Arma 2 should I go AMD or intel?

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Guys this has been bugging me for a long time now. I really want to build a new system for DayZ (arma 2 mod) and that video of teksyndicate has been driving me mad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc

EVERYWHERE else  I see benchmarks saying the i5 3570k is faster in arma 2.

So I really need an explanation here. I just cannot believe that the 3570k had half the performance of the 8350 in arma 2. Every  website I visit contradicts it. It is also the only benchmark in the list that was strange in the video. Every other benchmark showed performance was almost the same.

The thing is I trust you guys more than most other review channels, but with ALL other websites contradicting this it has made me really uneasy about this decision.

Was there made a mistake in the benchmark? Or is it correct and everyone else is wrong?

 

 

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it all depends whether you are on a budget. I play dayZ on an 8350 and a 660ti and it runs smoothly at high/ultra settings. Amd is for people on a budget or who want to save some money and get a liquid cooler to overclock and squeeze some extra performance out of the 8350. The choice is up to you. the i5 and i7's are great cpus, so is the fx series of cpus. Arma / DayZ all depends on harddrive read and write speeds, so you are better off getting a fast hdd like a velociraptor.

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the biggest problem with dayz is the servers, I play with an 8320 and 7870 and don't have problems, if it's a good server

either one will be good really, I can't speak of the accuracy of those benches, but the i5 will most likely handle it better, but an 8350 would be more than enough

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Arma II runs at like 15-20% cpu usage on my 3770k. Haven't tried it on my 3570k build.

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Arma 2 is poorly optimized when it comes to using multiple cores.  My phenom x4 9550 was never able to run arma 3 above 30 fps; then again, that is a terribly slow processor.  Modern amd's may perform bette.   I would go with an i5.  As for hardrive read/write speeds, just set up a ramdrive.

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I don't have much experience with Arma 2, but I recall some benchmarks on a Tek Syndicate video of Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead... http://youtu.be/4et7kDGSRfc?t=7m4s

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Yes that is the video I adress in my post. I am wondering if that benchmark was correct because all other benchmarks contradict it

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Arma 2 is a CPU heavy game. So you need a decent CPU. I would go with intel core I7.

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That is comparing the i5 to AMD if you get a i7 it destroys AMD.