2 cpu's to choose from

kelticknight · Jul 28, 2005, 11:50 PM

looking at two cpu's
looking to upgrade,
amd fx 57 2.8

amd x2 2.4
whick would be good for gaming in future and not short term

Zelig · Jul 29, 2005, 12:14 AM

Dual core is where it's at.

kelticknight · Jul 29, 2005, 12:28 AM

cheers zelig

Lowfat · Jul 29, 2005, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zelig

Dual core is where it's at.

werd.
My next system will definately be dual core.

nitrousoxide52 · Jul 29, 2005, 06:04 AM

I had a question about this too, games seem to run better on FX-57, that is until they have dual core support. But I would say 4800+ that's what I'm going to get when I upgrade, its more future proof, and will probably be more powerful than the fx-57 soon.

kelticknight · Jul 29, 2005, 10:58 PM

looking like x2,what about the x2 4400 cpu as its little cheaper,the 4800 would cost me 1070 euros at moment

Zelig · Jul 29, 2005, 11:06 PM

Personally, I'd go with the 4400+ and overclock it. Most of them overclock to about the same levels as the 4800+ and it's the Toledo core, so you get the extra cache, same as the 4800+.

kelticknight · Jul 30, 2005, 03:12 PM

cheers zelig

Matth · Jul 30, 2005, 03:37 PM

The lower in X2 speed you go, the more you lose out when something doesn't actually benefit from dual core.

I guess there should be stronger support in future, for multithreading - until recently, other than the limited number of dual CPU systems, normally defined as servers, the only real pressure toward performance multithreading came from Intel's Hyperthreading technology.

At the moment, the best that HT or dual core usually manages, is to keep the background tasks away from the foreground, other than in the very limited examples of multithread support.

Warpy · Jul 30, 2005, 03:45 PM

I'd hit a FX57 if you aim to play games. Depends on the purpose of the rig I guess.

kelticknight · Jul 30, 2005, 04:00 PM

gaming would be main use,also what to future proof it

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