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GamerGround >> 4 core vs 6 core CPU
| 8/23/12 1:35 PM | |
Yueborg
Member Since: 6/10/08 Posts: 138 |
I am doing some long term planning on my next gaming PC and was wondering what the prevailing opinions were on the practicality of a 6 core CPU. My current computer has the 980X and I've never been able to push it much beyond 15% of its capacity. Given the current top of the line 4 and 6 core processors, does the higher cache memory and extra cores make a practical difference over a 4 core processor with a higher clock speed? |
| 8/23/12 1:57 PM | |
scourge
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Member Since: 2/16/04 Posts: 7352 |
I think the 6 core has two more processors. |
| 8/23/12 2:02 PM | |
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Yueborg
Member Since: 6/10/08 Posts: 139 |
I think you mean two more cores. If I could vote you down I would be doing it right now. |
| 8/23/12 8:44 PM | |
Gerbacio
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Member Since: 2/6/10 Posts: 4472 |
I have a 6 core amd 1055t and to be honest I would have rather got a top of the food chain 4 core... None of the games I play or programs use the 6 cores... I used to have a top of the line 2 core and I did t notice any difference going to 6 ... When I upgraded my video card and especially my hd is when I saw the difference I'm no expert I'm just stating experience 
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| 8/26/12 6:20 AM | |
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Yueborg
Member Since: 6/10/08 Posts: 141 |
ttt |
| 8/27/12 10:35 AM | |
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BigWilliam
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Member Since: 3/7/05 Posts: 18987 |
It depends on the processors themselves. The Intel sandy bridge processors are technically quad cores, as I recall, but they kick the shit out of high end AMDs which have eight cores. So there is no simple answer. It depends on the chip. |
| 8/27/12 4:05 PM | |
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BaldTony
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Member Since: 12/12/02 Posts: 19157 |
Gerbacio - I have a 6 core amd 1055t and to be honest I would have rather got a top of the food chain 4 core... None of the games I play or programs use the 6 cores... This. Current programming doesn't really take advantage. Look at the recent Star Wars game. Had a $150 million budget, but it only ran on two cores by having the .exe run twice |
| 8/28/12 9:45 AM | |
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BigWilliam
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Member Since: 3/7/05 Posts: 18997 |
It's not really the programming that should be load balancing across the processors, it's the operating system. |
| 9/4/12 7:52 PM | |
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Wet Fish
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Member Since: 10/12/11 Posts: 424 |
Less is more my fren
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| 9/4/12 11:09 PM | |
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jave
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Member Since: 8/15/07 Posts: 1334 |
Yueborg - I am doing some long term planning on my next gaming PC and was wondering what the prevailing opinions were on the practicality of a 6 core CPU. I'm late to this post but it all comes down the applications you'll be using. Unless you seriously video edit or process games I don't think you'll ever take advantage of those cores. To my knowledge games out there today only use 2 cores and at most 4, it's just how they're programmed and written. |
| 9/5/12 9:37 AM | |
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Juijitsuboxer
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 10057 |
THIS ONE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1oWbo7GZw |
| 9/9/12 5:56 AM | |
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Yueborg
Member Since: 6/10/08 Posts: 144 |
ttt |
| 10/2/12 6:33 AM | |
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Yueborg
Member Since: 6/10/08 Posts: 149 |
ttt |
| 10/2/12 8:08 AM | |
LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9791 |
Dude, for gaming an Intel Ivy Bridge is all you need. I've got the i5 3750K. |
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