Which CPU should I get?

for Games:

6400 BE is better than the 9600

for everthing else 9600>BE

How much better is the 6400 BE? is is noticable?LTZH

Probably not a huge diff. But the difference in price sure is ;]

if its for crysis then you are better off with the 9600, crysis makes use of all the cores effectively.

but it wont be as good for other games. was looking at benchmrks where a 9500 outperformed an e8400 and a q6600 at crysis... it was thrashed at every other game though :S

E8200 is alot much better than bothdayaccus007

yeah that's a great cpu but he probably doesn't wana new mob. the 6400 is much faster for gaming since games don't support quads and more dual core speed is much better wasted cores sitting there doing nothing

if its for crysis then you are better off with the 9600, crysis makes use of all the cores effectively.

but it wont be as good for other games. was looking at benchmrks where a 9500 outperformed an e8400 and a q6600 at crysis... it was thrashed at every other game though :S

sammysalsa

yes it uses 4 cores but 2 fast ones destroy 4 slow ones. e8200 beats q6600 by a mile

True, but I also play games like FSX, Crysis and Supcom alot...dont those games benifit from multi-cores?LTZH

yes , crysis and supcom are specifically built around multiple core architecture's and will benefit alot from the phenom whereas older games won't run aswell. it is a good future investment though as most games now are being/built around multiple core architecture

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if its for crysis then you are better off with the 9600, crysis makes use of all the cores effectively.

but it wont be as good for other games. was looking at benchmrks where a 9500 outperformed an e8400 and a q6600 at crysis... it was thrashed at every other game though :S

imprezawrx500

yes it uses 4 cores but 2 fast ones destroy 4 slow ones. e8200 beats q6600 by a mile

so your saying that an e8200 with a combined clock speed of >6GHz is better than a 9600BE with combined clock speed of *EDITed*

it keeps cutting off my text... so heres what i meant to say ;

so your saying that an e8200 clocked at >6GHz is better than a 9600BE clocked at

it keeps cutting off my text... so heres what i meant to say ;

so your saying that an e8200 clocked at >6GHz is better than a 9600BE clocked at sammysalsa

Quick Note. Intel Procs are alot faster then AMD nowadays. The 6400BE is on par with a E6600. The 6400BE is Faster then the 9600, and the E8200 is much faster then the E6600. So yes the E8200>>>>>the 9600. P.S. the E8400 is only $239 at newegg,

why not take phenom if u can find a good price.eva89

What if im able to OC the 9600 to 2.5 ghz....would that tighten the gap?LTZH

then you would get something like Q6600

[QUOTE="LTZH"]What if im able to OC the 9600 to 2.5 ghz....would that tighten the gap?MajinFix

then you would get something like Q6600

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[QUOTE="LTZH"]What if im able to OC the 9600 to 2.5 ghz....would that tighten the gap?LTZH

then you would get something like Q6600

Thats fine, Just know that for only shelling out a few more $$ and buying one you would be getting a monumentous upgrade in speed and efficency. AMD is not going to catch up untill they shrink down to 45 nm and even then its still 50/50. Core2Duo is the new K8. Intel has changed and are now the ones whom system builders like better. AMD got fat sitting atop its throne and lost sight of how to make a good proc.

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it keeps cutting off my text... so heres what i meant to say ;

so your saying that an e8200 clocked at >6GHz is better than a 9600BE clocked at superkoolstud

Quick Note. Intel Procs are alot faster then AMD nowadays. The 6400BE is on par with a E6600. The 6400BE is Faster then the 9600, and the E8200 is much faster then the E6600. So yes the E8200>>>>>the 9600. P.S. the E8400 is only $239 at newegg,

oh and have you noticed the TC had an amd mobo so stop giving fanboy advice for intels

also the E8400 has been out of stock for weeks now

me i dont know how much the TLB erra reduced performance but i would just get the amd 5000 BE for 94 bucks since it can oc to 3GHz easy and the phenom isnt stable bast 2.6GHz

besides its not like a cpu is the most importnat part while gaming that would the video csard in all honesty a good E280 oced to 3.4GHz would last a while or an E6750 would last you for amd the 5000 BE oced to 3GHz would last a while to so would the amd 5200 or 5600

the most importnat part is the video card unlesss you want bragging rights so i dont know why thir are so many intel and amd fanboys now nvidia and ati fanboys thats more understandable

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it keeps cutting off my text... so heres what i meant to say ;

so your saying that an e8200 clocked at >6GHz is better than a 9600BE clocked at sabbath2gamer

Quick Note. Intel Procs are alot faster then AMD nowadays. The 6400BE is on par with a E6600. The 6400BE is Faster then the 9600, and the E8200 is much faster then the E6600. So yes the E8200>>>>>the 9600. P.S. the E8400 is only $239 at newegg,

oh and have you noticed the TC had an amd mobo so stop giving fanboy advice for intels

also the E8400 has been out of stock for weeks now

me i dont know how much the TLB erra reduced performance but i would just get the amd 5000 BE for 94 bucks since it can oc to 3GHz easy and the phenom isnt stable bast 2.6GHz

besides its not like a cpu is the most importnat part while gaming that would the video csard in all honesty a good E280 oced to 3.4GHz would last a while or an E6750 would last you for amd the 5000 BE oced to 3GHz would last a while to so would the amd 5200 or 5600

the most importnat part is the video card unlesss you want bragging rights so i dont know why thir are so many intel and amd fanboys now nvidia and ati fanboys thats more understandable

Its not fanboy advice, its the cold hard truth. Look at the benchmarks. Games can be just as intensive on the CPU as the GPU look at Crysis and Supreme Commander. Plus I am just reccomending he switch to Intel. My last proc before my E8400 was a Athlon 64 XP2 4000+, even the laptop I am typing this post on has a Athlon 64 TK-55 proc, so don't give me that fanboy crap cuz it ain't so. I like AMD and ATI but right now they are struggling to keep up. ATI is atleast getting there with there most recent card, however AMD is Still lagging behind Intel and it has been that way since Summer '06. The Athlon 64 XP2 6400+ lags far behind even the slowest of the new E8000 series intel Proc.

If you want a quad, grab a 9500 for $190; 100 Mhz more on the 9600 isn't worth $50.

Both the 6400 and 9500 are good CPUs. You really won't go wrong with either. I'd go with the Quad though; better multitasking.