intel i7 4770k,intel i5 4670k VS games

[iFati]

how will this cpus with it in igpu hd 4600 play games like dota , cs-go .
i mean without gpu and if it can play this 2 games is it the same i7 and i5 playng tham.
sorry for my bad english

 

[Jaydip]

Yes mostly same, HD 4600 in i7 has a slightly higher clock speed.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Very few games take advantage of more than four cores.

In fact most games use only two cores.

If you're on a budget, buy the i5 and use the extra $100 to get a better GPU instead.

The difference between an overclocked i5 and i7 won't be noticed except maybe in some extreme fringe cases, and would probably require mGPU to expose anyways.

 

[BrightCandle]

Very few games take advantage of more than four cores.

In fact most games use only two cores.

Over 75% of games show an advantage to having HT. Its often not much, it averages about 3% higher frame rates at very high quality settings but in metro last light its worth 28%. Many recent games like crysis 3 are showing benefits and it looks like we have moved into an era where HT is worth having. Since January all games have shown some benefit, and some a lot of benefit.

I think the 4 core mantra was true last year, but its no longer case.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

With dual cores, off loading background tasks is the only way take 75% number makes sense, like Tri vs Dual for AMD.

If there becomes a real reason to buy an i7 over an i5 I'll get a 8320 before spending over double double on an i7.

Slight differences between i7 and i5 can often be attributed partly to clock speed differences.

Best charts I could find, but if you can find better that would be great.

I would love to see a real reason for gamers to justify a 40% price hike over spending that money on the GPU.

 

[Majcric]

If I were buying today, I'd probably buy an i7 since the upcoming consoles (might) use more cores. And processors have kind of stagnated so if you get your 6 cores you'd probably be set for a few years. In other words, it looks like the i5's fate might be sealed as a result of lacking cores rather than IPC.

I payed the price when I bought my e7200 because games then didn't support more than 2 cores, a year later and it seemed like games were popping up everywhere requiring multi-core cpu's.

 

[blastingcap]

Over 75% of games show an advantage to having HT. Its often not much, it averages about 3% higher frame rates at very high quality settings but in metro last light its worth 28%. Many recent games like crysis 3 are showing benefits and it looks like we have moved into an era where HT is worth having. Since January all games have shown some benefit, and some a lot of benefit.

I think the 4 core mantra was true last year, but its no longer case.

Depends on the game and what resolution you are playing at. From Ananadtech's 1-2-3-4 GPU study it looks like for anyone using less than 2x GTX 680 or HD 7970 or equivalent, you can get away with even an AMD CPU if you are averse to initial costs. It's only at the extremes that you would benefit from something like a 4770... today, anyway. Not sure how this will play out with the new console games.

For now though, due to the large number of effectively single- and dual-threaded games out there, I would still rather have four fast cores than eight medium cores. And HT is not even real cores anyway.

Edited to add link to the AT article I referenced above: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6985/choosing-a-gaming-cpu-at-1440p-adding-in-haswell-/9

 

[bystander36]

I recently tried disabling my i7's HT, and found I lost a lot of performance. It wasn't likely due to the game itself, but due to background apps. I have gaming software for a game pad, which include a fair bit of scripting and another app to interface with features not normally available on the Logitech gaming software.

As it turns out, all that extra overhead likes having hyperthreading.