AMD VS INTEL

[instamac]

Quick question, I had an AMD Athlon X4 860k quad core and when I have asked before people tell me my CPU  is my weakest link and Amd does not run well with arma. I have a spare i7 920 CPU would it be worth it to use this instead? Thanks

My specs if needed:

Edited February 4, 2016 by roca

[Scott]

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-920-vs-AMD-Athlon-X4-860K

[Hiraku]

The 920 wont be worth the switch, its too old

[Sean // Fitty Bread]

AMD does not run worse on Arma. Most AMD chips are usually shipped with more cores and less speed per core, which is bad for the Arma engine, but AMD does have good chips with nice clock speeds that can run the game easily. It's more than that, but that helps the most. I don't know if your mobo supports it or if your AMD chip has a higher clock, but the 920 might not be an upgrade. 

[Fluxah]

generally speaking, for games such as Arma, Intel > AMD, I am switching from AMD to Intel atm, but for your specs in particular, stick to your AMD

[Seán That Irish Guy]

Always Intel.

[Treeherder]

Get the i5 6600k. It's probably the best price to performance out there now and I get 60+ fps on ultra with it. 

[Gubber Flexx]

went from a FX-8350 to a i7-6700k sky lake and my frames increase was insane like KOTH runs at 60!

[Satan]

On 2/4/2016 at 0:42 PM, Fluxah said:

generally speaking, for games such as Arma, Intel > AMD, I am switching from AMD to Intel atm, but for your specs in particular, stick to your AMD

Have fun buying a new Motherboard along with the new CPU, it sucks, haha.

[Fluxah]

12 minutes ago, Sants said:

Have fun buying a new Motherboard along with the new CPU, it sucks, haha.

ordered a M5 gaming z170a and an i7 4770k

[Deathslug]

amd is bang for buck intel is the way to go 

[HotWings]

I have used AMD for years, the only game that I have encountered that Intel is significantly better at is Arma. 

[KevinOB]

Your i7 won't fit in your amd mobo.

So you would have to buy a old mobo for your old i7.

So either use your amd cpu/mobo.

Or buy a intel cpu/mobo, and a new gpu while your at it, and a 1080p monitor wouldn't hurt.

Gl.

[Cre]

1 hour ago, Treeherder said:

Get the i5 6600k. It's probably the best price to performance out there now and I get 60+ fps on ultra with it. 

Can confirm i5 6600k was a great purchase.

[Root]

22 minutes ago, HotWings said:

I have used AMD for years, the only game that I have encountered that Intel is significantly better at is Arma. 

AMD is Awesome!

Unless you don't have bills or a life or a family, and you have an extra 2k to spend on a good quality i7, or a 8 core Skylark.. And that means you need a MoBo to drop.