How long will 2500K be good enough for games?

[Ferzerp]

Well, considering a chip from 2008 is still good enough for most resolutions when OC'ed.....

 

[sm625]

Rest assured there will still be millions playing on much less capable hardware long after whatever deadline is declared here.

 

[Batmeat]

Consoles that will be released in 2014 are not as powerful as todays gaming Rigs, so the days of needing to upgrade constantly are slowing down big time. (as long as ports are coded well)

This is a misnomer. Consoles today are using technology that is 5 years old, 2007. technology that was around 5 years ago was on par with computer gaming 5 years ago. The limit was in network play and the interface between you and your console, typically a controller of sorts. By your logic, a console released in 2014 would be using technology from 2009.

The truth is, the ultimate gaming rig will always be better than a console, because manufacturers like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will, and have never used top of the line processors, memory, or video card gpu's. The hardware they use is based upon your average user.

 

[rickon66]

There is no answer, only the journey to seek it, Cricket or Grasshopper or whatever!

 

[moonbogg]

My best guess is about half way through 2015, you will start to feel like most of your games just don't run like they should.

 

[Xpage]

4 years from the processor release. That's how my old 165 felt, liek with moderate gaming resolutions and gfx card updates and not playing the latest and greatest games at max settings.

 

[sandorski]

I still feel my Thuban is 'good enough'. I imagine a 2500K with some clock speed will do just fine for some time to come.

Same here and I'm still running it at Stock 2.8ghz.

The question is quite subjective.

 

[Skott]

I would say it is definitely good for 2-3 years. Beyond that though it is hard to say.

 

[Mars999]

PC Gamer just had a write up on the new IB CPUs and said a Core i5 3570k will not bottleneck any current GPUs out. So if you want something that will be future proof I would get a IB Core i5 i7 CPU and a Z77 or Z68 MB and call it good until Broadwell is out in 2015 or so....

 

[2is]

PC Gamer just had a write up on the new IB CPUs and said a Core i5 3570k will not bottleneck any current GPUs out. So if you want something that will be future proof I would get a IB Core i5 i7 CPU and a Z77 or Z68 MB and call it good until Broadwell is out in 2015 or so....

I'm kinda hoping I'll be able to stretch this thing until Skylake... One of the reasons I opted for the i7.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I'm sure it'll last quite a while if paired with a high-end video card. I have no intentions of upgrading my i7-930 before the year 2014.

 

[SeanJ76]

Its already obsolete :whiste:

LOL no. The 2500k @5ghz which is a very common, and obtainable overclock for the SB chips, will smoke the 4670k @4.6ghz by a mile-

Remember, gaming is all about core frequency, not additional threads, or advanced instructions. I own a 2500k coupled with 2x Evga 670 GTX FTWs, and have been running@5.0ghz@1.460Vcore 24-7/365 for over 2 years now. I rape 4670k's all day long. Pci-e 3.0 is useless unless you have 3-4 Titans and are playing at resolutions higher than 2560x 1440p. Even then the increase is 1-3% depending on the game. A 2500k will power any 2 gpus (including the 780ti/Titan Ultra)@pci-e 2.0 and you won't come near the 5gb data limit, tested and proven. The 2500k will go down in history as Intel's fastest gaming chip produced to date, mostly because it's famed overclock potential and ability to dissipate heat better than any other chip out there.

Please don't bump old threads.
-ViRGE

 

[schmuckley]

2 more years..
4.8-5.0 SB is..just about as good as it gets right now..really.

 

[SPBHM]

welcome back to 2012
margin of error = "smoke by a mile" ?!?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

LOL no. The 2500k @5ghz which is a very common, and obtainable overclock for the SB chips, will smoke the 4670k @4.6ghz by a mile-

Remember, gaming is all about core frequency, not additional threads, or advanced instructions. I own a 2500k and it runs a 5.0ghz 24-7/365 for over 2 years now. I rape 4670k's all day long, Pci-e 3.0 is useless unless you have 3-4 Titans and are playing at resolutions higher than 2560x 1440p. Even then the increase is 1-3% depending on the game. A 2500k will power any 2 gpus (including the 780ti/Titan Ultra)@pci-e 2.0 and you won't come near the 5gb data limit, tested and proven. The 2500k will go down in history as Intel's fastest gaming chip produced to date, mostly because it's famed overclock potential and ability to dissipate heat better than any other chip out there. Btw, I'm on air in a tiny Antec 300 case.

Meh, my i5-4670k could easily take your i5-2500k, name the benchmark.

 

[ViviTheMage]

for gaming, lol ... probably 2-3 years ... still rocking my 2500k.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

My i7 870 is really showing its age. I think anything newer than first gen will last longer than it because of just getting used to the new architecture. My guess is into 2016 fairly well.