i'd take more cores even without vulkan.. just because i dont use my pc only for gaming, but lots of other tasks also.

Let's say a genie from a bottle has made you a magical offer: He asserts that he will double the core count of your 8320 but, in return, it's clock will be cut in half to 2.2Ghz. Do you take him up on it?

Quoting: AnxiousInfusionLet's say a genie from a bottle has made you a magical offer: He asserts that he will double the core count of your 8320 but, in return, it's clock will be cut in half to 2.2Ghz. Do you take him up on it?

yes.. i OC the shit out of it :D
well ofc it depends what clocks also. I didnt mean that huge edge cases. but i'd take 8 core xeon with 2,6ghz before 3,5 ghz 4 core

I happened upon this interesting study by PC Perspective on CPU strength for gaming.

According to the results, only mid-range or higher end GPUs see benefits from stronger CPU. Higher resolution and higher settings will reduce the impact of an under performing CPU.

Also noteworthy is that Mantle (and, by extension, Vulkan) helps the most for increasing minimum framerates and really only does so for mid-range or higher end GPUs. This applies to all CPU configurations, high end or low end.

So if you're using a UHD monitor, max'ing all settings, a high end video adapter and your library already contains the few Vulkan titles that are currently available do you then take the genie up on his offer?