This video sheds light on the situation I'm concerned with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzLU4HWw2U
Some gamers on a budget will choose to spend more on a graphics card than a CPU, that makes perfect sense since even i3s don't bottleneck most games below 60fps yet. The problem is, those graphics cards are often tested on high end CPUs, which does not tell the whole story.
The current batch of AMD cards lose a big chunk of their performance if paired with a low end CPU, more than Nvidia does, even if the AMD cards are more powerful when paired with high end CPUs.
This is something reviews have not addressed. It's quite important, as if you were looking for a build under say 700, you'd probably go with an i3 and try to put 200 into the graphics, just for example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzLU4HWw2U
Some gamers on a budget will choose to spend more on a graphics card than a CPU, that makes perfect sense since even i3s don't bottleneck most games below 60fps yet. The problem is, those graphics cards are often tested on high end CPUs, which does not tell the whole story.
The current batch of AMD cards lose a big chunk of their performance if paired with a low end CPU, more than Nvidia does, even if the AMD cards are more powerful when paired with high end CPUs.
This is something reviews have not addressed. It's quite important, as if you were looking for a build under say 700, you'd probably go with an i3 and try to put 200 into the graphics, just for example.