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| Thread ID: 61666 | 2005-09-12 15:59:00 | Your opinion on a Pentium Dual core processor plz! | Mcpisik (4924) | Press F1 |
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| 387915 | 2005-09-12 15:59:00 | Would you buy one of these for a gaming (mostly) machine? Pentium D 830, 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 32/64-Bit, Prescott Core, ATX, Retail pack with fan, EM64T Ive read about how they dont make much difference right now, but maybe in the future.... Or would you say, hell no get this.....! Im not going cheap and nasty so fire away with choices! (The vid card will likely be Radeon x800xt if I went with the Pent D) unless the new R5xx series arrives soon Please and thanks! |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 387916 | 2005-09-12 20:35:00 | Would you buy one of these for a gaming (mostly) machine? Pentium D 830, 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 32/64-Bit, Prescott Core, ATX, Retail pack with fan, EM64T Nope. I'd buy one of the AMD dual-cores. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 387917 | 2005-09-12 21:35:00 | Nope. I'd buy one of the AMD dual-cores. Thats the sort of thing I wanted to hear! Is it easy to point out the main pluses over the Pent? ....(clicks `submit` then goes off to look for himself, in an effort not to be too lazy...) |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 387918 | 2005-09-12 22:33:00 | Think of the P4 version as 2 pistions in the same engine, whatever they do they are running the same crank, which restricts them to each other, the AMD Dual Core is more like 2 seperate engines. Way over simplified but you can look it up for a better explantion then I could ever give. The AMD design is considered superior. As for gaming, Games can only use one core, When they try and share it over both you get massive slowdown, resulting it the user having to assign the game to run on one core, meaning you just restricted your cpu down to half of what you bought. Sure, in teh future games will run best on dual core, but by then you will probally need a new cpu to run them anyhow, and they will probally do something cunning like bring out 8-core cpu's..... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 387919 | 2005-09-13 05:26:00 | something 64 bit would be nice..... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 387920 | 2005-09-13 05:51:00 | Think of the P4 version as 2 pistions in the same engine, the AMD Dual Core is more like 2 seperate engines. they will probally do something cunning like bring out 8-core cpu's..... Ah car analogies. I find they work well to describe PC stuff. Dunno about 8 core but quad-core is actually already planned. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 387921 | 2005-09-13 05:57:00 | for games not sure cos the bottleneck is n't data right? for things like databases, photo edit, video edit, dual core help a lot, some cases its 2x as quick completing a action. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 387922 | 2005-09-13 13:34:00 | If you've got the dosh and gaming is your top priority, go for an AMD FX cpu. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 387923 | 2005-09-13 14:17:00 | If you've got the dosh and gaming is your top priority, go for an AMD FX cpu. Have just been looking at those...ca $1350. Must be tasty! Might wait 24 hours till the price gets a bit better tho... :waughh: Now to choosing a suitable mobo for an fx.....by the time I manage that maybe the price will have dropped! :thumbs: |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 387924 | 2005-09-13 14:21:00 | As for gaming, Games can only use one core, When they try and share it over both you get massive slowdown, resulting it the user having to assign the game to run on one core, meaning you just restricted your cpu down to half of what you bought. Sure, in teh future games will run best on dual core, but by then you will probally need a new cpu to run them anyhow, and they will probally do something cunning like bring out 8-core cpu's..... Cheers Have decided against dual as being suitable for me...will hopefully future proof with mobo, for when speeds and software for dual core, are more suitable... Will look at amd64 of some sort I think... |
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