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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53575

How does a decade old high-end quad core processor compare to a modern budget CPU with the same core count? Today we're going to find out. The I7 2600 was one of the best Intel chips money could buy over a decade ago, so how does it hold up to Intel's latest budget king?

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Sabot · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:09 pm Post subject:

Well the old I5-3570k was *the best* gaming CPUs for years.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-2600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/620vs1316

It is however, like everything PCs, subjective. I’ve bought games that my CPU was not supported. Well how come it does and plays perfectly fine and better in a lot of cases The simple answer is hardware configs and the fact that no one can bench test every CPU or GPU released against newer silicon, nor can they put in the same RAM, motherboard, sound card, SSD or even features that motherboards have.
not to mention resolution, drivers and bloat that they use or runs in the background.

Csimbi · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 10:15 am Post subject:

Told ya many times gaming is not about the CPU...
I have an unused 2600k-based PC sitting next to me.
Only PSU is required...