Who needs a faster CPU?
It has an awful lot to do with the games you play. So many games run on one core, so GHz is what your after. Lots of games wouldn't push a modern fast CPU. The worlds most played FPS games runs on only a single core! Heck a smart phone could probably play the HL games at the top of the list.
[quote]From Gamespy.com/stats and Game Monitor (for Call of Duty World at War)
1. Half Life 8818 servers, 47909 players
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 14913 servers, 9309 players
3. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 2759 servers, 8656 players
4. Battlefield 2 3921 servers, 7697 players
5. Half Life 2 1880 servers, 3904 players
6. Unreal Tournament 2004 1188 servers, 3502 players
7. Battlefield 2142 1103 servers, 2730 players
8. Quake 3: Arena 2251 servers, 2729 players
8a. Call of Duty World at War N/A servers, 2725 players
9. Red Orchestra Ostfront 2058 servers, 2395 players
10. Halo: Combat Evolved 902 servers, 1838 players
Because Call of Duty World at War is a Game for Windows Live game GameSpy does not track servers and players. We have to go with a 3rd party to gather CoD:WW stats.
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If CoD:4 runs on my crapola E2160@2.6 around 80% load, with Max eye-candy at 120fps+ how much more do you want??
There are a handful of games like Crysis:2 that will give your CPU a workout, but not as many as you might think. Most news games are pegged at XBox360 spec. PC's have out stripped the consoles years ago. 90% of mainstream games are XBox360 ports, ergo you PC is already more powerful than you need if that's what you want to play.
The biggie is the handful of games that are not Console ports. These rare games are what you need to play to get the most out of your PC. Games like ArmA-II.
That's the game argument, there is of course VT and encoding. Never forget bragging rights! where would we be without bragging rights!
But gaming, Na, gaming is slowly becoming less important for pushing CPU power. It's only important if you play low volume games like ArmA-II or MS upgrade the XBox to the 720 or something.
[quote]From Gamespy.com/stats and Game Monitor (for Call of Duty World at War)
1. Half Life 8818 servers, 47909 players
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 14913 servers, 9309 players
3. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 2759 servers, 8656 players
4. Battlefield 2 3921 servers, 7697 players
5. Half Life 2 1880 servers, 3904 players
6. Unreal Tournament 2004 1188 servers, 3502 players
7. Battlefield 2142 1103 servers, 2730 players
8. Quake 3: Arena 2251 servers, 2729 players
8a. Call of Duty World at War N/A servers, 2725 players
9. Red Orchestra Ostfront 2058 servers, 2395 players
10. Halo: Combat Evolved 902 servers, 1838 players
Because Call of Duty World at War is a Game for Windows Live game GameSpy does not track servers and players. We have to go with a 3rd party to gather CoD:WW stats.
[URL="http://www.fpsadmin.com/"]Source[/URL]
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If CoD:4 runs on my crapola E2160@2.6 around 80% load, with Max eye-candy at 120fps+ how much more do you want??
There are a handful of games like Crysis:2 that will give your CPU a workout, but not as many as you might think. Most news games are pegged at XBox360 spec. PC's have out stripped the consoles years ago. 90% of mainstream games are XBox360 ports, ergo you PC is already more powerful than you need if that's what you want to play.
The biggie is the handful of games that are not Console ports. These rare games are what you need to play to get the most out of your PC. Games like ArmA-II.
That's the game argument, there is of course VT and encoding. Never forget bragging rights! where would we be without bragging rights!
But gaming, Na, gaming is slowly becoming less important for pushing CPU power. It's only important if you play low volume games like ArmA-II or MS upgrade the XBox to the 720 or something.
