i7 vs i5 livestreaming

[swaggernaut101]

is it really worth getting the i7 4770k for livesstreaming even with shadowplay, or can i get a i5 4670k for livestreaming, why i think this is because shadowplay already takes off a lot of stress of cpu on recording and im thinking the same for live streaming. (dont tell me to get a 8350 because its better for livestreaming because i already bought the motherboard) plzz give me an answer because this will happen soon

 

[SethS]

I would say i7 becuae of the hyper-threading (you do know what thatt is?) if not i will explain.

 

[ewok93]

I would go with the 4770k if you can afford it.

 

[swaggernaut101]

I would say i7 becuae of the hyper-threading (you do know what thatt is?) if not i will explain.

i do know what hyper threading is, basicly making it have four more cores(virtual cores), i can afford the i7 but but it would be nice to save some moneyzzzz

 

[fudoka711]

I would really get the i7. I know there's the big cost difference, but if you want to play a game and stream at the same time, chances are you're going to need more than 4 processors. Also your gpu is going to have to be beefy enough to handle it. This is assuming you're going to be streaming something like BF4 or another AAA game. If you're only going to be streaming League of Legends or Minecraft caliber games, then the i5 should be just fine.

 

[FALC0N]

The FX 8350 and 8320 deserve consideration here. They are strong gaming performers once streaming is part of the equation.

 

[Master-flaw]

8350/8320 or I7

 

[ewok93]

Did you guys read the part where he said he already bought the motherboard? Go for the i7

 

[Master-flaw]

I7

 

[ewok93]

Yes, i7.

 

[FALC0N]

Did you guys read the part where he said he already bought the motherboard? Go for the i7

I missed the part about him having purchased the MB already. My bad. With that in mind, I would go with I5 4670k.

Why spend $100 more for hyperthreading when your just going to game? Hyperthreading doesn't add any additional processing power, just more threads. That allows an idle core to process a second thread while it waits on the first thread. This happens fairly often in general computing, but its rare in gaming. Thus, the very limited benefit of hyperthreading in games. Games becoming multithreaded won't change that. There is simply no more processing power available.

That is different on the FX, because each thread is given its own integer core. Meaning each thread adds processing power. So on that platform, adding more threads also adds more power, but not with hyperthreading. Thats why the FX becomes stronger as the workload get wider.

 

[Master-flaw]

Did you guys read the part where he said he already bought the motherboard? Go for the i7

I missed the part about him having purchased the MB already. My bad. With that in mind, I would go with I5 4670k.

Why spend $100 more for hyperthreading when your just going to game? Hyperthreading doesn't add any additional processing power, just more threads. That allows an idle core to process a second thread while it waits on the first thread. This happens fairly often in general computing, but its rare in gaming. Thus, the very limited benefit of hyperthreading in games. Games becoming multithreaded won't change that. There is simply no more processing power available.

That is different on the FX, because each thread is given its own integer core. Meaning each thread adds processing power. So on that platform, adding more threads also adds more power, but not with hyperthreading. Thats why the FX becomes stronger as the workload get wider.

He needs it for streaming as well...more threads help with this. If it was purley gaming the 4670K would be a better choice.

 

[FALC0N]

Did you guys read the part where he said he already bought the motherboard? Go for the i7

I missed the part about him having purchased the MB already. My bad. With that in mind, I would go with I5 4670k.

Why spend $100 more for hyperthreading when your just going to game? Hyperthreading doesn't add any additional processing power, just more threads. That allows an idle core to process a second thread while it waits on the first thread. This happens fairly often in general computing, but its rare in gaming. Thus, the very limited benefit of hyperthreading in games. Games becoming multithreaded won't change that. There is simply no more processing power available.

That is different on the FX, because each thread is given its own integer core. Meaning each thread adds processing power. So on that platform, adding more threads also adds more power, but not with hyperthreading. Thats why the FX becomes stronger as the workload get wider.

He needs it for streaming as well...more threads help with this. If it was purley gaming the 4670K would be a better choice.

Hyperthreading doesn't create magical processing power. If the cores are hard loaded, there is no stall for it to process the second thread. I dont think the gain is worth the money.

Maybe i'm wrong. Maybe somebody out there has some benchmarks showing huge gains with streaming and hyperthreading, but I don't see it. I Think everyone is falsely assuming that more threads equals more power, and that is not the case here.

The only way I think this works is if the cpu is stalling during games more than I am giving it credit for. And if that was the case, I think hyperthreading would already be helping games. But like I said, maybe I'm mistaken. But I sure wouldn't spend $100 to find out.

 

[Master-flaw]

You bring up a valid point...
I was sure that hyperthreading helps with streaming and recording because of how obtuse and simple the tasks are(should be easy enough to hyperthread it), but I could be wrong.....Starting to think HT gets a little more credit than it deserves after doing a little research though.

Maybe someone else will have answers...this does need to be rectified.

 

[cpsuperprosecrets]

Get the I7