Modern CPUs and gaming - good benchmarking/read from Tech Report

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

D3??

[Kerch]

A flaw in the article is that they only test a small selection of really quite similar games.

It's worth pointing out that in many games there is precious little difference between the i5-760 and the 3770k but they should include some games where CPU power is a genuine issue, for example Starcraft 2:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/129

In my experience source engine games are quite CPU centric. Many people with last gen CPUs are finding it's a bottleneck for post-update TF2. My old e8600 was good enough at release, but no more.

[Gunbuster]

It's a shame they didn't benchmark a selection of CPUs from the past couple of years like the i920 and some of the older i5s. I have no concept of how much my CPU might be holding me back. I just know that some newer CPUs are better than others :/

[ladcrooks]

It's a shame they didn't benchmark a selection of CPUs from the past couple of years like the i920 and some of the older i5s. I have no concept of how much my CPU might be holding me back. I just know that some newer CPUs are better than others :/

Gunbuster - i was just thinking about my i920, and i also wandered why it was not in the test. I think the i920 has loads left in it still!!!