xeon vs i5

[yakamaster]

pros and cons of both i5 and xeon processors in gaming?

 

[Nicolay Setre]

pros and cons of both i5 and xeon processors in gaming?

Xeon cpu's are mainly produced for server and multimedia pc's, and not so much for gaming. But many them perform just as well as the best i5 and i7 series when it commes gaming. The downside is that they often cost alot more and there's no real gain (seen from a gaming perspective).

i5 4670k, i7 4670k and i7 4960X Extreme edition are the most used and the best cpu's for gaming.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

The 3770K is an i7. Also, the 4960X is stupidly priced. Don't know where you got the idea they're for multimedia PCs.

It depends on what Xeon you're talking about.

 

[Nicolay Setre]

The 3770K is an i7. Also, the 4960X is stupidly priced. Don't know where you got the idea they're for multimedia PCs.

It depends on what Xeon you're talking about.

Yes, the Xeon series is primarly made for workstations, servers and are often used in proffesional multimedia pc's that does heavy 3D animation and video editing + rendering.

Gaming pc's have no need for cpu's that are 6-core + 12 threaded or 8-core + 16 threaded for that matter. As the coding game producers are using most games will only use 1 core anyway, this however is going to change in the near future, where most games are going to start to benefit from multiple cores (hopefully we'll see this take effect in a years time).

I'll agree on the fact that the 4960x is slightly overpriced, and is far from a value optimized product. But if you have the budget for it (or not budget to follow at all), then grabbing one is not somthing you'd regret.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Oh, right. Editing/animation rigs.

I thought you meant HTPCs...

The 4930K is $400 cheaper, 100MHz slower, and has 3MiB less cache. Both are OCable.

Extreme edition chips are for the badge/bling/brag rights, nothing else.

 

[Nicolay Setre]

Oh, right. Editing/animation rigs.

I thought you meant HTPCs...

The 4930K is $400 cheaper, 100MHz slower, and has 3MiB less cache. Both are OCable.

Extreme edition chips are for the badge/bling/brag rights, nothing else.

Indeed, whats why i wrote (or not budget at all). If your the type of person that can spend money without thinking twice about what its spent on, then an Extreme edition cpu is tincy vincy bit better, but most people buy it with "because i can" thoughts and for show.

Recommendations for gaming cpu's (starting with the lowest budget -> to the highest):

i5 4670k -> i7 3770k -> i7 3930k -> i7 4960x.

And if you happen to be doing stuff like 3D Photoshop, Cinema 4D or HQ video editing + whiping you butt with 100$ bills, then you could go for a "Xeon E5-2687W v2".

 

[Nicolay Setre]

pros and cons of both i5 and xeon processors in gaming?

If its pure game performance you are after then you buy according to your budget following the list i wrote down in my last post. Anyone of those cpu's will be epic for running games.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Pure game performance, Haswell's better IPC is probably worth it.

I still hold that even with money to burn, you might as well get a 4930K.

 

[logainofhades]

A Xeon 1230v3 is nothing more than an i7 without IGP and some added features. It will perform similar to that of an i7 4770. They are excellent chips for gaming.

 

[yakamaster]

I dont get the technology in i series...all i know is that they dont have a fsb.. if i have a 1333mhz ram with quad core core i7 processor then bus of the processor would be 1333/4=333? if i have ram of 1600mhz the bus would be 400mhz?am i correct?

 

[logainofhades]

The base clock of the CPU is 100mhz. Ram speed does not affect this, and is not tied to it like it was with FSB.

 

[yakamaster]

u mean the ram is working at its full ffrequency?1333mhz?

 

[logainofhades]

Yes

 

[yakamaster]

i have a core 2 quad q6600 overclocked to 3ghz so the bus is 333mhz..rams are running dual channel so standard speed is 666mhz.so fsb : dram is 1:2..since there is no fsb in core i processors how do they work with the ram?

 

[logainofhades]

The memory controller is on the CPU now.

 

[yakamaster]

in fsb times where was the memory controller?was it in north bridge?

 

[logainofhades]

Yes, I believe it was.