Patrik Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 i was pretty surprised that a CPU from 2009 is still managing to deliver 60 fps+ in most of modern games, which got me thinking that upgrading CPU in a gaming rig should be given a low priority (unless you're moving from a range to another, so you avoid bottleneck) what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 i forgot to mention some details there. there are some other things than performance that matter too such as power consumption etc... but generally, CPU is still probably the only part that's gonna survive the longer (some decent PSU's and RAMs too) in your pc without having to upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Just wait till the end of this year. I am sure you are going to see some good processors in near times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 7:10 AM, skyfire said: Just wait till the end of this year. I am sure you are going to see some good processors in near times. so the ones that were supposed to be the best get cheaper and we buy them ? excited xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Yes plus you get something new.. most of the stuff we have right now is kind of queues since pandemic times. so have to wait till end of this year for something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 in general CPUs ment to last if you look after yur gear and even most older processor can be overclocked to maximize there performance to even boost them at 5ghz 🙂 Yes newer CPU are better regards higher speeds and core/threads and power consumption, well 12th gen are higher power consumption in terms of that but also new tech in there xhips to support PCI-4 and whatnot. Older CPUs doesn't support far newer chipset 😞 I still have an old i7-3930K and it is still a beast 🙂 6 cores with 12 threads that easy can OC to over 4.8ghz 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 The moment this semiconductor shortage gets in control things would change surely. We will see new CPUs and the GPU changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Empire said: Older CPUs doesn't support far newer chipset or some newer games either due to architecture and compatibility reasons 😢 23 hours ago, Empire said: I still have an old i7-3930K and it is still a beast 🙂 6 cores with 12 threads that easy can OC to over 4.8ghz 🙂 i got a Xeon X5670, it's a 6C/12T CPU as well that boosts to 3.3 GHz, i got no decent cooler around so im still on stock speed with HT disabled for less temperature and more stability 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I think ASRock used to be that company that used to support a lot of CPUs if I remember. they used to be poor man's board back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egghead Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I have 12 years old laptop that takes 10 minutes to boot, do you think I can play game on this laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
