CPU/GPU dependent games

[Social_Outlaw]

Hey Fellow Tempers , so some or most you don't know, I have an AMD build, and I've been having some problems with it somewhat. I just bought GTA IV and Borderlands 2, and stuff has been difficult to run properly. I know my CPU isn't on the Powerhouse side, but I have done a bit of research, and learned some games are more CPU dependent instead of GPU dependent. If anyone is willing to help make a list just to make things easier it would serve us all well.

 

[Ethevion]

Iirc Guild Wars 2 is CPU dependent. My build is pretty decent so I never had an issue, but I've heard of low end PCs running it.

 

[jDSX]

Many of the Bethesda games are cpu intensive like fallout 3, new vegas and 4

I think all the mass effect games are too.

A GPU intensive one would be wasteland 2 for example my other toaster laptops run it but the AMD a10 with r6 radeon igpu runs it better than the core i7 haswell intel 4400 igpu does.

 

[Armadillo]

GTA IV is just a shit port. Borderlands 2 is massivly cpu limited

http://www.techspot.com/review/577-borderlands-2-performance/page6.html

Unless it's been patched at some point to improve performance, anything short of an i5 2500K struggles.

Most big releases have benchmarks on a variety of hardware, just look there to see if the game is more cpu or gpu bound.

 

[Joe88]

I ran borderlands 2 fine on a core 2 duo with everything maxed

beamng.drive is one game that pretty much relies heavily on the cpu

 

[Mikemk]

GTA IV is just a shit port. Borderlands 2 is massivly cpu limited

http://www.techspot.com/review/577-borderlands-2-performance/page6.html

Unless it's been patched at some point to improve performance, anything short of an i5 2500K struggles.

Most big releases have benchmarks on a variety of hardware, just look there to see if the game is more cpu or gpu bound.

BL2 runs fine on my i5-750, though I only play at 1280x1024.
@OP, the link @Armadillo posted says your motherboard needs a BIOS update to play BL2.

Minecraft is a CPU intensive game. ARK: Survival Evolved is very GPU intensive.

Civilization: Beyond Earth, while CPU intensive, is optimized for AMD GPUs.