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That's for single player, which is not very CPU intensive. 64 player multiplayer maps are, especially if you have a powerful GPU/GPUs.

This thread is a little stale, found it from a google search. The answer is yes, with suitably powerful Crossfire or SLI GPUs in full 64 player maps and at low detail settings, the 2500k will be bottlenecked. To wit: In the above mentioned scenarios my dual 6870s are running 75-80% apiece...

Just to reiterate.. My old system (Q6600 @ 3.2) was fine on Metro, but 64 player caspian border brought it to its knees. 32 player servers might not bottleneck a S775 Quad, but be ready for 64 player servers to.

My $0.02 I had a Q6600 @ 3.2 with 6GB RAM and a single 6870. Metro ran more or less like a dream, averaged aorund 60fps. As soon as I got into a 64 player Caspian Border map, however, I knew I'd need to upgrade. I was often dipping as low as 25fps which put me at a huge disadvantage. I'm...