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Tatsujin:
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--- Quote from: Tatsujin on October 20, 2013, 09:13:31 PM ---Best bang for your dollar is to wait for Skylake if you're going Intel.
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So the PS4 is less than a month away. Two games were pushed back till early 2014. I'm hyped for Killzone: Shadowfall and The Order. Maybe they'll bring Beyond to the PS4. I didn't purchase it on the PS3 since they may bring it to the PS4.
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that is what thay said about haswell
Intel never was bang for your dollar (especially not for gaming)
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Intel is a beast. Haswell is a behemoth in my opinion. Cost efficient, significantly less heat and power consumption and extremely RIDICULOUSLY fast compared to AMD's processors. No idea what you're complaining about. Go check out the reviews and benchmarks.
Skylake is a whole different story. I am wondering when will they move on from the Core i generation. They're stuck on the 22 nm since the transition to 14 nm proved to be very difficult. They're getting there from their last announcement few weeks ago though, while AMD is still ... at what again?
--- Quote from: lololitas on October 26, 2013, 07:15:58 PM ---The original Nehalem was bang for my € at least. my core i7-920 processor still lasts, and is not reaching it's limits yet, even though it's at the stock speed of 2.67 GHz. Although I don't encode, so I probably don't count, do I? I only game CPU intensive games (EU4+PCSX2 simultaneously for example) and it does that perfectly.
The update adds background music player Oo, for some games that's a necessesity in the long run (I'm not talking about Eternal sonata, here, it's going more in the direction of Disgaea)
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I would love to have your processor. That should have been my processor if I waited few more months before it came out. Honestly, any i7 upgrade will last you generations.
While it is true you don't need an i7 to play games. An i5 is more than enough, even the 5% (or less) margin for games is not sufficient to blow another 100 USD for an i7. What people don't tell you is how many threads and % of CPU usage between the two. :) So far I've hit about 25-33% at the highest settings for Crysis 3 and Metro 2033 for my Haswell i7 stock-speed. An i5 would require more processing power to achieve the same quality which requires more energy + heat.
On topic, I've been purchasing those 5 dollar meals from Tacobell and trying to win a PS4. I want another one.
lololitas:
I just noticed the impossibility of me getting a PS4 while I'm in hungary, because they don't allow shipping for anything with a laser inside, since it's classified as dangerous goods.... So my only chance to get a PS4/replacement for my PS3 is if I finish my exams early, since I will have something resembling a break then...
I wouldn't necessarily point out shooters as the most CPU intensive games. Afaik dwarf fortress still pushes all known processors to it's limits, and that game has ASCII graphics, I should grab that and see how well my processor fairs with that one.
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: lololitas on October 26, 2013, 07:54:26 PM ---I just noticed the impossibility of me getting a PS4 while I'm in hungary, because they don't allow shipping for anything with a laser inside, since it's classified as dangerous goods.... So my only chance to get a PS4/replacement for my PS3 is if I finish my exams early, since I will have something resembling a break then...
I wouldn't necessarily point out shooters as the most CPU intensive games. Afaik dwarf fortress still pushes all known processors to it's limits, and that game has ASCII graphics, I should grab that and see how well my processor fairs with that one.
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Dwarf Fortress? Never heard of it. I'll check it out.
lololitas:
I just randomly tried it a bit... I think if you're really into it and create a colony with 1000s of workers, then it might be taxing, but it doesn't appear to use more than 4 threads, and it didn't exceed 10% CPU capacity used, with my 10 dwarves^^
(click to show/hide) Pathfinding - Every unit on the map - not only your dorfs, but also animals, pets, enemies does pathfinding to to keep track of where they're going
Fluids - The game simulates flowing fluid's velocity, pressure and depth, as well as generating mists when they fall over several z-levels
Temperature - When having Fun with magma and fire, the game keeps track of temperature of each individual tile and object, melting and setting them on fire when necessary
Body parts - During combat, parts as small as individual fingernails are simulated and taken into account when combatants engage in biting, stabbing and chopping
I can understand how it abuses the processor after reading through some of the features xD
megido-rev.M:
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