A friend of mine has a TA970XE Biostar motherboard and an AMD(fx) 4100 quad core processor 3.6ghz. He is getting a 750ti from a friend for $50. He basically wants to play CIV, BF, and maybe total war on low-medium settings.
He was considering upgrading his processor to one of these:
AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8320FRHKBOX Desktop Processor - Newegg.com
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor - Newegg.com
Will he even really see much of a difference? I know that gaming isn't done on 8 cores, so with the small increase in clock speed I wasn't sure if he'd actually see a bump in performance.
Thanks all
He was considering upgrading his processor to one of these:
AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8320FRHKBOX Desktop Processor - Newegg.com
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor - Newegg.com
Will he even really see much of a difference? I know that gaming isn't done on 8 cores, so with the small increase in clock speed I wasn't sure if he'd actually see a bump in performance.
Thanks all