Which processor is best for mobile gaming?
I am assuming that you have asked about Android. Just like in PC's, you need a powerful GPU to enjoy all games at high graphics but there aren't any separate GPU's for mobile phones, both CPU & GPU comes as a single package inside the processor. The three major GPU's in mobiles are Adreno, Mali & PowerVR. Some of the devices come with Nvidia but it isn't as popular in PC's. Coming to your question, the best processors in Android are Qualcomm Snapdragon one's especially the 800 series. Most of the Android apps & games run well on snapdragon. Snapdragon processors along with it's Adreno GPU has the best compatibility. They also have better GPU combinations compared to others like Mediatek, Exynos, Kirin etc. Snapdragon uses the Adreno GPU. Except Intel which uses PowerVR, almost all other processors uses the Mali GPU. The available best processors are Snapdragon 810, 808 & 805. These offers the powerful GPU's, Adreno 430, 418 & 420 respectively. The simplest way to find out the GPU's power is to know it's Gflops. Higher Gflops offer better graphics. If you want to buy a phone now, I suggest you to wait until Snapdragon 820 to come out in phones. It has a very powerful Adreno 530 GPU. In case of iPhones* & Windows phones* obviously the latest & costliest one's have the best performance. * Apple uses it's own A series processors & Windows phones uses Snapdragon alone. So there's nothing much to think about them.
Why is a CPU important for gaming?
How important the CPU is for gaming, would depend largely on the type of game being played. Firstly, a CPU is a requirement if you want to do any PC gaming. The CPU is essentially the 'main brain' of your computer. Everything that the computer does, therefore, is related to the CPU in some way, and will be affected by CPU speed.Now as mentioned, the type of game being played is important. There are games that are mostly visual and do not require a lot of processing power. Think, for example, of a modern, pretty (graphics wise), online multiplayer FPS (First Person Shooter) game. Assuming that you're playing online, all the 'characters' within the game are being controlled by real people. Therefore, in this instance, the CPU doesn't have to do much, and the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is going to be used far more to maintain the pretty visuals. If on the other hand, you're playing a game that requires more processing, then the CPU's role becomes more important. So, for example, if you are playing an RTS (real-time-strategy) game against the computer, the CPU will be used much more, as the computer is having to make regular and intensive calculations to decide what to do with it's units in order to attempt to beat you. Often the graphics in these games will not be quite as polished as in the less-cpu-intense ones. This can be taken to the extreme with a game like Football Manager, which is about 95% CPU processing with very little for the GPU to do. With a game like this, you could have a powerful CPU pared with a really basic GPU and you'd be good to go. It's worth noting however, that in most cases, the GPU is far more important to the gaming experience than the CPU. Most games require much more power for processing visuals than processing things like AI behaviours.
I want to make a gaming computer. Parts advice? 10 Points.?
I want a $1000 budget on everything in the computer, including case. It has to be easily accessible inside so I can get to stuff and swap things in and out. It has to include everything I need for playing games from a disk, and preferably a WLan card or something too for games I have on Steam. Also a $500 budget on everything else to go with the computer, such as keyboard, mouse, speakers, headset. It has to be able to run games like BF3 and be capable of playing any MMORPG. I like pccsegear.com because it is an Australian site. Any other Australian websites are good as well, or computer stores in the Newcastle, NSW area. I do like newegg.com, but I will NOT be using that or any foreign websites because of shipping costs and some other reasons. This is also my first time building a computer, and even owning anything other than a laptop, so if you could direct me to a site that will help me actually build it that would be great. This might be a lot to ask, but 10 points best answer :) All help is greatly appreciated. Maybe also if you could direct me to some place where I could learn more about these parts and what the specs of parts actually mean and how they differentiate from others. Thanks :)
Which one is a better gaming CPU, AMD or Intel?
Hi,The answer as usual, depends. Let us consider the following situations:Budget Gaming PC In this range you will have to choose between the Ryzen 3’s and Intel Core i3's. Here the better choice is obviously is the Ryzen 3 as It offers 2 extra cores. Modern games are best optimized for 4 cores. A dual core processor can't even start some newer graphically intensive games. Some games like GTA V, are buggy with dual core processors. We can also overclock the R3. The R3 is a blind choice.Mid-range Gaming PC Here we see the Ryzen 5 and Intel Core i5 compete. In team red you can get upto 6 cores against team blue's maximum of 4 cores. Also SMT(AMD's Hyperthreading) is found on Ryzen. No Hyperthreading in i5's. The Ryzen and the i5 are neck and neck in gaming. The i5 outperforms the Ryzen by a few fps in games. So for gaming the i5 is a better choice, but overall the Ryzen 5 is leaps ahead of the i5. R5 is a great streaming processor. Also with gradual optimization of games with AMD, we will surely see better performance with the R5. Keep in mind that certain SKU's of the i5 can't be OC, whereas every Ryzen can be OC.High End PC Here we see Intel's Core i7 7700K against Ryzen 7 1700 (1800X is a bit more expensive than the 7700K). The 7700K is a really good gaming chip. Its ability to OC beyond 5Ghz, defeats every processor on the market in gaming. If you play a lot of CSGO and have a 240Hz monitor, like the Asus PG258Q, the i7 will serve you very well. The R7, which is jack of all, master of none, falls a bit behind in gaming, but makes up for it in tasks like animation, streaming, video editing. There very little this CPU can't do. So, in purely gaming applications, the i7 wins.Extreme Workstation/Battlesations In this range we have the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Intel core i9 7900X. With the 1920X, you get 2 extra cores and additional 0.2Ghz base clock speed against the 7900X. The maximum is 4.2Ghz (using XFR). The 7900X is clocked at 3.30Ghz and Turboboosts upto 4.30Ghz. We all have heard about the OC potential of the 7900X.(It gets very hot very quick). It's safe to say thay the 1920X wins in gaming due to higer clock speeds.Though I hate to say this, (I'm was an Intel fan) AMD is the future. Unless Intel comes up with a scalable interconnect like Infinity fabric, AMD will dominate the market.Thanks for reading!Amogh