That's the bottom line for me as well. Whatever the hardware component in question, if i pay an extra 1/3rd of the price i expect an extra 1/3rd of performance too, but since that never happens i just buy the second best component and save enough money to possibly upgrade another one.

This is a better strategy overall and gives better all around performance, assuming you are a mere mortal like the majority of us and don't have an endless supply of money. If you really are super rich case go ahead and buy the best you can find across the board, but for the majority of people it doesn't work out that way :-P
For example, one could buy the top of the line CPU, or the second best CPU and an extra 3-4GB of DDR3 RAM for the same price (depending on whether he runs a dual or tripple channel mobo) or an SSD, etc.

@OlegMaddox
And what about more than 4 Cores?

"4 - yes, more can't aswer without consulting from programmers. Night here."


Oleg doesn't really seem well informed about how his engine works ... :rolleyes:

hardware utilisation is not his area...why do you think he should be a superman? Is there a superman? Where?

Superman? Did anybody say superman?

Oleg saying that current hardware isn't good enough || Oleg not knowing if the engine can handle the hardware efficiently.


I find it paradox, but that's just me.

All of you wondering about HT and more than 4 cores should wait for late June - when Bulldozers with 6 and 8 physical cores are out. Spending extra cash on 2600k (for CoD) is money wasted IMO.

You ABSOLUTELY want to spend the extra money for the K series chips because those are overclockable. Those chips overclock very well and have a massive performance benefit over the non-K series.

I have a 2600k OC to 4,6GHz.
Crysis Warhead uses all cores equally but only charges 43% of the CPU at the worst moments of the game in enthusiastic mode at 1920x1200 2xAA.
Most of the game seems to be calculated in the GPU ( GTX 580 )
The comparison maybe is not so valid with CoD.

This is not the discussion of this thread. Of course that k series is recommended. No on here is saying otherwise.

That's not the question. I guess nobody would not want to overclock these k sandy bitches.

No matter if you get a 2600 or 2500 get a K! Like 10 bucks and you can get a 30% perf boost from oc - the chips are identical its just the K gets the better intgrated GPU (3000 vs 2000) and a unlock on the multiplier.