About to switch from AMD to Intel

[Foxhole Sniffer]

I'm about to switch from a AMD processor to an Intel processor and change the case andmotherboard, ect. My question is, can I swap out my hard drive with my OS and such on it and it work with the Intel processor despite having AMD drivers? Or are the drivers for the AMD cpu not stored there and instead it's more of a BIOS thing?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Is the old board working?
If yes, what u want to do before the swap is uninstall all your Motherboard and other core hardware drivers. A re-activation of your WindowsOS might also be required.

[_I_]

when swapping between amd and intel cpus, its best to reinstall windows

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, a reinstall is your best bet for avoiding issues.
If you have enough free space, u can do that on the old drive without wiping out your old OS + Files. However u would still need to reinstall everything should u go that route.

[Rove]

You can swap the HDD and uninstall the old drivers. It may even be fine to leave the old drivers but it's better to uninstall them after swap.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Overall, I would try what I said in Post#1
However, please backup important data!
If u run into issues, then clean install the OS.

[Maximum Game]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Solo:

I'm about to switch from a AMD processor to an Intel processor...

What do you have now for a CPU and why are you considering upgrading?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

LOL, cause nothing AMD CPU/APU is good for gaming.

[Maximum Game]

I'd like to hear from Solo (the OP) on this one.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Maximum Game:

I'd like to hear from Solo (the OP) on this one.

Me too; but I was serious. He has DayZ, which can't even run smooth on the best AMD CPU out there currently. However, on an i5 or i7, DayZ runs like butter.

[Maximum Game]

Can you conclusively prove that DayZ doesn't run smoothly on the AMD FX-8350 & AMD FX-9590 with a decent GPU, such as the GTX 980, GTX 980 Ti, Titan X, R9 290X, R9 390X, or Fury X?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's not a viable upgrade solution; and it will eat up 4 - 8 times more power (depending on AMD CPU) then an Intel 1155 setup. Not to mention u will need like a $150+ Motherboard even to use FX-9

[Maximum Game]

I'm not suggesting that he upgrade to an AMD CPU.

I'm asking you to prove what you claimed about DayZ not running smoothly on AMD's best CPUs, even if you use a decent GPU, like the Titan X, GTX 980 Ti or the AMD Fury X. Can you do that? If you can't, then why make the claim in the first place?

[_I_]

dayz needs fast cores
amd cores are clocked high, but not fast

[Maximum Game]

You're talking to someone who has many years of experience building PCs and gaming. I've built Intel gaming rigs and I've built AMD gaming rigs. I'm well aware of Intel's and AMD's strengths and weaknesses.

The developers of DayZ "recommend" a AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better. The AMD FX-8350 and FX-9590 both perform significantly better than the Phenom II X4 940.

I'm simply asking you to prove the claims that you made.
Mindlessly repeating rumors or unverified claims is not proof.
A random person randomly saying random things on a random website is not proof either.

You can prove it by showing me actual proof of obvious poor performance, such as stuttering or extremely low frame rates in DayZ using an FX-8350 or FX-9590 with a decent GPU, such as the Titan X, GTX 980 Ti, or Fury X, running the latest version of DayZ with the latest video card drivers using Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 with all updates applied.
So, can you conclusively prove it or not?

DayZ "recommended" system requirements:
OS: Windows 7 SP1
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 or AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better
DirectX: Version 11

[_I_]

fx performs slightly better than phenom
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/200/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8350_vs_AMD_Phenom_II_X4_940.html
fx is clocked 33% faster for a 12% increase in performance
and twice the core count is only 79% improvement

fx has more cores, but its module design hurts its performance