Is 4 cores and 8 threads enough for todays computer,gaming in 2023

[AleXXX666]

The most sensible/smart user on this forum is gaming happily with a 12100F and a 3060Ti.

Every time my lizard brain starts thinking about the next upgrade, I think of this user and how ridiculous I'm being.

a 12100 or a 12400 is more than enough for gaming with anything but the highest tier GPU.

*unless you're some uber-competitive high FPS gamer that want 240+ FPS

i even tried 12100 + 3070 Ti, and at 2K/4K everything was OK, cpu wasn't 100%, yes, close to 70+ %, BUT.
I've changed it to 12500, maybe things got better, but not like when i've changed RX6600 to 3070Ti, lol.

I be surprised if a 6 core 12/13 gen is slower than say a 9900k, I would expect a comfortable win. Going down to 4 cores, in many games the 12/13 gen would win out as well I think, but maybe a few really thread heavy games something like the 9900k would still come out on top.

12-13 gen has such IPC that 9900K is like an old Xeon nowadays LMFAO. Even 10700K was HUGE better than "1 st try 8 core" 9900K FIASCO.