The CPUs aren't costing him any money exactly, I'm trading him one of them (they're mine)
Not nearly as terrible as they make it seem.IPC is terrible on the fx CPU. Even if you overcome that somehow, quads are still getting to be low end for gaming. You'd still be better to get something with an older i5 or i7.
I usually use these to figure out what I'm working with when comparing 2 processors:I guess I should have explained... I'm upgrading a friend's PC. He already has the AM3+ system with an even weaker Athlon II X2 250 in it now. (16GB RAM, GTX 970 (mine), FHD mon.)
He's not about to buy a whole new build right now, and these two CPUs are available to him and within budget. Sad, I know. But we game with what we have. Mostly single-player gaming anyway.
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I don't think there ever was a BE Phenom II X6 1075T released.
I guess that's what I really wanted to know. Which is best (least worse?) for games today; more cores or more MHZ? From what I've read, Vishera wasn't much of a step up from Phenoms.I usually use these to figure out what I'm working with when comparing 2 processors:
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/949/AMD_FX-Series_FX-4300_vs_AMD_Phenom_II_X6_1075T_(non-BE).html
From what I can tell it comes down to if you need more cores or more single thread performance. If it's single thread, fx. If it's threads, phenom.
The CPUs aren't costing him any money exactly, I'm trading him one of them (they're mine)
well that kills that possibility.........
I don't think there ever was a BE Phenom II X6 1075T released.
Apex leagends is another game that will not run on the phenom but will run on the FX.Than just give him the FX 4300 the SSE 4.2 CPU instruction will be needed moving forward. Farcry 5 and a handful of other games Just will not load without SSE 4.2
Vishera was not a step up except in more advanced process and instruction sets. Phenom II's had better IPC but you could overclock the beejesus out of FX processors to more than overcome. That was their only saving grace in the early days.I guess that's what I really wanted to know. Which is best (least worse?) for games today; more cores or more MHZ? From what I've read, Vishera wasn't much of a step up from Phenoms.
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+
See? That was my original thinking too. Untill I was informed that the Phenom IIs are no longer supported in a lot of newer games. Ijust like the idea of having more cores, I guess. Even if they are slower cores.6 core . Will help because windows will be running background processes eating up performance for games
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’sSee? That was my original thinking too. Untill I was informed that the Phenom IIs are no longer supported in a lot of newer games. Ijust like the idea of having more cores, I guess. Even if they are slower cores.