Thank you for contradicting yourself
So, at 1080p and above we are GPU limited so a faster CPU will not help, making the FX6100 @ 4GHz+ a very nice Gaming CPU at its price point.
Very nice of you to
COMPLETELY leave out the middle part where I explained how and why 1080p doesn't matter but why the 960T is still a better gaming CPU regardless. If that wasn't the epitome of taking a post out of context then I don't know what is. Mind you,
the 960T is also cheaper as well as a better gaming CPU
If we're going to make remarks about gaming price-to-performance at 1080p then he might as well go with a SB Pentium, no? Core i3? How does the FX6100 win out in any case whatsoever? I can't think of a single scenario where an FX6100 would make a good gaming CPU, and this isn't an exaggeration. 1 less FPU than the 960T and at worst a whole 3 FPUs less and an IPC decrease that hurts it in gaming badly. 4.5ghz on an FX6100 is equivalent to ~4ghz on the 960T when you take into account the IPC decrease, but you're also forgetting the extra FP performance that the 960T offers in gaming where it's already FP heavy.
It's an integer processor that's a server chip first. Recommending it as a gaming CPU would require a cheaper price when compared to competing chips that perform roughly the same. AMD's biggest issue selling the 2 and 3 module BD chips is that Denebs and Thubans are still readily available and at reasonable prices.
Let me rephrase this with some numbers.
The 960T will perform as well as the 6 core Thubans if you're lucky enough to successfully unlock both cores. The fx6100 doesn't have that option.
The 960T even if not unlocked will perform between the 6 Thubans and the 4 core Deneb in gaming benchmarks due to a better IMC than the Deneb despite having the same number of cores.
The overclocking headroom in a 960T is roughly the same as an fx6100 when comparing their stock speeds to their ceiling.
Remind me again, why is the FX6100 a better gaming CPU under any circumstance whatsoever? Maybe lower idle power consumption but what the hell that has to do with gaming I have no idea.