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[Scout Derek]

as title States. best speed? is it 3ghz, 4...? or is it much lower than that?

[Vxheous]

Greater than 4.2Ghz on Intel i5/i7's. AMD no idea, but I suspect 4.5Ghz

[VorpalAnvil]

With Intel gear you need to break that 4.0 Ghz mark. Until Zen comes out I don't recommend running any AMD CPU for MWO

[xWiredx]

4.5GhZ is the magic number on an Intel Haswell chip. More than 5GhZ is the magic number on a Piledriver AMD chip. This is already tested and proven. Everybody else is guessing.

[Smokeyjedi]

sadly 8350 @ 5.0 with tight *** oc ram timings and H20 cooling cant keep up with intels offerings, I sadly get smoother gameplay on I5 3550 @ 4172mhz than i did with previous AMD system. 900mhz lower but no dips into the 30s anymore, it stays above 45 all the time. no matter what.

[Scout Derek]

xWiredx, on 19 January 2017 - 05:19 AM, said:

4.5GhZ is the magic number on an Intel Haswell chip. More than 5GhZ is the magic number on a Piledriver AMD chip. This is already tested and proven. Everybody else is guessing.

lol I was just waiting for you to come up and post here. appreciate it, now I know what to shoot for in the near future should someone who wants to play MWO wants to know best specs for it

[cazidin]

4.2GHZ Overclocked I7 Quad Core is probably the best processor on the market. For MW:O or the average consumer? You'll do fine with an I5 or even something as "slow" as a 3.2-3.5 GHZ CPU. Just make sure that it's quad core.

[xWiredx]

Smokeyjedi, on 19 January 2017 - 08:11 AM, said:

sadly 8350 @ 5.0 with tight *** oc ram timings and H20 cooling cant keep up with intels offerings, I sadly get smoother gameplay on I5 3550 @ 4172mhz than i did with previous AMD system. 900mhz lower but no dips into the 30s anymore, it stays above 45 all the time. no matter what.

Yeah, but 5GhZ was enough to hold a 60fps average, wasn't it? I'm aware that we saw some nasty dips still, but it wasn't nearly as bad as people that would only take their FX chips into the 4.4-4.8GhZ territory, right? If not, I guess I'll just revise 5GhZ to like 5.2GhZ or simply say "Ryzen or nothing" from now on.

Scout Derek, on 19 January 2017 - 10:58 AM, said:

lol I was just waiting for you to come up and post here. appreciate it, now I know what to shoot for in the near future should someone who wants to play MWO wants to know best specs for it

Yeah, basically the Kaby Lake 7700K with its 4.5GhZ turbo clock is right about ideal for MWO running at 1080p. If somebody -demands- 60fps at very high, I'd just start with a 7700K and Z270 board right off the bat.

[darqsyde]

...while we wait for Ryzen...come on AMD release it...puhleeze.

[Scout Derek]

xWiredx, on 19 January 2017 - 11:09 AM, said:

Yeah, basically the Kaby Lake 7700K with its 4.5GhZ turbo clock is right about ideal for MWO running at 1080p. If somebody -demands- 60fps at very high, I'd just start with a 7700K and Z270 board right off the bat.

That's a definite then. again, thanks for the info.

[Mr D One]

Be careful of the Kaby as an exploit has been discovered via usb.

https://www.overcloc...gging_exploit/1

Edited by Peter Wolf 359, 19 January 2017 - 10:10 PM.

[General Solo]

Im running easy 60-100+ fps on a stock 3.5Ghz i7 and a Nvidia 970 @ 1080 with most graphics options lowered

I prefer frame rate over pretties

Edited by OZHomerOZ, 19 January 2017 - 11:29 PM.

[xWiredx]

OZHomerOZ, on 19 January 2017 - 11:27 PM, said:

Im running easy 60-100+ fps on a stock 3.5Ghz i7 and a Nvidia 970 @ 1080 with most graphics options lowered

I prefer frame rate over pretties

I do not. I demand both. I'm not playing on a console.

[Peter2k]

Peter Wolf 359, on 19 January 2017 - 10:09 PM, said:

Be careful of the Kaby as an exploit has been discovered via usb.

https://www.overcloc...gging_exploit/1

;-)

I'll be carefully who I invite back home ignoring the valuables and going for my USB ports

xWiredx, on 19 January 2017 - 11:09 AM, said:

Yeah, basically the Kaby Lake 7700K with its 4.5GhZ turbo clock is right about ideal for MWO running at 1080p. If somebody -demands- 60fps at very high, I'd just start with a 7700K and Z270 board right off the bat.

*Cough
delidded 7600K @5.2 Ghz on air :-)

Edited by Peter2k, 20 January 2017 - 12:50 PM.

[Scout Derek]

xWiredx, on 20 January 2017 - 05:52 AM, said:

I do not. I demand both. I'm not playing on a console.

If MWO was 30FPS locked....

:^)

[General Solo]

xWiredx, on 20 January 2017 - 05:52 AM, said:

I do not. I demand both. I'm not playing on a console.

If I had a better GPU like a Nvidia 1080 I could, the CPU is fast enough.
Point being don't get an AMD when a stock Intel i7 trumps it.

Edited by OZHomerOZ, 20 January 2017 - 04:27 PM.

[xWiredx]

Peter2k, on 20 January 2017 - 12:47 PM, said:

*Cough
delidded 7600K @5.2 Ghz on air :-)

Yeah, but the vast majority of people do not delid their CPUs (with new utilities being sold, though, I imagine it will be a little more common from now on). Still, 5.2GhZ on air is damn impressive. It really makes me want one, though I'm trying to hold out for Skylake-X. My VMs love to suck up memory bandwidth.

[Smokeyjedi]

Found an oldie but a goodie, FX8350 -5017mhz 250X20@1.52V with 2020mhz gksill sniper 2133 CL12 @ 10-10-10-28 2T 1.65V on Corsair H80/
This was pretty much as fast as I ever could push that chip on my Asus M5A97EVO that needed custom VRM cooling to push into the 5.0ghz range......

A shame about it, 3+ years of constant tweaking to get sub par performance........I5 3550 @ 4172 games on another level by comparison.

Edited by Smokeyjedi, 10 March 2017 - 08:23 PM.

[Quinn Allard]

Im with WIRED, if I wanted FPS over graphics Ide stick to Xbox. I demand both gorgeous graphics and smooth frames. PC Master Race!