AMD Athlon FX-60 vs. X2 3800+ - Game Performance Compared

Iria · Apr 11, 2006, 07:07 AM

You cannot please everyone! We try to please as many people as possible with our articles but there is no denying that we just cannot please everyone. A common comment that pops up in our articles is why are we using an Athlon X2-3800+? We don’t use it because it’s all that AMD gave us but because we went and purchased multiple processors for our testing labs and the X2 3800+ was the best bang for buck.

Today we are going to compare the FX-60 and X2 3800+ against each other. We know now that the FX-60 is going to be the faster processor but what we want to have a look at how much extra performance we get, from such an expensive processor. We are going to be purely looking at graphics card performance and why you might ask? The answer to that is easy, because 90% of the time when we test a high-end card, the complaints attack these articles as to why we are using a $300 processor on a $1200 graphics card setup.
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Warpy · Apr 11, 2006, 09:50 AM

Awesome, thanks for that

OmegaRED · Apr 11, 2006, 09:54 AM

Wish they had included overclocking on the x2 3800. It really exists for no other purpose than to be overclocked.

Apr 11, 2006, 07:07 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	AMD Athlon FX-60 vs. X2 3800+ - Game Performance Compared You cannot please everyone! We try to please as many people as possible with our articles but there is no denying that we just cannot please everyone. A common comment that pops up in our articles is why are we using an Athlon X2-3800+? We don’t use it because it’s all that AMD gave us but because we went and purchased multiple processors for our testing labs and the X2 3800+ was the best bang for buck. Today we are going to compare the FX-60 and X2 3800+ against each other. We know now that the FX-60 is going to be the faster processor but what we want to have a look at how much extra performance we get, from such an expensive processor. We are going to be purely looking at graphics card performance and why you might ask? The answer to that is easy, because 90% of the time when we test a high-end card, the complaints attack these articles as to why we are using a $300 processor on a $1200 graphics card setup. ___________ Read More / Source: TweakTown

Apr 11, 2006, 09:54 AM	#3
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Wish they had included overclocking on the x2 3800. It really exists for no other purpose than to be overclocked. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Apr 11, 2006, 09:50 AM	#2
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Awesome, thanks for that