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rezo Mar 21, 2017 @ 4:52pm
i7 6950x vs E5-2699 V4 x2 for gaming Which is better?
Just out of curiousity, for gaming which would be better.
i7 6950x which has 10 cores 20 threads
or
E5-2699 V4 x2 which has 20 cores and 40 threads

I know that core count and thread count doesnt affect performance that much but seeming that they're basically the highest end Xeons I wonder how they compete against the i7 6950x
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rotNdude Mar 21, 2017 @ 4:59pm 
What are you using it for?
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[LTT] LinusFTW Mar 21, 2017 @ 4:59pm 
Why would you need a 10 core 20 thread or a 20 core 40 thread CPU in the first place?

We already know anything above 4 cores and 8 threads will not do very well in gaming.
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rezo Mar 21, 2017 @ 5:01pm 
Huh okay, I dont have nor am I thinking of getting those CPUs its just out of curiousity. So for gaming is the i7 6700k/7700k the best option?
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[LTT] LinusFTW Mar 21, 2017 @ 5:01pm 
'So for gaming is the i7 6700k/7700k the best option?'

Yep
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rezo Mar 21, 2017 @ 5:03pm 
Okay thanks. Im still rocking an i5 2500k in my second PC and an i5 4690k in my main :D Good enough for me.

Funnily enough I was watching your video on the Ryzen 5 and 3 preview when I saw your reply and it was quite surpising, I didnt know you answer question on steam about this sort of things
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