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[Dredrik Salkon Kerensky]

According to the official post, the recommended requirements is the i3-2500. The i3-2500 DOESNT EXIST.

So either they ment the i5-2500 or i3-2200.

If someone can tell me which one they MENT, that would be nice. Speculations dont help, i want a definitive answer.

[pursang]

You want an answer? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE ANSWER!

Seriously though, you know as much as the rest of us.

[Vulpesveritas]

Given the Athalon X4 choice below, the i3 on it's own is slightly faster, and an i5-2500k would be complete overkill in comparison. So 99.9% sure they meant an i3 processor.

[BenEEeees VAT GROWN BACON]

The Intel Core i3-2500M is a laptop processor. It's not something you can buy for your PC.

Edited by BenEEeees VAT GROWN BACON, 18 June 2012 - 06:03 PM.

[Vashts1985]

they mentioned quad core so im willing to bet the meant the i5

[trycksh0t]

I'm guessing it's the i3-2100, because the Athlon II X4 650 doesn't even come close to the i5-2500's performance.

[Dredrik Salkon Kerensky]

Makes sense, never thought about compairing it to the AMD athlon they posted.

[Vashts1985]

trycksh0t, on 18 June 2012 - 06:01 PM, said:

I'm guessing it's the i3-2100, because the Athlon II X4 650 doesn't even come close to the i5-2500's performance.

AMD does not have anything that comes close to sandy bridge performance. (as unfortunate as bulldozer turned out to be)

its also a quad.

[Applefett]

I think they know what they are talking about when they say the i3, if they didn't they wouldn't have posted it.

[Strisk]

I'm assuming it's supposed to be an i5 because the i3 are all dual core and they stated that it does better on quads so I don't think they would recommend a dual. However, nobody but the devs can confirm it for sure.

[Vulpesveritas]

Vashts1985, on 18 June 2012 - 06:10 PM, said:

AMD does not have anything that comes close to sandy bridge performance. (as unfortunate as bulldozer turned out to be)

its also a quad.

Correction: AMD does not have anything that comes close to sandy bridge performance in lightly threaded tasks. The AMD FX-8150 runs just below the i7-2600k in multithreaded performance... while costing a good bit ($120) less. (internet retail values)

Strisk, on 18 June 2012 - 06:15 PM, said:

I'm assuming it's supposed to be an i5 because the i3 are all dual core and they stated that it does better on quads so I don't think they would recommend a dual. However, nobody but the devs can confirm it for sure.

The i3 is hyperthreaded which makes it somewhat act like a quad core, and with it's high IPC it is more than a match for a low end Athalon II X4 in multithread.

Edited by Vulpesveritas, 20 June 2012 - 10:16 PM.

[KT Grim]

The word "Ment" does not exist either...