Is single core processor the best?

[Richard I]

Apparently that a the best for tf2, but is it best overall?

Also, how do I tell if a cpu/gpu is good or not?

[Chasseur Velites]

No single core processors are extreamly outdated and have problems simply watching YouTube videos and web browsing

[Omega]

Single core CPUs are ancient and terible.

Even the cheapest CPUs you can buy now are dual cores with HT and quad cores. TF2 will run a lot better on a multi core CPU, not only because they have more cores but also because the single core performance of these modern CPUs is massively better.

If you are looking to buy a basic gaming PC look at the Intel 8000 series and AMD Ryzen 2000 series on the CPU front and at the Nvidia GTX 1050 ti or better for a GPU.

When on a ultra-low budget a Ryzen APU such as the 2200g and 2400g are also more then capable of running most games without a dedicated GPU.

And of course combine all this with at least 8gb of RAM and don't skimp on a quality PSU and mobo to save a few bucks.

[Enigmatic]

If you get a mobo with socket for Intel Core2duo or the Quad you will have a really legacy cpu but one of the best. They are still pretty good, they are kinda like the best budget cpu if you can get a good mobo for them. If you don't mind DDR3 ram. It also was good time to buy intel before the minx disaster.

[vadim]

Not so ancient.
One Intel CPU: https://ark.intel.com/products/78476/Intel-Atom-Processor-E3815-512K-Cache-1_46-GHz
...and many pre-Zen AMD models like A6-6400k (all of them have one Piledriver module which is physical core).
But really terrible.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

perhaps OP is confused about games that are optimized for single core performance.

modern CPUs (from AMD and Intel) will just 'park' unneeded cores...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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Apparently that a the best for tf2, but is it best overall?

Also, how do I tell if a cpu/gpu is good or not?

Not sure where you would get that info.

What you might have heard is something along the lines of "Single Core performance matters in many older games" yes that is true, which is why Intel has been the king in this area.

All CPUs are Multi-Core now, you'd basically have to go back to Pentium4 series to get a Single Core CPU, which was also not 64bit capable. Between the Multi-Core CPU, the OS, and the Game; those can dictate how the CPU is best used to unleash it's performance.

Many games strive on strong single core performance; are the other cores wasted? NO, the OS will continue to use those in the background. But many games coded poorly might use nearly 100% of a single core at any given time; so having a CPU with strong "Single Core IPC output" is best bet for such apps/games. AMD for example has come up in the game of multi-core performance; however it still falls short in single-core performance. Intel does fairly great at BOTH.

[tacoshy]

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perhaps OP is confused about games that are optimized for single core performance.

modern CPUs (from AMD and Intel) will just 'park' unneeded cores...

yes the will "park" those core in C-States and allow with Turbo Boost to boost that remaining core by Auto- Overclocking it. So a quadcore or better will still give a betetr single core performance.