Dual Core question.

[Chimaera1]

And an X2 will play games nearly aswell as an FX right?

 

[Chimaera1]

bump

 

[Half Evil]

Like i said before, your only going to see benchmark differences. You wont notice any difference in games.

 

[Chimaera1]

Ok, sorry for asking so much. I don't want to waste my money

 

[Half Evil]

Dont worry about it

 

[Legion Kreinak]

Looking over it, get this one
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail

because, slighly slower, although really, with that nice of a processor, you only see number differences, you wont see a performance difference. And its cheaper.

I see 1 GHz FSB - where's the procesing speed? How many GHz is this CPU? I'm kinda new to this stuff, so I wanna get a grasp on it.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

2.4GHz

 

[Legion Kreinak]

Would that processor, being 2.4 GHz, still be better then a Pentium 4 630 3.0 GHz processor? There's a 600 MHz jump, but from what I'm understanding here, even with that gap, the AMDs still rule over Intels.

 

[ownage]

Comparing Intels to AMDs is like comparing apples to oranges. You cant give a fair comparison between them. What are you going to be doing with the processor?

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Yeah, AMD and Intel don't have the same ratings, let alone the same architecture. An Athlon 64 2.4GHz can easily compete with a Pentium 4 3.5GHz or higher.