AMD Athlon gaming rig

[Koudelka]

I have a question that i'm really looking for answer i can satisfy myself with. I'm building a new PC with an ATI Radeon X800 XT, mobo is ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, 2 gig of ddr ram at 400mhz.

My question is this.. What will run games with best possible performance? The AMD Athlon 64 3800+, the AMD 64 fx-53, or P4 3.2ghz with hyper threading? Any info or helpful information would be GREAT! thanks in advance

 

[Markfw]

The FX-53 no doubt. But the 3800+ would be close and cheaper. The only real reason to get the FX-53 is that they are unlocked, so you can OC easily.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

You do realize you can only use the P4 with that Asus right? If you go skt939 there aren't many board to choose from now either. You could just grab a P4 3.2 EE for the board you evidently already have, as it's only $100 more than the FX, and overclock it mildly. The price works out about the same as getting a skt939 and FX53, the EE's are great gamers+have the advantages of HT. If you didn't buy the board yet then 939 is just as good an alternative and it's a coin toss at that point

 

[mAsTAd]

Wow, nice future computer. Well, the fx-53 is amazing, the 3800 is very close, and the P4 3.2 HT isn't in the race unless of course the EE which is crazy expensive and the fx-53 could beat it, and probably the 3800 also

So get an fx-53 if your ocing. If not get the 3800+. (And u need a diff. motherboard.) (sk8v is nice.)

 

[caz67]

If you are keeping the Asus board, then go with the EE.

Do you need 2 gigs of RAM?? Are you into heavy multitasking , encoding etc.??

If you are just gaming stick with 1 gig, and spend your money on yourself.

 

[FlameDeer]

Best possible performance, FX-53 is the answer! But 3800+ gives best bang out of your buck.

Here is what Derek post of the performance comparison:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2065&p=8

 

[nick1985]

A64

 

[JBT]

The P4 would get smoked by both of those AMD's in gaming.. One thing is do you really need 2GB of RAM though??? 1 GB is sufficient for gaming and costs MUCH less than 2 GB...the only really way to put 2 GB in a AMD board that is dual channel which both 3800 and fx's are, is if you go two 1GB sticks which is VERY expensive!!! I would go with the 3800 and a 1 Gig My self.

 

[bluewall21]

Athlon 64 will vanquish its foes (read: P4) in gaming.