Which would be better for gaming? SB i3 3.4Ghz, or G3258?

[VirtualLarry]

Just curious. We all know that the Haswell i3 is better than the G3258 for most gaming purposes, but what about Sandy Bridge? I also read that, with Haswell, HyperThreading was greatly improved, and that in SB, it wasn't that much of an improvement.

 

[john5220]

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[Yuriman]

Hyperthreading was improved with Haswell, but I'd bet that overall the SB i3 will be superior. It'll lose where it doesn't matter, and win where it does.

 

[SPBHM]

it really depends on the game specifically and how high you overclock the g3258... for most games I think a 4.2GHz g3258 should beat the i3 2130, but for some the i3 will be better and have more consistent frame times/mins, and you will avoid bugs like Far Cry 4 not starting with less than 4 threads until it was patched...

 

[Essence_of_War]

Which would be better for gaming?

What games are you trying to play and at what resolution and with what graphics card?

 

[VirtualLarry]

What games are you trying to play and at what resolution and with what graphics card?

Truthfully, can't quite say.

I've got two G3258 rigs with 7950 cards, and then I have a BNIB pre-built with the SB i3 @ 3.4Ghz. I could throw in a 7750 card, or upgrade the PSU, and throw in a better (to be purchased) card.

Just kind of musing which one I should try to pawn off on a friend, who mentioned getting a gaming PC for his daughter (from me, in like Nov).

 

[SPBHM]

well, specially for someone with no experience with OC I think the i3 is a safer choice,

 

[Yuriman]

It's cases like these that make me favor the i3:

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, that Anantech review of the G3258 really showed just how hobbled the chip was vs. the i3, clock speed or no clock speed.

 

[nenforcer]

Yeah according to Anandtech Bench comparing the G3258 Haswell with an i3 2100 3.1GHz Sandy Bridge single and multi threaded definitely favors the Pentium G3258 Haswell.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1265?vs=289

However, if you bump up to a Ivy Bridge i3 like the Core i3 3225 3.3GHz

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1265?vs=1267

all of the multi-threaded tests favor the i3.

 

[mohit9206]

Pentium is already dead for gaming. AAA games will not support dual core dual threaded games anymore. So any i3 is better than g3258.

 

[NTMBK]

If you're offloading it on a friend's daughter, definitely the i3. Don't sell overclocked systems to people who don't know what they're doing with them! Sandy i3, 8GB memory and a 7950 sounds like a great system.

 

[ArisVer]

Place one of your 7950 cards in the i3 system and run some tests.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/300/Intel_Core_i3_i3-2130_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G3258.html