An AM2 3800+ ~2.4ghz/512kb L2cache or AM2 X2 3800+ ~2.0ghz/1mb(2x512kb) L2cache
I'm thinking the X2 would be much better but I'm having 2nd thoughts....Gaming has been said not to utilize multicore yet, so which should I get? 8adk1d_16yo
Definitely the X2. There are plenty of games that already take advantage of two cores.
An AM2 3800+ ~2.4ghz/512kb L2cache or AM2 X2 3800+ ~2.0ghz/1mb(2x512kb) L2cache
I'm thinking the X2 would be much better but I'm having 2nd thoughts....Gaming has been said not to utilize multicore yet, so which should I get? 8adk1d_16yo
An AM2 3800+ ~2.4ghz/512kb L2cache or AM2 X2 3800+ ~2.0ghz/1mb(2x512kb) L2cache
I'm thinking the X2 would be much better but I'm having 2nd thoughts....Gaming has been said not to utilize multicore yet, so which should I get? 8adk1d_16yo
Right now I would say neither - Intel Core2 Duo is a better choice today.
How much of an increase can i see from a AM2 3500+ to an X2 3800+ in gaming, for egxample...NFS-Carbon I currently have everything high except shader is on medium and motion blur is off...could i put shader on high with an X2 3800+ Note: running 1280x960@85htz /VSync Disabled
Rest of PC specs: M2N-E mobo 2gb Dual Channel Corsair DDRII 667mhz XFX 256mb 7600GT SATAII/16mb cache HDD
I'm thinking the X2 would be much better but I'm having 2nd thoughts....Gaming has been said not to utilize multicore yet, so which should I get? ZBoater
Right now I would say neither - Intel Core2 Duo is a better choice today. I dont think that was one of the 2 that I mentioned, I know CD2 is better
I dont think that was one of the 2 that I mentioned, I know CD2 is better 8adk1d_16yo
That is why I started off with "neither". :D If those were the ONLY two you can choose from, then I guess mutli-core is better, especially if you can OC it a little bit to make up for the speed difference.
i dunno what percentage of games use dual core, but dual core is very popular nowdays, with inten and amd, so id assume only the moronic game companies would make games that dont take advantage of dual core, should be common practice by now
The NVidia drivers have multi-core support, but I do not know how that will translate into specific FPS gains in the games you mention. You may need to OC the video card too, or perhaps even get something better. The good thing is you can try the processor first, and if you want more performance, consider a 8600Ultra or something like that. That way you know you are maxing out your graphics capabilities.
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