best AMD CPU for gaming??

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
top AMD CPUs under $500:
$248 Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz, 512KB L2)
$318 Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0 GHz/core, 512KB L2/core)
$330 Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4 GHz, 1MB L2)
$391 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz/core, 512KB L2/core)
$495 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.2 GHz/core, 1MB L2/core)

The Athlon 64 4000+ can get to about 2.7-2.8 GHz on air. The X2 3800+ gets to about 2.6-2.7 GHz.

My 4000+ only reached 2.6ghz on stock air. I have not used a different air cooler other than stock so I could be wrong, but it you want to use dry ice (sig) you can easily push past 3ghz.