how many cores does clod use

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by jimbop

I upgraded from i7 920 to a i7 2600k overclocked to 4.5 (basically the same as i5 2500k for this game) and I noticed a significant increase in fps and stutter reduction. I think this is something that is safe to upgrade immediately.

What resolution do you run at?

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

What resolution do you run at?

1600 x (something, can't remember)... I can get easily run at 1900 x 1200 but there are occasional slowdowns which infuriate me.

[jayrc]

so if I got a i5 2500k cpu, msi mobo, corsair tx 750 psu, gtx 570 gpu, corsair 8 gb ram, would I be making a mistake? I don't think I could afford the intel ivy bridge when it first comes out so thats off the table, unless it's priced at 250 or less, which I doubt. I like the fact that I could pick it up later, same with the video card, would like to spend 1200 US dollars or less and upgrade again when 580 and ivy bridge drop in price. would 2 570 gpu trump 580? would think so.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by jayrc

so if I got a i5 2500k cpu, msi mobo, corsair tx 750 psu, gtx 570 gpu, corsair 8 gb ram, would I be making a mistake? I don't think I could afford the intel ivy bridge when it first comes out so thats off the table, unless it's priced at 250 or less, which I doubt. I like the fact that I could pick it up later, same with the video card, would like to spend 1200 US dollars or less and upgrade again when 580 and ivy bridge drop in price. would 2 570 gpu trump 580? would think so.

Should be fine depending on your power supply. Only the i5 if you're going to overclock (very easy though).

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by jayrc

so if I got a i5 2500k cpu, msi mobo, corsair tx 750 psu, gtx 570 gpu, corsair 8 gb ram, would I be making a mistake? I don't think I could afford the intel ivy bridge when it first comes out so thats off the table, unless it's priced at 250 or less, which I doubt. I like the fact that I could pick it up later, same with the video card, would like to spend 1200 US dollars or less and upgrade again when 580 and ivy bridge drop in price. would 2 570 gpu trump 580? would think so.

Sounds fine but like said I would go for a 1st gen i7 (save cash=SB i5) or a SB i7 rather than i5 because in a year or two 4 threads will be limiting.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Sounds fine but like said I would go for a 1st gen i7 (save cash=SB i5) or a SB i7 rather than i5 because in a year or two 4 threads will be limiting.

Yes, I'd agree with that if your upgrade cycle is more than 2 years.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Sounds fine but like said I would go for a 1st gen i7 (save cash=SB i5) or a SB i7 rather than i5 because in a year or two 4 threads will be limiting.

By then he swaps his cheap i5 2500k for an ivy bridge cpu instead.

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

By then he swaps his cheap i5 2500k for an ivy bridge cpu instead.

Nope - Ivy Bridge is not going to run on the PCH chipset, he will need to buy a completely new mobo for ivybridge.
Also a 1155 will be only quads, which is the entry level chip for ivybridge I believe (same socket 1155, but like said not using the Cougar point PCH chipset so it wont work) and the 1356 will replace the 1366 for mid range 6 cores - upper mid range 8 cores, while LGA2011 is for upper end 8 cores which will take the same market slot the 1366 (gulftown 980x) is currently in until 2012.

Basically everything will be reshufled at the end of 2011, so like said he will be left in the dust in a years time, its much better for him to save $ buy a mobo that runs a 40nm low end i7 and wait until the dust settles in early 2012 and then make a purchasing decision. This is the second major/BIG transition into multicore cpus and we will see low end pcs all with quads while a gaming pc will be 6-8 core in a years time.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

This is the second major/BIG transition into multicore cpus and we will see low end pcs all with quads while a gaming pc will be 6-8 core in a years time.

This is what I find a bit funny about the PC market, because I very much doubt there will be a single game that is optimized for six or eight cores before (at the earliest) 2013.
I'm willing to bet quad cores will still be the real world standard until then. Developers are not going to develop games for six or eight cores as it will be isolating 80% of the market.

Nobody is making uber game engines for PC right now, largely because of economics...even Crysis, Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 run perfectly well on a dual core on maximum settings.
So while it's nice to be able to boast a fast quad or hex core CPU, for 90% of games out there it's overkill, imo.

I'm willing to bet the same will apply to six and eight core cpu's in the foreseeable future.

[jayrc]

So I would have to get a new motherboard to run Ivy bridge? I'm having a hard enough time deciding on mobo already, any recommendations to get me started? Was looking at MSI because of the one touch OC, also Asus p8p67 Deluxe! Thank you

gotta go to work check back later