750 v/s 955 (Nine hundred FIFETY FIVE <9 - 5 - 5>). You've posted charts of the 965 (Nine hundred SIXTY FIVE
<9 - 6 - 5 >), about which we're not even talking.

So you first post a 955 - 920 comparo, then mix up 955 & 965, & post 965's benchmarks (instead of the 955's).

In the future, try & read each forum carefully before making a mickey of yourself.

 

[werxen]

965 and 955 are hardly different ksampanna. Calm down.

 

[ksampanna]

Well they're not so similar that you can post one's charts for the other. That's preposterious.

 

[Userremoved]

First of ll a 0.2Ghz difference is not big. Second your talking about the i7 when your supposed to talk about the i5 750. Third this is taken from the rules:

Harass, threaten, embarrass or insult other users, including sending unwanted messages, attacking race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Ad hominem attacks are not permitted.

you insulted me. So please don't rage next time.

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[ksampanna]

That's obviously a typo, I mean to say i5 750, not i7. Can't you tell that by the rest of the post...?

Secondly , I respect the rules & don't mean to hurt anyone. So I'm sorry if I've offended you. But I maintain that you're wrong. Suggesting that 750 is similar to 955 in gaming is one thing, posting 965 for 955 is another & is laughable.

Thirdly, even you called me an idiot. So does that mean you're "Harass, threaten, embarrass or insult"ing me, & I should report you ? :lol:

N try not to be a cry baby next time.

 

[Userremoved]

But I did not call you an idiot I was joking and since you dont believe me go ask other members and go look at the benchmarks.

 

[werxen]

NO NO NO Please do not get a dual core there is no reason with all the quad core options out there to get a dual core CPU especially the Phenom II 550 it is overpriced and IMO pointless to buy in todays market.

If starting a new gaming rig you need a good quad core no matter how you look at it quad core is the way to go more and more games will start using these quad cores to their max soon and being on a dual core CPU when this happens will suck.




In Gaming the I5 750 and the Phenom II 955 are about the same performance but the I5 750 is faster clock for clock so if you overclock the I5 it will kill the 955 even if you were to clock the 955BE to it highest OC the I5 still wins now the drawback is cost of motherboard for an Intel system you can expect to spend about $100 more on the system.

I do not agree with your post all the way. There is still a market for dual cores - especially good wattage ones like 45 TDP AMD that is coming out. While it may not be absolutely performance based - lets not generalize all dual cores as a waste because of the growing quad market.

EDIT: especially since he is going to drop a 5770 into his rig - not something crazy like a 5890.