I wanna build a new gaming rig...

[XPac]

I may consider going AMD this time around, because it appears AMD is kicking Intel's butt on all the Doom 3 benchmarks I've seen. SO, what's the latest and greatest boards (both Intel and AMD) for gamers?

 

[XPac]

Oh, and I should add the only piece of my current rig that I'm planning on keeping is my Radeon 9800XT

 

[OMGoddess]

For gaming go with either the Athlon64 3000 or 3200. If you're a little more hardcore and want that extra 10-15% boost of dual channel get the 3500 and a Socket 939 board.

May I ask how much are you spending on your system?

 

[Schadenfroh]

top of the line consumer level?

AMD
MotherBoard:GIGABYTE GA-K8NSNXP-939
CPU: Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53

Intel
Motherboard: ASUS P5AD2 Premium
CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition

 

[imported_oralpain]

Dual Channel doesn't give anywhere near a 15% boost.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: oralpain
Dual Channel doesn't give anywhere near a 15% boost.

it does if you are using integrated graphics on AMD and it does give a decent boost on any Pentium4 running the 800mhz fsb.

 

[Muzzy]

Don't forget this baby

 

[caz67]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
top of the line consumer level?

AMD
MotherBoard:GIGABYTE GA-K8NSNXP-939
CPU: Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53

Intel
Motherboard: ASUS P5AD2 Premium
CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition

good choice.!!!

 

[clarkey01]

Nah you want an Intel celeron 266 mhz, 32mb SD RAM, an a 2mb video card and a 4GB hard drive, oh wait this aint 1998, whoops

lol that was one of my "gaming rigs" from years ago, just had to mention it ;-)

 

[Spamdini]

why is it that when people say they wanna go AMD s754 i always see 3000 or 3200 recomendations but i never see anyone mention the 3400?

 

[AdamRader]

Originally posted by: Spamdini
why is it that when people say they wanna go AMD s754 i always see 3000 or 3200 recomendations but i never see anyone mention the 3400?

After a certain thread in Hot Deals, I wouldn't be surprised if half these forums have a 3200 and are biased towards it now. *giggle*

 

[cw42]

hardocp.com for doom3 hardware guide, posted a billion times! or goto the front page of AT and look at the benchmarks and see what worked well.

 

[woodscomp]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
top of the line consumer level?

AMD
MotherBoard:GIGABYTE GA-K8NSNXP-939
CPU: Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53

Intel
Motherboard: ASUS P5AD2 Premium
CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition

You can not put that 3.4EE with that mobo, two different breeds....

 

[woodscomp]

Originally posted by: oralpain
Dual Channel doesn't give anywhere near a 15% boost.

Can not vouch for AMD but for Intel it most certainly does provide a 15% boost in performance.

 

[woodscomp]

Originally posted by: oralpain
Dual Channel doesn't give anywhere near a 15% boost.

Can not vouch for AMD but for Intel it most certainly does provide a 15% boost in performance.

 

[Pollock]

I was under the impression the dual channel advantages of going from socket 754 to socket 939 was either nonexistant or 5-10%...but it is a lot greater for Intel systems, because they're starved for bandwidth.