Same question.
I want to do a low-cost upgrade. And I am between the R5 3500 and R5 3600. The main difference is that the 3500 is 6C / 6T and the 3600 is 6C / 12T (Here the price difference is approximately 40%, and that makes a difference to my budget).
But I am in doubt about the importance of more threads for the next BF.
I think hyperthreading usually gives around a 25 to 30% boost in performance. I notice more stuttering when I turn off hyperthreading with my Intel i7 8700k.
@OskooI_007BF5 was one of the first games to really take advantage of all those cores and threads.
@DvD-stX having more than 6 threads is a big deal in BF5 and future titles because the new consoles have 8 cores and 16 threads each.
Personally I am pretty certain I will go for a R7 5800x for my next PC even at the cost of a cheaper initial graphics card because I want a CPU that will last me at least an entire console generation with no freaking CPU bottlenecks
Hi @UP_Hawxxeye,
I had seen some reviews of BF1, and they said that disabling HT improves performance. So I stayed between the R5 3500 and the 3600.
I will start with one of these processors but I intend to buy a 5800X or 5900X next year, for that I am investing in a good motherboard.
As you said about the BF5 already making better use of HT and this should continue for future titles, I will start with the R5 3600.
Thanks.
