bittermann
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The problem with higher resolution is it drops the minimum frames as well when cpu bound...that is what sucks the most for me.
FX 6300 + 980ti = i7 6700 + rx 480
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The problem with higher resolution is it drops the minimum frames as well when cpu bound...that is what sucks the most for me.
But wouldn't you expect the slower CPU to be ... slower ... in games that are CPU heavy?
I'm not trying to argue with ya, just not sure why you're surprised by this. The 2500K would of course be slower than the 6700K in games that are CPU intensive like Total War, Anno, XCOM, etc.
bittermann
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But wouldn't you expect the slower CPU to be ... slower ... in games that are CPU heavy?
I'm not trying to argue with ya, just not sure why you're surprised by this. The 2500K would of course be slower than the 6700K in games that are CPU intensive like Total War, Anno, XCOM, etc.
All I know is I'd rather have on OC'd 2500 than an OC'd AMD anything at this point. And no I'm not saying AMD cpu's are bad but as time goes on I really, really, really am looking forward to Zen!
Faceless Rebel
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All I know is I'd rather have on OC'd 2500 than an OC'd AMD anything at this point. And no I'm not saying AMD cpu's are bad but as time goes on I really, really, really am looking forward to Zen!
AMD CPU's are bad and no one should have owned an AMD CPU for at least 4 years now. Seriously.
I want to believe that Zen will be amazing but they have to deal with GloFo's awful technology, process, and manufacturing and we've seen from Polaris how that has gone so far.
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LordHawkwind
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There is something here that many are missing...
We pair a 4 year old architecture with an almost last gen vga (980ti)...
I am wondering why AMD hasn't discontinue the production of the FX line instead of getting so much bashing...Clear out the retail channel and mainboards and discontinue.Relocate the resources to Zen...
On the other hand maybe removing yourself completly from CPU consumer market may have been a even worse case scenario ?
There is a review where even a 2500k is bottlenecking a gtx 1070
https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07...gramm-anno-2205-1920-1080-intel-core-i5-2500k
There is an arrow pointing down in the first graph where 2500k is pitted against 6700k and you will see that Star wars battlefront and Xcom 2 on 1070 are very bottlenecked by 2500k ...
So as older as cpu architecture is the more bottlenecks you will see with newer cards...With 2500k you see less bottlenecks but they will be more and more...Seems for 2500k the max card without bottleneck is gtx 980 ... Upp from that you get axed..
The "unlucky" FX series was crippled from the beggining in some design choices so after so many years it looks worse in the eyes of many...
I've got a 2500k overclocked to 4.6 and I have absolutely no issues running games at 1440p with max settings. I'm in no rush to upgrade as I'll need a new mobo, cpu and ram. Will keep this cpu until it gives up.
Like Nunz said most of those graphs don't show any real improvement over the 2500k and as I play at 1440p with everything cranked up I don't think my CPU is holding me back.
TBH I'll see where Zen lands before I upgrade and if Intel is still better I'll probably go down that route again. We'll see shortly.
