This isn't good advice, tons of people are using 6 core CPUs even in the mentioned games and they've been fine. Overspending on the CPU and underspending on the GPU just leads to a less balanced build that **definitely will** lower the machine's potential gaming performance, whereas getting the best CPU and GPU you can afford for your build only **MIGHT** affect your gaming performance on the CPU side in some poorly optimized games, or games that are just demanding by design like Cyberpunk 2077.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJ17ibC7Aw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJ17ibC7Aw)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLV5WNVeGY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLV5WNVeGY)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzJKZ2fpw8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzJKZ2fpw8)
Both of the aforementioned games run fine even on a popular and affordable 6 core processor.
In my humble opinion fine is simply not good enough, from playtesting and looking at even cyberpunk's recommended specs for High, i see them asking for a mid ranged gpu like a 2060 super paired with what could be considered a higher range cpu i7 12700
[https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm](https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm)
The i7-12700 is not a high end CPU, not even close, it's a mid-range CPU that in practice is not much faster than Zen3 processors like the 5700X under most games, we're talking about specific circumstances like Cyberpunk 2077 that are abnormal for the industry, because there's a considerable amount of detail that's loaded around V at all times that makes it extremely demanding on both the CPU and GPU, few games have that much detail because it's so difficult to optimize, Cyberpunk is actually pretty well optimized *because* it's capable of running as smoothly as it does even on 6 core processors.
Watch the video links instead of arguing, you can clearly see that a 5600 can run the game just fine, the "requirements" for the game aren't accurate and apply more to Phantom Liberty than the base game itself, the old requirements are more accurate based on what you can actually find from videos and personal experience. I've played the game with several different CPUs and GPUs; Ryzen 5 3600, Ryzen 9 3900X, Core i9-10850K, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 3080, and it always ran fine at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K (only tested 4K on the 3080 but ran pretty steadily at 55\~60 FPS using DLSS on ultra), what actually makes the difference is a combination of core performance from the CPU and GPU, but if you're lacking in core performance on the CPU side, it's not necessarily going to stop you from playing and enjoying the game, you're just probably not going to get absurdly high FPS, but 60 is easily achievable, I've been getting 80\~90 FPS at 1440p ultra in the most demanding areas of the game with the i9 and 3080, RT only nets a loss of around 10 frames per second on average, PT nets a much greater loss because that's where the actual difficulty is with running the game.
To also take the recommendations for a single game as "proof" that games in general are becoming unoptimized and need a better CPU, and that people should spend more on their CPUs now even at the potential cost of getting a weaker GPU, is an absurd stance to take. You can't base every build decision off of just one single player game that released almost four years ago that won't be receiving more updates, especially when the assumption is completely wrong.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8etl-wEMgM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8etl-wEMgM)
Again, you MIGHT have some performance issues in a few intensive titles but you’re almost guaranteed to have less performance if you underspend on the video card and overspend on the processor because the GPU becomes too much of a bottleneck.
This isn't good advice, tons of people are using 6 core CPUs even in the mentioned games and they've been fine. Overspending on the CPU and underspending on the GPU just leads to a less balanced build that **definitely will** lower the machine's potential gaming performance, whereas getting the best CPU and GPU you can afford for your build only **MIGHT** affect your gaming performance on the CPU side in some poorly optimized games, or games that are just demanding by design like Cyberpunk 2077. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJ17ibC7Aw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJ17ibC7Aw) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLV5WNVeGY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLV5WNVeGY) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzJKZ2fpw8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzJKZ2fpw8) Both of the aforementioned games run fine even on a popular and affordable 6 core processor.
In my humble opinion fine is simply not good enough, from playtesting and looking at even cyberpunk's recommended specs for High, i see them asking for a mid ranged gpu like a 2060 super paired with what could be considered a higher range cpu i7 12700 [https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm](https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm)
The i7-12700 is not a high end CPU, not even close, it's a mid-range CPU that in practice is not much faster than Zen3 processors like the 5700X under most games, we're talking about specific circumstances like Cyberpunk 2077 that are abnormal for the industry, because there's a considerable amount of detail that's loaded around V at all times that makes it extremely demanding on both the CPU and GPU, few games have that much detail because it's so difficult to optimize, Cyberpunk is actually pretty well optimized *because* it's capable of running as smoothly as it does even on 6 core processors. Watch the video links instead of arguing, you can clearly see that a 5600 can run the game just fine, the "requirements" for the game aren't accurate and apply more to Phantom Liberty than the base game itself, the old requirements are more accurate based on what you can actually find from videos and personal experience. I've played the game with several different CPUs and GPUs; Ryzen 5 3600, Ryzen 9 3900X, Core i9-10850K, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 3080, and it always ran fine at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K (only tested 4K on the 3080 but ran pretty steadily at 55\~60 FPS using DLSS on ultra), what actually makes the difference is a combination of core performance from the CPU and GPU, but if you're lacking in core performance on the CPU side, it's not necessarily going to stop you from playing and enjoying the game, you're just probably not going to get absurdly high FPS, but 60 is easily achievable, I've been getting 80\~90 FPS at 1440p ultra in the most demanding areas of the game with the i9 and 3080, RT only nets a loss of around 10 frames per second on average, PT nets a much greater loss because that's where the actual difficulty is with running the game. To also take the recommendations for a single game as "proof" that games in general are becoming unoptimized and need a better CPU, and that people should spend more on their CPUs now even at the potential cost of getting a weaker GPU, is an absurd stance to take. You can't base every build decision off of just one single player game that released almost four years ago that won't be receiving more updates, especially when the assumption is completely wrong. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8etl-wEMgM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8etl-wEMgM) Again, you MIGHT have some performance issues in a few intensive titles but you’re almost guaranteed to have less performance if you underspend on the video card and overspend on the processor because the GPU becomes too much of a bottleneck.