Is a high-end CPU a real need for a gaming computer?
Battlefield 4 and Dirt Rally
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Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 is the latest installment in the Battlefield franchise, released in 2013. It is based on the Frostbite 3 engine, which is DirectX 11. In order to measure performance using this game, we walked our way through the first mission, measuring the number of frames per second three times using FRAPS. We ran this game at 1920 x 1080, setting overall image quality at “high.”
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps) and they are the mean between the three collected results.
In this test, it is clear that all the tested CPUs had the same performance.
Dirt Rally
Dirt Rally is an off-road racing game released in April 2015, using Ego engine. To measure performance using this game, we ran the performance test included in the game, in 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution and image quality configured as “high” and MSAA off.
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps).
In this game, the performance of the Core i7-4770K was similar to the Core i3-4150’s, 12% superior to the Pentium G3320’s, and 57% superior to the Core 2 Quad’s.