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12-10-2005, 11:29 PM
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Opinions on processor selection...
What would you do? Mostly for gaming but also want longevity before I want to upgrade. My motherboard will be ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard and video card will be 6800GT. These processors are same price but I wasn't sure if the dual core would be a good idea. Any opinions much appreciated. Keep in mind, this is not exclusively for gaming now but also for 2 years from now. Will games eventually utilize dual core?..etc...
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 1MB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.4GHz Process Type: 90 nm Series: Athlon 64 Voltage: 1.35/1.4V AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 2 x 512KB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.0GHz Process Type: 90 nm Series: Athlon 64 X2 Voltage: 1.35-1.4V Last edited by Adams551; 12-10-2005 at 11:51 PM. |
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12-11-2005, 12:22 AM
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I'd go for the 4000+. The cores in the 3800+ are siginificantly slower.
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12-11-2005, 07:10 AM
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The X2's are meant for heavy multitasking. It wouldn't perform as well with gaming as the 4000. The performance gain of a 4000 would be hard to tell outside of benchmark software though. Even a 3800 venice core would be fine. I run a 3200+ venice and it handles everything I can throw at it.
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