Alright so I got a computer question, I'm sorry if I sound retarded, but does the processor effect graphics for video games or is it the GPU, or are the GPU and processor the same thing? If you have the answer to this question please explain it like your explaining it to a 2 year old because I already tried looking it up and couldn't understand shit. Thanks.
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It's the GPU, but you need a decent processor as well to run the programs. Some video games require 4 core, 6, core or 8 core processors to run efficiently.
They aren't the same thing, but they both affect performance. That's really all you need to be concerned with - they both matter, so don't skimp on either if you plan to play high end games on high settings.
For framerate gpu usually does most of the heavy lifting. But a slow processor can slow down a powerful graphics card.
It's not super common but some games do have more logic running to burden your cpu like more complicated AI running on your machine. Or maybe if there's a ton of characters in one place in some mmos. Or to run anti pirating protection to slow down that happening until it does. Then they might patch it out.
Typically most games more directly benefit from a couple high speed processor threads rather than many slower because they are just designed to run that way on pc since not everyone had 4 or more cores. Extra cores will still help reduce the stress of anything you might have on the background. It's becoming more common for newer games and game engines to utilize a lot more cpu threads as of late though. That's mostly for newer triple A games. For older games if you like wanna push really silly FPS it's all about the gigahertz (basically).
