AMD 4800+ Dual Core for gaming?

[Gamer X]

4800+ =plays current games+future games

fx57 =plays current games a little bit faster+does not play future games

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: Muscles
Dual core is a waste of money if you're primarily a gamer. As a matter of fact Dual Core is a pain in the ass if you're a gamer because you constantly have to disable the 2nd core to run any games. Do a search. There are a few recent threads about this. I completely disagree with anyone that says Dual Core is worth it right now.

First, all you have to do is install the X2 driver from AMD's website, and you never have to set affinity. Next, its not a waste, as some games are multi-threaded, and many more to come. Also, you can be doing something else at the same time without affecting the game.

 

[GnomeCop]

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: entropy1982

Originally posted by: Izusaga
Eh, FX-57's will go much, much higher than 3.0.

what?? lol

duh man, my FX-57 is running at 4GHz

the solution keeps it running at -6°

The FX-57 is a better performer for games

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/06/27/amd_fx_57/2.html

Yes, I'm sure almost every FX-57 owner can afford to run their cpu/system like that. Its probably cheap too.

 

[CraigRT]

The FX-57 will dominate for gaming, but my A64 3200+ still pushes great FPS, so the 4800+X2 will easily push the games, while giving you much better performance outside of games too.

X2 :thumbsup:

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: Kernel32
What would be the difference between the 4800 as compared to fx57 for gaming?

My thoughts are: Might not get use outta the 2nd core yet, but in future there may be apps or games that will

Today, the FX-57 is faster for gaming. Tomorrow... That's a more interesting question.

NVidia is working on releasing a multi-threaded driver and believe they can increase performance 5 to 30% over the single threaded drivers. If the actual drivers fall in the middle of that range, then the X2 may end up being faster for all games. Then, of course, as games start supporting multi-processors the X2 will definately take the lead.

In the mean time, the X2 isn't exactly being destroyed by the FX-57.

If I were going to spend $1000 on a processor, I'd go for the 4800+ X2. The FX-57 won't let me do anything that the X2 can't do, but the same can't be said in reverse.