Quick! What's a better build for gaming?

[henny45]

I just ordered some parts off newegg and I was wondering which is a better build for gaming and more future proof:

presler 930 dual core
7900gt
ddr2

or

opteron 165 x2
x850xt
ddr1

I ordered the first set but it hasnt gone through yet and I'm still a little unsure of my decision... I doubt I'll be upgrading anytime soon (except maybe vidcard when dx10 is out) so keep that in mind plz. thx.

 

[fire400]

presler 930 dual core
7900gt
ddr2

fixed:

Preslar 930 @ 5GHz on water
7900GT severely OC'd on water
DDR2 @ DDR1200 on water 5-8-7-15

 

[Maximilian]

Wait for the massive price cut or for conroe. Theyre on the same day so its win win 🙂

 

[henny45]

How big of a pricecut are we talking about here and when is it? And how big of a performance gap will there be between a lowerend conroe vs the 930..?

 

[unclebud]

it depends on the games

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: henny45
How big of a pricecut are we talking about here and when is it? And how big of a performance gap will there be between a lowerend conroe vs the 930..?

30-60% on the 9xx series and on the whole pentium line. Theres a thread about it kicking around somwhere, gives exact price cuts.

Conroe whoops the Athlon64, so it goes without saying that it trounces the netburst pentiums. Its difficult so say exactly but a 2.66ghz conroe chip beats an overclocked 2.8ghz FX-60, so i imagine the lower end conroes will be pretty sweet performers.

 

[orangat]

ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: henny45
How big of a pricecut are we talking about here and when is it? And how big of a performance gap will there be between a lowerend conroe vs the 930..?

On the 930 it is supposed to go down to (or did go down to) $178 the 4th of June.

The 23rd of Jul the 940 is supposed to go down to $183.

Pretty pictures!
HKPEC Link

There was an article on DailyTech about it but their site isn't loading any pages for me right now.

 

[bamacre]

You can pick up a 930 now for 191 shipped at ZZF.

 

[thescreensavers]

pick which ever one you like there both fast.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

But at half the price. 😉

 

[deadseasquirrel]

For a gaming build, there is no such thing as future proof. Every time you try, something comes along and kicks your system's butt. People built very good gaming rigs for HL2 and D3, then along came FEAR and made everyone's 7800gtx cry. So everyone upgraded to SLI 7800GTs only to find Oblivion smack them around.

IMO, if you are only interested in gaming, 1) don't try to future proof 2) skip dual-core for now (unless you either love playing Quake4 at 1280x1024 or less or just can't stand the idea of swapping out a CPU in the future). Since you ordered yesterday, I'm sure it's gone through by now. But I'd like to hear more about the rest of the system you're building... what mobo, PSU, monitor, ram, etc

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

But at half the price. 😉

You could get almost the same results with an overclocked X2.

 

[Toadster]

get the Conroe compatible mobo and your presler - great step for builiding a Conroe (Core 2) based system 🙂

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

But at half the price. 😉

You could get almost the same results with an overclocked X2.

Which X2? And on air?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

But at half the price. 😉

You could get almost the same results with an overclocked X2.

Which X2? And on air?

No, I mean in games at video card-bound resolutions. 😉

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: orangat
ATs Conroe benchmarks show it to be 10-30% faster than the FX60 clock for clock.

Only at lower resolutions.

But at half the price. 😉

You could get almost the same results with an overclocked X2.

Which X2? And on air?

No, I mean in games at video card-bound resolutions. 😉

:laugh: Gotcha!

 

[imported_goku]

Meh, those both suck. Maybe you should compromise and get an X1900XT/XTX and get a cheaper CPU. Unless you're going to video encode, CPU performance isn't really that important but getting a netburst core based CPU is a waste of time.