Yeah, I said Remember that Budget Gaming Shootout article from last year? It's bigger than that! I wanted this to be as fair as possible, so there is a theme to the component selection. Stock performance will be a bit lower, but these are all off-the-shelf cards and nothing was run beyond retail spec. If it was overclocked by the manufacturer, I ran it that way. For game testing I made the decision to use only automated benchmarks for the sake of consistency.
I wanted to eliminate the possibility of variance with the test results, as there will often be minute differences in the results with this much hardware. As a result of this there were some excellent candidates that I simply couldn't use without an automated benchmark tool. I tried to vary the mix of games to provide an uncolored look at the true potential performance of the hardware, and of the 6 games selected half use AMD's Mantle API these were tested with DX11 as well and at least one Civilization: Beyond Earth is known to be highly CPU-bound.
Drivers were current when testing began in January, and therefore out of date by current standards. This was necessary to provide a true comparison between hardware results. Windows 8. Editor-in-Chief at PC Perspective. Writer of computer stuff, vintage PC nerd, and full-time dad. Still in search of the perfect smartphone. She is into photography and would be downloading a lot of photos and editing them. More cores is better, sure, but what you care about are processor speed, RAM capacity, hard disk speed and capacity and so on.
What do I need for today may be the wrong question too. Someone who keeps a computer for ten years should be looking at future-proofing his purchase as much as possible.
For me that would mean getting at least a four core rather than a two core, and getting twice as much memory as I think I need. It might also mean a larger hard drive and higher level processor. I generally recommend people get a lower end computing power not quality computer to get the best bang for you buck. The latest model will probably be good for about five years and the half price model four years.
Then, for what you would have paid for the newer model today, you have a new computer which should be useful for three years longer than the more powerful machine, and your new machine will be much more powerful than the more expensive one you would have bought today. Leo: I liked this post and your approach, but that was a long time ago in computer years. How about the same question in Does you answer change? I have the same situation as the original question. Thanks again! As always, more is better.
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I play no games. I simply have a few usual things word processor, registry cleaners, anti-spy and security stuff, etc. This one is over 10 years old. It is SLOW even after cleaning the registry, defragging, optimizing, and everything else. Would I be better off with a dual core or a single core processor? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing!
I'll see you there! Podcast audio. I have a follow up set of questions on this topic: Which part of the software decides which processor to use?
It is indeed the operating system that determines which processor to use. Satisfactory and conclusive as usual,but, maybe quad core is foreseen for new incoming programs Reply. As someone put it, count the sockets. Hi there! I still have doudts on that… Depends on the game. Quad Cores are a waste of money for CAD. Use for more memory or better video. If not, could people chime in with some examples… Reply. So the balance is how much future-proofing can I afford, and how much is overkill.
Of course, those are hypothetical figures, but from experience, definitely within the ball park. Leave a reply: Before commenting please: Read the article. Comment on the article. No personal information. No spam. So, when it comes down to it, choosing the right processor for your computer strictly depends on how your computer is used.
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