E2160

[narreth]

Is there anywhere I can find benchmarks of an E2160 at stock speeds? Everywhere just has the overclocked speeds.

How would it compare to the Sempron 2800+ that I have now? Together with 2 gb ram and an 8600GT, would I see a huge performance boost compared to what I have now? With a DS3L board, I would be able to upgrade in the future right? With the E2160 at stock speeds, would it bottleneck the 8600GT? Is it better to go with AMD if I'm not interested in overclocking?

 

[quadomatic]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html

Hope this helps

 

[narreth]

thanks.
it seems that AMD X2 is the way to go for non- overclockers?

also, how good is an 8600gt (factory overclocked)? If I have no problem playing games on low settings, how long do you think would pass before I need an upgrade? and could it max today's games?

 

[krnmastersgt]

For the cost of an 8600 GT, I would go for the 2600Xt from Newegg, find one with 512 mb of ram and you're good to go for a while.

 

[quadomatic]

Neither the 2600xt or 8600GT will max out today's games at stock speeds. However, the 8600GT has a lot of overclocking potential with a volt mod. Newegg sells the eVGA 8600 GT for $70 after rebate. You can try getting that, and then look up the guides on volt mods on techpowerup.com, and then you can volt mod it and overclock it quite a bit. However, even that card won't be that great, though it will be decent.

I recommend you buy the Radeon HD3850 if you can afford it, or just wait for it...but considering you're running a 6200 (sig), maybe you should just get the 8600GT.

 

[Doclife]

For $80 (after $30 rebate, Free Shipping) this is the best card to get

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150258

A 8600GT that OCed to the 8600GTS speed, Zalman cooler, XFX double lifetime warranty.

 

[narreth]

i don't live in the US but I was looking at an EVGA 8600GT SSC (factory overclocked) and it would cost me about ~136 US dollars so I'll probably get that