Motherboard compatibility questions
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David Sanders4 said:The thing is, some people just don't know how to read. Maybe try reading everything I wrote from start to finish before jumping in with a comment...
Okay, look—it’s pretty obvious you haven't really played fast-paced FPS games before, so you probably don't get the massive difference between playing at 30 fps versus 60 fps. It's night and day, honestly, regardless of whether the human eye "notices" it or not...
One more thing, though—all those benchmarks everyone cites are usually for single-player modes, but Battlefield 3 multiplayer is actually twice as demanding on the CPU compared to the single-player campaign! You won't really get that until you actually sit down and play it. For me, my old Q6600 held steady over 60 fps in single-player, but in multiplayer, it would hit 90 sometimes but then suddenly tank down to 25 fps. And let me tell you, having sudden drops to 25 is way worse than just having a constant 25. The worst part is when the frame rate jumps around like crazy... it just feels different, you know? Just try it.
When I swapped in an i5 3570k using the exact same settings and the same graphics card, my fps didn't dip below 60 once!
You can't just skim through a couple of reviews or look at some graphs and say, "Well, that's just how it is." Because it isn't always like that until you actually experience it firsthand.
I mean, sure, in some other game that isn't super CPU-heavy, an older processor will work just fine without any issues...
But this guy wants something that's going to last him 4 or 5 years, and we've already got some incredibly demanding games coming out this year alone...