Intel equivalent to AMD FX60 @ 2.9

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hi, I am thinking of building a Core 2 Dou system. I don't want to make a lateral move. I'd like to know what Intel Core 2 Dou is the equivalent to an FX 60 @ 2.9-3.0Ghz The reason being is I'd like it, if I did, to be somewhere below obnoxiously faster than my FX60. Knowing what its equivalent is, would be a good place to start. Thanks

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[RoboPC]

That would be on par with a 2.6Ghz (Conroe) C2D, from the quick look I did on google.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I thought a 2.6 conroe was much better

 

[Accord99]

The E4700, E6550 and E7200 match or exceed the 3GHz 6000+. The best choice now would be the E7200 for its extra overclocking room and low power consumption.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...duo-e7200_5.html#sect1

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Any other reviews sights with an FX60 in the charts?
Secondly, how much faster is an Athlon X2 6000+?

 

[RoboPC]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I thought a 2.6 conroe was much better

It is, but we are talking about a stock 2.6Ghz conroe vs. an overclocked FX60 in this case. The review I saw, put the 2.6Ghz model on similar ground as the FX60, when the FX60 was operating at 3.0Ghz.

 

[Zap]

It really depends on what you use your system for. With gaming, RoboPC is probably right regarding the equivalent chip. With normal desktop usage, the FX60 is probably even better than that. With media encoding the FX60 is probably worse. With overclocking... well, the FX60 is probably a LOT worse.

I'd say that a good place to start would be the 45nm Core 2 Duo chips with 6MB cache, or even a quadcore. I see you already have a Q9300. How does that compare in performance with your FX60 in your experience?

 

[Accord99]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Any other reviews sights with an FX60 in the charts?
Secondly, how much faster is an Athlon X2 6000+?

The FX60 is pretty old so it's difficult to find reviews comparing it with current processors. The 6000+ is essentially the equivalent of a FX-64 if AMD had decided to release such a product. It's 90nm, with 2x1MB of L2 cache like the FX-60 but running on the AM2 platform.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'd say that a good place to start would be the 45nm Core 2 Duo chips with 6MB cache, or even a quadcore. I see you already have a Q9300. How does that compare in performance with your FX60 in your experience?

I mostly game and I can say the quadcore runs no less than Great! Very strong. I recently got my FX to 2.9 stable and it has picked up some speed. Very noticeable difference running the fsb close to 250. I think it can do more just the mobo is holding it back (Asus A8R32 MVP Deluxe) I would like to do a comparison with both machines running a 3870...

So, just to confirm, an FX60 at 3Ghz is the same as a X2 6000?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

I'd say that a good place to start would be the 45nm Core 2 Duo chips with 6MB cache, or even a quadcore. I see you already have a Q9300. How does that compare in performance with your FX60 in your experience?

So, just to confirm, an FX60 at 3Ghz is the same as a X2 6000?

Yes, it's the same.

As for how it compares with Core 2 Duo, well it's like roughly 500mhz difference between them. So, a FX-60 at 2,9 ghz is about the same in performance with a 2,4 ghz Core 2 duo, something like a E6600 chip. The difference is smaller when compared with E2XXX series and bigger compared with E8XXX chips.

And another thing, why is your motherboard holding you back into overclocking, doesn't the FX has an unlocked multiplier?? If it does, why do you increase the FSB?

 

[graysky]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Any other reviews sights with an FX60 in the charts?
Secondly, how much faster is an Athlon X2 6000+?

My x264 benchmark HD has one FX-60 system and many others for you to compare results to.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

And another thing, why is your motherboard holding you back into overclocking, doesn't the FX has an unlocked multiplier?? If it does, why do you increase the FSB?

Yes, they do have unlocked multis. I went searching for my DDR limit by lowering the multi to like 6 and raising the fsb to 283; the memory's max (DDR 566) and it couldn't hit it. Ran OCCT RAM test and no go. I'm guessing that A-Data aren't selling something dishonestly but I wouldn't put it past them. This board doesn't have 8 phase pwm and any voltage monitoring software reports constant vcore jumping e.g. 1.34 - 1.42, that's alot. So, that's my big hunch. Plus, bumping up the voltage did increase the cpu stability - passed prime 3Ghz stable I think could pass prime without the voltage increase... but those voltage jumps seem largely the reason.

Tbh, I have no real proof that increasing the fsb will increase performance. I'm going to use that bench marker from graysky to see what returns i get. Thanks btw graysky!

 

[Ratman6161]

My system at work is an E6600 (2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo) with 4 GB RAM. For a long time my home system was a socket 939 X2 4400 @ 2.8 Ghz, also with 4 GB RAM. I'm only a casual gamer and the work system was never used for that anyway, so I can't compare game performance. But for my day to day usage the two systems seemed indistinguishable. Day to day usage consists of a lot of office applications plus programming and system administration tools, plus running multiple virtual machines for testing purposes.

Anyway, my gut feeling is that an Athlon 64 X2 needs about a 400 Mhz advantage to equal a core 2 duo.

 

[graysky]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BNTbh, I have no real proof that increasing the fsb will increase performance. I'm going to use that bench marker from graysky to see what returns i get. Thanks btw graysky!

No problem, you can post your results in http://forums.anandtech.com/me...166302&highlight_key=y]this thread[/l] if you want me to put them in the db.