CommonRider Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I am looking at building a high end gaming pc. I am looking at getting an amd 64 4000+ but would it be worth it to upgrade to one of the X2's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I am looking at building a high end gaming pc. I am looking at getting an amd 64 4000+ but would it be worth it to upgrade to one of the X2's?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>From what I heard most of today's games don't fully take advantage of dual core yet. On Attack Of The Shows Ultimate Game Machine they used a high end AMD 64 FX (of course there's was $1000) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CommonRider Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I am looking at building a high end gaming pc. I am looking at getting an amd 64 4000+ but would it be worth it to upgrade to one of the X2's?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>From what I heard most of today's games don't fully take advantage of dual core yet. On Attack Of The Shows Ultimate Game Machine they used a high end AMD 64 FX (of course there's was $1000)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well i dont think im going to go that high end. I plan to use the 4000+ with a good mobo and and 7800gtx. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freidog Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I am looking at building a high end gaming pc. I am looking at getting an amd 64 4000+ but would it be worth it to upgrade to one of the X2's?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>An X2 3800+ isn't a bad choice if you intend to overclock.Not very pricey, about the exact same price as the 4000+.And they overlcok well, about the same ~2.5-2.6ghz you'll get out of any Rev E chip.At stock speeds the 4000+ will give you far more bang for the buck in games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Well, if you can find the X2 for a similar price, its up to you--but if the price difference is too great, i'd just stick with an AMD 64 4000+. I mean, as it is they are both very good processors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 This is considered the better gaming processor from AMD.AMD Athlon 64 FX57 San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - RetailAMD Athlon 64 FX-57: The Fastest Single Core Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 1 cpu is better than 2 for gaming, most games only use 1 big loop o the other one would be doing nothing really. Dual core is good for multimedia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CommonRider Posted August 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 This is considered the better gaming processor from AMD.AMD Athlon 64 FX57 San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - RetailAMD Athlon 64 FX-57: The Fastest Single Core<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Like i said, im not going to spend that much money on a processor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Id go with the athlon 4000+ with two 6800's instead of one 7800 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CommonRider Posted August 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Id go with the athlon 4000+ with two 6800's instead of one 7800<{POST_SNAPBACK}>since 1 7800 gtx out performs 2 6800 ultras that comment made no sense at all. I know 2 vanilla 6800s would be much cheaper but the performance would be a HUGE downgrade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schusterjo Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 The partsMicrosoft Windows XP Home Edition (Full Version) Single-Pack OEM ***Free 2nd Day*** $89.99AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $283.00Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce 4 SLI Athlon 64(FX) Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $164.50BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $319.99 Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120827AS 120GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer ***Free 2nd Day*** $89.99Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2 1GB DDR400 XMS3200 Dual-Channel Memory w/Heat Spreader Retail *** Free 2nd Day *** $123.00 Asus CB5216ABLACK DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x32x52 Combo Drive (Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $40.99Thermaltake A2209 Xaser RF Wireless Keyboard & Mouse (Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $51.99Thermaltake Xaser III Skull VM3420BU Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - Retail $130.00+$15.99 FedEx Saver Shipping =$145.99Viewsonic VA712B 17in LCD Monitor (Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $245.00Total= $1554.44A very fast machine with all top notch partsORAMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00Okay here you go, you can add take away items as you like but the one 2 things I would stay with are the motherboard and "BFG" video card. BFG is a little more expensive but they are the best. the motherboard offers SlI (The NVIDIA® SLI ™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology enables two PCI-Express cards on this motherboard to provide extreme performance over the edge) wow to video cards acting as one. imagine that performance. i have it and let me tell you its great. to upgrade just buy another video card (exact same)The partsMicrosoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Full Version) Single-Pack OEM ***Free 2nd Day*** $139.99AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce 4 SLI Athlon 64(FX) Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $164.50 BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $529.99Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer *** Free 2nd Day ** $171.90Corsair TWINX2048RE-3200 2GB Kit DDR400 XMS3200 ECC Registered Memory w/Black Heat Spreader Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $331.00 Asus CB5216ABLACK DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x32x52 Combo Drive (Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $40.99Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Retail *** Free 2nd Day *** $189.99Thermaltake Xaser III Skull VM3420BU Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - Retail $130.00+$15.99 FedEx Saver Shipping =$145.99 Acer AL1922R 19in Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Silver-Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $368.00Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro Sound Card Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $249.99Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System Retail $259.99Total= $3280.33You could replace theAMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00WithAMD Athlon 64 FX-57 Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $1015.00That would change the total toTotal= $3607.33Or you could keep the other CPU and add another BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $529.99For a Big graphic boost but heck with just 1 7800 at this time nothing would even push that card so this would not really be neededTotal would beTotal=$3810.32With that info you should be able to get a great start on selecting parts for your machine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 When you narrow it down to 2 or 3 chips based on price etc...the real deciding factor should be the on board cache. The bigger the better.200mhz here or there is n't going to make a difference, not at those speeds (its like saying you can really tell the difference between 190mph and 200 mph, regardless, its just damn fast) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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