i just reviewed Core i3-2105 versus Phenom II 975. Hyper threading makes a definite difference in gaming for a dual-core. Yes, it is a nice CPU that really doesn't need to overclock to have good performance.Whoah! This thing is absolutely beastly for the price. I had no idea that a dual core could still shred in this day and age. I guess HT helps, but still...
My client's gonna be very happy with this build!
Whoah! This thing is absolutely beastly for the price. I had no idea that a dual core could still shred in this day and age. I guess HT helps, but still...
Yeah my buddy built one of these recently too. Nice budget build, especially if you use a h61 motherboard such as the biostar.
It really surprised me when i did my evaluation of 20 games. But evidently HT is not so effective for a quad-core processor in gaming. At least that is what i found so far, but i am going to explore that next with my i7-920 at 4.0GHz when i bench with GTX 580 SLI and HD 6970 TriFire.
Yeah, that's been my experience, too. Just a great, great processor for the price. Has anyone done any comparisons between the 2100 and 2105? I'd be interested in that face off.
Curious to know sir, what games did you find HT'ing to under-perform in?
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Note he is talking about quads with HT not duals. A better question would be find the few games that do benefit from having 4c8t vs 4c4t. Hence the reason a lot of gamers pick the i5 including myself. We don't see the point of spending extra money on a 2600k compared to the 2500k
Just imagine a $130 2100k @ 4.5GHz+
Intel is scared to make this, because right now they have people willing to spend on the 2500k, but an unlocked dual would be adequate for many while saving a few bucks.
Most games that "make use" of quads only have 1-2 cores heavily loaded, with the other 2 cores at light to medium loading. Pretty much the ideal usage scenario for a 2C / 4T HT product. I doubt you'll see too many games that have 4 heavily loaded threads, because aside from enthusiasts, few people have quads... they'd cut out a large portion of their potential customer base. The exception, of course, being games like GTA IV... poor code quality console ports from companies that don't really care about PC user experience, as they're primary customer base is consoles.
Aside from gamers who needs more than 2C / 4T? People doing heavy video editing or compiling?
It is a nice CPU, would be killer if it allowed overclocking.
cpu always matters to an extent. its just that at a higher res you need more gpu power too. a slow cpu at 1080 just means not so great overall performance at higher res instead of lower res. a game that requires a good cpu to be playable or keep the framerates up does not lower that requirement at higher resolution.
yeah I almost went that route too but decided 2500k would be better for my needs. a 2100 is good compromise for most people but if it at least had turbo then it would be much more appealing.btw you were the otherday correct. When on look fro, the point you showed me. I3 more economical and a better path than the X4 was. So I followed your advice and bought my son a I3 2100 as well. Its a zippy little chip and run as cool as a cucumber. So Thx
What I mean is that the performance difference you would get with a 100usd chip or a 300usd chip will be a couple of fps on a high resolution like 1080p. So that's where a person can save by buying a cheaper cpu and use that extra money for a better gpu.
Its a zippy little chip and run as cool as a cucumber.
lol, sounds like a youtube comment. I have a faster machine and even I cant comfortably run every single game I own maxed out.The full rig is:
CPU: i3 2100
Mobo: ASRock H61M-VS
GPU: HIS Radeon 6790
Memory: 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1333
HDD: 500GB (oof, hard-disk prices!)
This is being used as someone's primary PC, including heavy gaming usage. Got reports from him last night that it is the, "most amazing computer [he's] ever owned" and that he can "run all of his games maxed out".
Win.