Intel VS AMD FPS

[KLToasty]

Hello all!

I have an AMD FX 8320 with a GTX 970 and I'm wondering if its time to jump over to Intel. I want to enjoy pc gaming but recently have found myself playing on the Xbox One because of inconsistent FPS. It seems no mater the settings I play on (Assassins Creed IV at the moment), I will still get hitching in the fps. For the most part games will run at 60 fps but when it drops below that, even when it drops to 59 fps I can feel difference. Will AMD provide more solid/steady fps. I am so sick of the inconsistent fps I am getting, so much that I would rather play on the X1 and get a constant 30 fps. Am I better off getting an i5 or something like that or is this just a thing with PC gaming? PS. All games that I play on PC usually drop below 60 fps at one point or another.

Specs.
CPU: AMD FX 8320 (3.5GHZ Stock)
GPU: Reference GTX 970 (OC)
RAM: 8 GB Ripjaw (1866 MHZ)
PSU: XFX XTR 750W Black Edition (80 Gold)
MB: MSI 970 Gaming

 

[SBargisen]

My friend recently upgraded from this:
FX-8350 with watercooling
GTX 970

to :
i5-4690k with watercooling
GTX 980 ti

He had issues with his build keep "lagging" and stuff, it would sometimes drop in fps and what not. After upgrading he has 0 problems. I love AMD, don't get me wrong, but maybe they are just outdated as f*** now.. AM4 comes next year or so, the AM3 chipset has been around for 5 years or more.
Amd is technically also lying about cores, so you basically have a quadcore with the capabilities of an eightcore, or not quite.. its modules with cores inside, 4 modules and 2 cores per module etc.. You can read up on it if you like, but I am sure you will see an increase in FPS and get a better gaming experience if you upgrade.

I have:
i5-4690k and R9 290 4gb, I run everything smoothly with no issues whatsoever.

 

[boosted1g]

The 8320 needs a good overclock in order to keep up with the GTX 970.
Your motherboard is decent enough to overclock it so I would try that first.

Now no matter what your CPU is you will see occasional frame drops.


On games like bf4 and newer titles actually coded to run on 8 cores/threads the 8320 will actually beat an i5 because it has double the core/thread count.
Now on all other games the i5's much more efficient cores will win out. With a good overclock you can at least shrink this margin.

 

[computertech82]

As one pointed out amd does NOT have 8 cores, instead it's really 4 cores since it shares HARDWARE with 2 so-called cores. And i5 stomps the fastest amd without contest. AMD is several generations behind. over clocking is for the delusional. It might produce 2-8 fps but that's about it.
I moved from a AMD to Intel kept the same video card, and got a 20 fps increase.

 

[neieus]

I always find it interesting when I see post like this because I've never had a problem and with the exception of a few benchmarks i get higher fps than similar systems running an I7 4790 and that's when I'm running at 4.3Ghz. I'm not going to try and convince you one way or the other but I will say if you can find a good deal on the Intel CPU go for it because the only real judge is you when it comes to your systems performance. The only other thing I'd like to add is I hope your other games are showing similar performance also because Assassin's Creed is a terrible example... basically anything from Ubisoft has had various performance issues regardless of the CPU used.