[SOLVED] Which of these 2 old processors would be least bad for modern gaming?

[1405]

The 4C/4T FX-4300 @ 3.8/4.0 GHZ or The 6C/6T Phenom II x6 1075T @ 3.0/3.5 GHZ?

If there's not much difference, which do I pick? The motherboard socket is an AM3+

 

[NightHawkRMX]

A cpu is a cpu it’s not gonna be unsupported it isn’t reliant on programming like a gpu is with direct x. It may be outdated to the point where it’s slow but not unsupported. I’ve run windows 10 on pentium 4 socket 478 cpus which are very early 2000’s

This is factually incorrect.

Try running Windows 8 or above on a Pentium 3. You will get nowhere as processors this old lacks the required features for modern operating systems.

Same with programs. Older CPUs without SSE 4.1/4.2 support simply cannot run some modern games requiring these instructions.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical...sktop-after-choosing-training-or/td-p/7419153
Here is someone with a 6 core phenom that is unable to run Apex legends because of the lack of SSE instruction support. In fact, a 4 core FX is the minimum required CPU.

Many modern games will throw errors when running on an LGA775 CPUs or AMD phenom ii and below.

 

[stonecarver]

A cpu is a cpu it’s not gonna be unsupported it isn’t reliant on programming like a gpu is with direct x. It may be outdated to the point where it’s slow but not unsupported

YES UNSUPPORTED if Games Need SSE4.2
[WORKAROUND] Crash when starting a new game (for unsupported SSE4.2 instruction set)

Sorry but this is the new truth out there. I myself wish this were not true and we also still run some AMD CPU's with out the SSE4.2 , and no I have no magic to make them work on those handful of latest titles that require it

. I’ve run windows 10 on pentium 4 socket 478 cpus which are very early 2000’s

Yes you can But New Games are being locked out with out SSE4.2

SSE4.0 still does a fine job on 95/96% of games still out there that will work with them.



https://steamcommunity.com/app/424840/discussions/0/1488866180604888442/


https://steamcommunity.com/app/460920/discussions/1/1649918058730413802/

 

[86zx]

I stand corrected though personally I’ve never run into an issue with a game only supporting sse4.2. Question is are you going to be playing games that only support 4.2

 

[stonecarver]

Question is are you going to be playing games that only support 4.2

As far a me yes Farcry 5, The only reason were are dealing with this sse4.2 instruction was a way to slow down the people who crack the game so retail had a few more days to sell legit copies before the cracked copies hit the torrents. I think I read it was cracked in like 18hrs. so the people who are made to pay the price are us good working people who bought the retail copy and did not have SSE4.2.

But those CPU's I will admit are grand daddy's and are no longer the young guns that are the winners today.

 

[1405]

A cpu is a cpu it’s not gonna be unsupported it isn’t reliant on programming like a gpu is with direct x. It may be outdated to the point where it’s slow but not unsupported. I’ve run windows 10 on pentium 4 socket 478 cpus which are very early 2000’s

Depends on the game. Phenom IIs don't have SSE 4.1/4.2 instructions. Many newer games require that for their DRM before the game will start. Or so I'm told by the gents above.
This is a couple years old, but the game selection is worse by now, I'm sure.

If you have knowledge to the contrary, I'd love to hear.

 

[86zx]

Depends on the game. Phenom IIs don't have SSE 4.1/4.2 instructions. Many newer games require that for their DRM before the game will start. Or so I'm told by the gents above.
This is a couple years old, but the game selection is worse by now, I'm sure.

If you have knowledge to the contrary, I'd love to hear.

I personally don’t play too many modern games especially e sports titles I mainly play simulators, beamng automation grid dirt rally things of that nature and emulation like game cube Wii Wii U ps2 ps1 and so on. I haven’t tried all of those on a pentium 4 but some of them obviously the pentium 4 even overclocked to 3.6 wasn’t able to play Minecraft with reasonable frame rates so it was more of just a test for laughs. When I had made that comment I had completely spaced instruction sets.