Originally posted by: Hyperlite
Originally posted by: Crusader
Mine will be here tomorrow. Will know more then. But prob wont be able to install till Thursday.
Already in the sig tho, excited about a $139 shipped-to-my-door FX55!!
Going for 3ghz myself.
3ghz + 1mb L2 on a single core Athlon= killer gaming CPU
just so long as you plan on playing nothing made after 2004.
You do realize that the FX57 was the fastest single core CPU ever made, right?
Far faster than any single core conroe (which doesnt even exist yet), right?
Jealous that we got a good deal or something?
You also realize there are dual core problems and quirks still, right?
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Originally posted by: Brent Justice
Dual Core Problems
In our gameplay we did come across some problems that we believe are associated with dual core CPUs, games and possibly drivers. There were times in some games, such as F.E.A.R. that we would ?feel? a slowdown in the framerate. It was as if we were moving along smoothly and then out of no where, unexpectedly in situations not typical of bringing the framerate down we would feel a change in the framerate. Now, it wasn?t enough of a drop to bring us below 30 FPS or cause the game to not be playable. It was however a slight annoyance because when you are at a high framerate and the framerate drops, let?s say for example from 80 FPS to 50 or 40 FPS you feel that change in the framerate and it may bother you.
We feel this is a problem with dual core CPUs because we did not experience this problem with the single core 2.8 GHz Prescott or our regular single core FX-55 we test with on a regular basis. This was only felt on the dual core CPUs. We aren?t sure if this is a game problem with the way it interacts with the CPUs or if it is a driver problem as well, all we know is that it happened with the dual core CPUs and it didn?t happen with the single core CPUs.
Another issue which really isn?t a problem is some weird framerate capping in World of Warcraft with dual core CPUs. Head back to page 6 of this evaluation and look at the World of Warcraft graphs. Look at the Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Prescott single core CPU graphs. You can see that the framerate has a maximum that goes well up to 100 FPS. Now look at the dual core CPU graphs. It seems the framerate is being capped at around 65 FPS. This is extremely odd, we verified VSYNC was off, our monitor was at 75 Hz anyways at 1600x1200, yet the framerate seemed to be capped at 65 FPS. This only occurred with the dual core CPUs. It is a weird issue but one that wasn?t detrimental to gameplay since 65 FPS is plenty of performance for smooth gameplay. It was just worth noting because there does seem to be something different going on in World of Warcraft between single and dual core CPUs.
Before you attempt to refute this, let me just say.. I take Brent Justices word.. over yours. Sorry, I think thats fair?
So again, beyond a few games that take advantage of dual core.. you still have the quirks to occasionally run across.. and its pretty tough to beat the fastest single cores ever produced (FX55 and FX57) for gaming.
There are plenty of games that are held back in FPS (such as WoW) that I'd love to bench a 3ghz FX55 vs your rig anyday.
Considering all things, overall for gaming.. single core is still the king.
Maybe not in a year or two.. as Source doesnt utilize dualcores, but today it is.
The FX55 purchase was perfect for a gamer, by the time this chip has ran its course.. ALL games will utilize dual core and all the other quirks will have been worked out. I do want a dual core, but only at that point.
Till then, I'll be shmokin ya!
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