Athlon 64 X2 or Athlon 64?

[MDE]

The extra money is definately worth it, go for the X2.

 

[DasFox]

Anything Bobthelost saying have merit, or is he just lost? LOL

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: DasFox
Anything Bobthelost saying have merit, or is he just lost? LOL

He's about halfway on. No matter what you get, it will be faster than your P4 but down the road the X2 will be MUCH faster than a 3700+ as more and more applications become multithreaded. Your heavy multitasking just screams for an X2, there really isn't a doubt in my mind that the X2 is for you.

 

[DasFox]

Btw I'm running a XP 3000+ not no P4 here, hehe. So running multi apps at once, even though they're not 64x optimized, there will be a advantage, at least in that?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: DasFox
Btw I'm running a XP 3000+ not no P4 here, hehe. So running multi apps at once, even though they're not 64x optimized, there will be a advantage, at least in that?

Sorry, got my threads mixed up . There will be a HUGE advantage running multiple apps at once. When you get the X2 you'll wonder why you ever considered a single core CPU.

 

[Dadofamunky]

One interesting thing I've been experiencing lately is that I have a 3.0 GHz Prescott machine at work with 1 GB of RAM, and a 4200+ at home with 1 Gig. The difference I see, running the same large collection of apps on both systems, is that the Pentium 4 starts choking after awhile. In fact it actually quits allowing tasks to execute after awhile until I close out a couple other processes. Now, this might be a weakness of the OS (XP Pro on both machines), but I never run into that kind of roadblock on my dual-core Athlon machine.

So I would absolutely get the 3800+. They do OC like crazy if you want to do that, and the power/price ratio is unbeatable.

(I of course ignore CPUs that you could fry an egg on even if their prices are artificially cheap. I remember when we used to sue Asian companies for dumping semiconductor products into the US market. Wonder if we could sue Intel for dumping sh*t processors into the market? Just wondering.)

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

I was thinking about the Opteron 165. Balls. But a 3800 will be slower than a 3700 for most games, just because it's got a slower clock speed.

unless you play with high graphic settings and then the videocard becomes the bottleneck in both scenarios.

 

[tallman45]

An X2 proc will give you smaller short term benefits now and now that SW developers see they are in the marketplace will develop more that will take better advantage.

People did not pass on a 64 bit proc bceause there was no 64 bit OS immediately availabel did they ? Same with the X2, Look ahead be Proactive in your decision not Reactive

 

[Markbnj]

Less than or don't use a second core?

Everybody who uses Windows will use the second core. Period. End of debate. There is no room for argument. .