Question Eight core cpu required for Borderlands 4

[mikeymikec]

AMD 7600, 7600X, 9600X, 7600X3D, 7500f, 8300G, 8500G, 8600G
Intel 14100

Just off the top of my head, didn't even include any laptop CPUs.

A customer wanted me to help set up their new laptop for them (not ordered through me of course, <am i a joke to you.jpg>), it came with a Intel i7 150U, which is yet another i7 dual-core laptop CPU, with 8 more baby cores.

Apparently Intel is thinking, "if it worked ten years ago, why not now?"!

 

[jpiniero]

A customer wanted me to help set up their new laptop for them (not ordered through me of course, <am i a joke to you.jpg>), it came with a Intel i7 150U, which is yet another i7 dual-core laptop CPU, with 8 more baby cores.

Apparently Intel is thinking, "if it worked ten years ago, why not now?"!

Cheap and not having many P cores keeps the power usage/heat down.

 

[igor_kavinski]

not having many P cores keeps the power usage/heat down.

Yes and something like the 7540U must be really awful at doing that, right?

 

[ondma]

A customer wanted me to help set up their new laptop for them (not ordered through me of course, <am i a joke to you.jpg>), it came with a Intel i7 150U, which is yet another i7 dual-core laptop CPU, with 8 more baby cores.

Apparently Intel is thinking, "if it worked ten years ago, why not now?"!

Well, to be fair, the E cores in that processor are for more performant than the Atom cores rebranded an "Pentium" in low end laptops of some years ago. There should be plenty of processing power in that cpu for routine use.

 

[hemedans]

I wouldn’t panic yet. My 5600X + 4070 still handles recent releases at 1440p if I cap to 60–90 fps, disable RT, and dial back crowd/physics and view distance, most hitching on 6 cores shows up only when chasing high refresh or streaming. I’ve played titles that “required” 8 cores and they were fine after a couple patches.

Even 4 core like 12100F run cpu intensive games just fine, games are still single threaded first.

 

[maddie]

I wouldn’t panic yet. My 5600X + 4070 still handles recent releases at 1440p if I cap to 60–90 fps, disable RT, and dial back crowd/physics and view distance, most hitching on 6 cores shows up only when chasing high refresh or streaming. I’ve played titles that “required” 8 cores and they were fine after a couple patches.

Wow, 8 years.

 

[johnsonwax]

Just wondering what others' thoughts are on this. The minimum CPU requirement for BL4 is Intel 9700 or Ryzen 2700x. Both 8 cores. I realize the 9700 does not have hyperthreading, so a strong 6 core with hyper threading may still suffice. However, this could mark the beginning of the end for six core CPUs, which have been the go to for entry level systems. This, along with the games beginning to require ray tracing capable gpus, seems like a very bad direction for affordable PC gaming.

Edit: the fact that the minimum requirement for AMD is an 8 core, when they do have hyperthreading, to me indicates that HT may not make up for lack of cores.

Comments?

Gearbox: "runs fine on PS5 - just set the PC requirements to match." 99% sure that's what they did.

 

[johnsonwax]

Even 4 core like 12100F run cpu intensive games just fine, games are still single threaded first.

Yep. What do people think is being multithreaded in Borderlands after all?

 

[DaaQ]

Wow, 8 years.

I have to say, I ran Diablo 4 pre expansion, on a Vishera 8320 and 8350 with a GTX 780 with the FSR whatever number it was then at balanced on a 1440p UW monitor for an avg of 60-75 fps.
CPU RAM and GPU were overclocked but looked better and loaded faster than PS4.