athlon 64 4000+ vs athlon x2 4400+ (no overclocking on either)

[icewall]

I need to know which chip is better .. for the present, not the future.

Which chip is actually better for games that does not utilize dual core.

 

[Furen]

I would say that the 4000+ is better but I'm still not sure how Nvidia's "dual-core" drivers affect performance...

 

[Zebo]

The higher speed one. 4000 runs at 2.4Ghz and 4400 runs at 2.2. So the 4000 will be faster in straight up single threaded game apps with nothing signifigant running in background.

But many games are coming which will be multithreaded (unreal for example) so I'd say get 4400..plus all the other benefits it provides you like gaming and encoding at same time heavy multitasking effortlessly etc.

 

[ribbon13]

I would not give up dual-core for 200Mhz faster single core. That seems almost downright stupid.