Is a high-end CPU a real need for a gaming computer?
GTA V and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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GTA V
Grand Theft Auto V, or simply GTA V, is a open-world action game released for PCs in April of 2015, using the RAGE engine. In order to measure the performance on this game, we ran the performance test of the game, measuring the framerate with FRAPS. We ran GTA V at 1920 x 1080, with image quality set to “normal”.
The results below are expressed in frames per second.
This game ran on the Core i7-4770K with a framerate 12% higher than on the Core i3-4150, 89% higher than on the Pentium G3220, and 98% higher than on the Core 2 Quad Q8300.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world RPG, released in May of 2015 and based on the REDengine 3 engine. In order to measure the performance on this game, we walk around at the first scene of the game, measuring the framerate with FRAPS three times. We ran the game at Full HD (1920 x 1080), with image quality set to “medium”.
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps) and they are the mean between the three collected results.
On this game, all the CPUs performed the same way.