what res is your display?
You yourself are contradicting your ownself............LOL
The i5 is at least 14FPS fater than the i3 and about 8FPS on an avrage!!!!
Thank you for proving us right.
yes but you are so naive you missed the whole point, its 17 fps more on avg, considering that.... it still less than 45 fps... which is the minimum required for smooth gameplay.. so the question is that are you suggesting him to spend more on a processor just for that extra 17 fps? knowing very well that even then the game will be choppy. think about it before you reply.
Proc: i5 3450 - 11k
Mobo: MSI H61M-P20 (G3) Motherboard @ 2.7k
Sapphire HD7870 - 16k
Corsair value 4GB - 1.3k / Gskill ripjaws 4GB - 1.7k
Corsair 430w - 2.5k
Total: 35k ( dream config, still wont run crysis 3 @ >30fps )
also you forgot to factor in a better gpu... consider this : in that graph its the same gpu... so if i change my gpu which is more powerful than the 7970 20% extra ill get a somewhat fps boost upto 7-8 fps... so its really 25 fps versus 30 fps... and i think if you can save 2k by avoiding a quad core then its a good buy...
just look at that graph, thats a gtx 680 = more than ops total budget paired with a 3550 and even then its struggling with minimum fps < 60... i think at least 45 fps is bare minimum and 60 fps is just about recommended if you really want to play a game properly... people say that anything above 30 does not matter... its bullshit.. when you play at 60 fps, you notice the difference.
So lets say even if op gets a 3450 + hd 7850 where will it land him ? with an 3220 + hd 7870 its the same case... whatever config he decides to chose he will be on the same platform... i.e. the difference in the FPS of both the systems will not be much... so why not save money by getting a cheaper config? because unless he gets ready to shell out 60k hes still stuck on the same FPS level...
*media.bestofmicro.com/U/0/354888/original/BF3.png
*media.bestofmicro.com/U/1/354889/original/DiRT.png
:O
Who needs a quad core, when you can do the same with a dual core ?
tum dee dum dum
*battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654489840320059/
I know a lot of BF3 players wonder why there performance can sometimes suffer, so here's a way to figure out whether your Processor (CPU) or your Video Card (GPU) is the problem.
I completely forgot about this nifty console command back in the BETA, but I came across it today again and I figured I would share it.
So lets say your experiencing FPS drops at random, and can't figure out what the problem is. Here's a possible solution:
1. Open up the console command by pressing the "~" key, which can be found to the left of the "1" key on almost all keyboards.
2. A small box will appear in the left top corner of your screen. In the Box type the following command exactly as I have it here:
Render.PerfOverlayVisible 1
After typing it, press enter and close the console command box by pressing "~".
3. In the bottom left corner of your screen, a small graph will appear, it will have both a yellow and green line inside it. These are color coded. The yellow line is your CPU performance and the green line is your GPU performance.
4. How does this help spot hardware issues? Pay attention to which line often dips lower than the other.
If the yellow line is below the green line, either consistently or at random, it means your GPU is holding your performance back and lowering some settings could help or buying a new GPU alltogether.
If the green line is below the yellow line, it means your CPU is holding you back and you should probably play on smaller servers or purchase a new CPU.
So to recap:
Yellow line BELOW Green line = GPU Bottleneck
Green line BELOW Yellow line = CPU Bottleneck
NOTE: To disable the command and take the graph off your screen open up the console command again by pressing "~" and type the following:
Render.PerfOverlayVisible 0
Press enter and close the console command.
@ Incinerator.. guess who is santa visiting in town?
*www.anandtech.com/show/6670/dragging-core2duo-into-2013-time-for-an-upgrade
*images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6670/52720.png
dum deee dum dum :
*www.tomshardware.com/forum/126414-13-people-lying-crysis-benchmarks
*imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/cpuusaget.jpg/
the end point being that if he has a 7870, games which are now much more dependent on the GPU will give a much better performance gain than the 7850 .
Enough with the trolling, Op here is some serious advice.
1. you mentioned you are using an old monitor
a, if native res = 1280x1024 / b. 1440x990
in that case you dont need a 7870.
Also if you are not going to play mutiplayer then again a quad core is not required.
So ill suggest a config assuming you have a monitor < 1080p native res.
go with myth. incase you really are going to play multiplayer... else ill suggest stick with the i3 + 7870
so i will go with his config only if anyone have any other better specification/configuration do provide it 
