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Windows 7: How many Cores are Neccesary to play games on high settings?
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03 Sep 2012
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#1 | |
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 |
How many Cores are Neccesary to play games on high settings?
Here is a processor that my friend recommend me get for my gaming needs, I have
8gig Ram
GTX 570
Home Premium 64bit
and here is the processer (Quad Core) Mike's Computer Shop - CORE I7 3.5G 8MB SR0 920492
And im just wondering if i should get that one or get an i7-3770k, Thanks | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom BuilD
OS MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155)
Memory 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 679MHz
Graphics Card GeForce GTX 570 1279MB (EVGA)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays DELL E198FP, DELL E190S
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard G110 Logitect Black USB Backlighting Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
PSU 750W
Case Coolermaster 912
Cooling 3 Fans, an Extreme CoolerMaster CPU Heatsink
Hard Drives 932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
Internet Speed 10MB p/s
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03 Sep 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Unless my eyes deceive me, that is a 3770K and more than you need for gaming.
But if you can afford it and need major horsepower for non-gaming purposes, knock yourself out. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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03 Sep 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Home premium 64bit |
just go with the one you have already,won't make a difference unless your rendering big video files for stuff like youtube to render them faster.In gaming there will be no difference in those two. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number me
OS Windows 7 Home premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 925 (Deneb) OC 3.4GHz
Motherboard M5A78L-MLX Plus
Memory 8192MB RAM DDR3 1600
Graphics Card XFX HD 6870 1GB (Connected via HDMI)
Monitor(s) Displays Polaroid TLAC-02255 22" Digital HD LED TV and 17"LED Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 60Hz / 1280x1024 60Hz
Keyboard Microsoft USB Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 (IntelliType Pro)
Mouse Logitech Optical Gaming Mouse G400
PSU CORSAIR CX600 600w
Case AZZA Orion 202 EVO with 3fans and a corsair af fan
Cooling cooler master hyper TX3 cpu cooler
Hard Drives 500gb hdd 7200rpm Western Digital
Internet Speed 5.22Mbps download 0.65Mbps upload
Antivirus Comodo Internet Security
Browser IE 10
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03 Sep 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Norfolk, VA |
Was playing some battlefield 3 the other night and all 8 threads are doing something while I was playing. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77
Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card XFX HD6950 2GB EyeFinity
Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD
Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic
Screen Resolution 5760x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13
Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse
PSU Antec True Power New 650watt
Case Cooler Master HAF-932
Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan
Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
128GB & 256GB Crucial M4 SSD's, 2X 1TB WD Black, 3x 2TB WD, 3x 2TB Samsung F4, 1.5TB Seagate, WD 500GB,
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbit
Other Info Speakers : Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors , APC RS 1200 UPS, HP 4500DN Color Laser, HP P1006 mono Laser, Kodak 8500 Dye-Sub, Epson 1280 inkjet, Epson Worforce 610 MFC
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04 Sep 2012
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#5 | |
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 Italy |
for gaming, most money goes for good GPU, most games aren't really horribly CPU-intensive, all i7 and most i5 are still overkill afaik. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number custom built
OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core (a revision without the bug)
Motherboard ASUS M4A78
Memory 4,00 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Keyboard Microsoft, whatever.
Mouse Optical, logitec.
PSU whatever, around 450w
Case Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Hard Drives (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
Internet Speed effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus Avira, free endition.
Browser Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome
Other Info Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
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04 Sep 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by bobafetthotmail  for gaming, most money goes for good GPU, most games aren't really horribly CPU-intensive, all i7 and most i5 are still overkill afaik. Pretty much. My i7 is 3 or so years old. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
Memory Corsair DDR3 4Gb
Graphics Card Nvidia Ge-Force GTS250
Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays Envision 19 inch
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Mouse Microsoft Optical USB Mouse.
Case "Elite" style case
Cooling "Cooler Master"
Hard Drives 2 physical hard drives (4 letter drives) that equal up to 626.3 gigs of space all together. I think both are Maxtors, but primary is a SATA drive, secondary is a SATA, too.
Internet Speed Verizon DSL Internet
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05 Sep 2012
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#7 | |
Vista x64 + Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate) Miami, Florida |
Quote: Originally Posted by bobafetthotmail for gaming, most money goes for good GPU, most games aren't really horribly CPU-intensive, all i7 and most i5 are still overkill afaik. + 100
Also, don't forget that most games now a day are Console Ports, some of them even unoptimized so having the latest and the greatest does not transfer into High Settings = WIN  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Vista x64 + Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate)
CPU Intel Q9650
Motherboard EVGA 780i FTW
Memory 8GBs Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz
Graphics Card Asus GTX660 (2GBs) + MSI 9600GT (PhysX)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL2216W
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Logitech G15
Mouse Logitech G9
PSU PC Cooling 750w Silencer
Case Thermaltake Spedo Advance
Cooling CM 8V
Hard Drives WD VelociRaptor 300GB
Samsung 750GB 32MB cache
1.5 TB
Internet Speed Comcast 20Mbit
Antivirus Avast
Browser Firefox
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07 Sep 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 Somewhere in a hole, Sydney, Australia |
i7 is overkill... 7 cores too many for gaming
I5 3rd or 2nd gen is good enough IMO. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell - Vostro 430
OS Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i7 860 @2.80GHz
Motherboard Dell 054KM3
Memory 6144MB DDR3-SDRAM (3 x 2048 DDR3)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 310
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio ALC662
Monitor(s) Displays Dell Computer DELL E2311H
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Rapoo Wireless Keyboard
Mouse Rapoo Wireless Mouse
PSU J515T 350W
Case 14.58inH x 6.69inW x 17.43inD
Cooling Fan from the Box heehee
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda ST3750528AS (750 GB)
Internet Speed 1 byte every 2.6 hours
Other Info Dreaming of building a new PC :D
Cant wait :)
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07 Sep 2012
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#9 | |
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 |
Thanks for your advice  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom BuilD
OS MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155)
Memory 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 679MHz
Graphics Card GeForce GTX 570 1279MB (EVGA)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays DELL E198FP, DELL E190S
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard G110 Logitect Black USB Backlighting Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
PSU 750W
Case Coolermaster 912
Cooling 3 Fans, an Extreme CoolerMaster CPU Heatsink
Hard Drives 932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
932GB Western Digital
Internet Speed 10MB p/s
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07 Sep 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit w/ SP1 Miami, Florida |
Some games really do benefit from multicore processors, like Battlefield 3, especially in multiplayer. This is a great article on the subject of gaming CPU's... I think it's exactly what you're looking for: Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: August 2012 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit w/ SP1
CPU Intel Core-i7 950
Motherboard MSI X58-GD45
Memory 12GB Corsair Dominator (3x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card EVGA Geforce 560 Ti x 2 SLI
Sound Card Integrated HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 25" I-Inc iH252, 25" I-Inc iH253(primary)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60hz
PSU Raidmax RX-850AE 850 Watt gold plus PS
Case Cooler master HAF X full tower
Cooling 2x 200mm Fan 1x 230mm/ Red LED Fan
Hard Drives 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (boot drive)
WD Caviar Black 2TB Sata-III 64MB Cache (data drive)
WD Caviar Black 500GB Sata-II 16MB cache (data drive)
Internet Speed Cable
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