RussianSensation
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The 750 costs... $200. So I guess you're saying there are no processors worth buying between $100-$200. Interesting.
You can still buy an i5 760 for $169.99 at Microcenter. Otherwise, no I don't think there are any processors worth buying between $100-200 on the Intel or AMD side if you are building a new system from scratch to last you 2 years or so and pairing it with a $300+ GPU. In the grand scheme that would mean a system of $700 vs. $800 for example, which is only a 14% price difference. However, a Core i5 760 @ 4.0ghz would be faster by a lot more than 14% compared to an Athlon II X4 @ 4.0ghz.
The gaming results for WoW just highlight why pairing a top of the line GPU with an AMD processor is like gambling. Current AMD CPUs are great for 80% of popular games, but in the 20% of other games they perform very poorly. Mind you I think Athlon XP+ and A64 were both superior to Intel; so this is another reason I have been frustrated with AMD's offerings since 2006
The Phenom II X6 @ 3.7ghz is stuck at 60 fps while when paired with an i7 @ 3.7ghz, they get 94.42 (+57% increase).
The Athlon II X4 @ 3.0ghz is stuck at 44 fps (so that's a 115% deficit!)
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