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11-18-2005, 11:06 AM
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How much cpu power do you need ?
Here are 2 really good articles :
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...cpu-games.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...pu-games2.html
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11-22-2005, 09:44 PM
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A very good reading ....
i have learn something ... didn't know about the different version of AMD64 3000+ - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939, 1.8 GHz, core revision aka Venice Mine is a newcastle socket 754 and it run at 2 Ghz at stock speed... i run it at 2.1 Ghz
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11-22-2005, 11:01 PM
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Look on it as a budget saver.
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11-23-2005, 04:59 PM
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Wow! Once again, a very good find Pam!
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11-23-2005, 05:07 PM
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My rule for component shopping : The more information you have the less money you will pay.
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11-23-2005, 05:09 PM
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That is a good find, makes me realize I didn't really need an FX55, but I knew that when I bought it too. :P
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11-23-2005, 08:27 PM
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Don't know why my post from yesterday didn't stick, but thanks for the post, pam123.
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11-23-2005, 08:48 PM
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Don't know if it can be investigated but I'll look. |
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11-23-2005, 09:24 PM
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Thanks! I've now noticed that about 3 - 4 (maybe more?) posts didn't stick...
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11-23-2005, 10:41 PM
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Man oh man do I need to upgrade, this definitely will help my shopping needs!
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11-25-2005, 10:54 PM
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This continues to support what I said in this thread... Best Bang for your Buck
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11-25-2005, 11:50 PM
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You know...here's some food for thought. After I read that article I see that some of the games they tested are utilizing both cores of a dual core processor.
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11-26-2005, 09:09 AM
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In the second article they tested older cpu's - yet mine too old to be on there. Do you think it's time for me to upgrade? I just bought COD 2 and it runs fine at 1280 x 1024 with everything turned to max and 4x AA (it's kind of weird). It does slow down a little when things get really intense though.
My system is in my sig.
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11-26-2005, 12:47 PM
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I'm not a real fan of oc'ing but your fsb (like mine) is just waiting to be pushed a little further.
I'm holding out till the last possible moment but when I put the comp together it was at the back of my mind that it would oc to 3200+ speed if I put 3200 ram in it. |
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11-26-2005, 01:04 PM
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Well this convinced me to go dual core, i couldnt decide on whether to go fx57 or x-2,even tho it said that i dont really need that much power, but yea this comp gotta last for maybe 2yrs (cpu wise) i wonder when the fx-59 comes out
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