Is it looking like BD could match or beat the 2500K in terms of gaming? I currently have an x6 1055T and am loving the benefits for media encoding, but want something more substantial for gaming. Got my eye on a Crosshair V Formula for my case mod but I'm not going to get it if the performance of BD won't come close to a 2500K for gaming.
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Not at all.
A 2500k on Z68 using quick sync would be faster than your 1055T in encoding (Assuming you use an application that supports it). If the application doesn't, it would be around the same/little slower (Depending on clock)
And you'd be consistently faster elsewhere.
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i don't know now.
i sold my laptop so i have £230~ and i won't have anymore money for hardware for about 7-8months+, so i dont want to waste it.
i could buy one and if it's crap i could send it back within 7days
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.Not sounding good. Would you say a 1055T -> BD would be worth it? To be honest, I'm mainly buying it for the aesthetics of the board! I can get a Crosshair V Formula for £185 whereas the equivalent Intel board would cost a small fortune.
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The BD will clock higher, so will benefit you in games.
But if you want the performance, you've got to pay.
However, you're still looking at almost the same amount for the BD set up to a 2500k set up.
But if you want the performance, you've got to pay.
However, you're still looking at almost the same amount for the BD set up to a 2500k set up.
thats the problem
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Depends if you use all the features, the majority don't.
I would not fight that argument. I already did and it was a train wreck. Apparently just having extra stuff you will never use available represents value when you could spend the same on an Intel board without those features you do not need but it's not value as a result
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I would not fight that argument. I already did and it was a train wreck. Apparently just having extra stuff you will never use available represents value when you could spend the same on an Intel board without those features you do not need but it's not value as a result
Hence why I went with the majority spin
which boards have pcie 2 16x/16x, 1 pcie 1x which can be used, 1 pci which can be used, atleast 8SATAs 2 usb3s, UEIF bios, ect
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I would not fight that argument. I already did and it was a train wreck. Apparently just having extra stuff you will never use available represents value when you could spend the same on an Intel board without those features you do not need but it's not value as a result
haha i remember loling when i read that discussion
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Which AMD boards have PCI-E 3.0? None.
You buy what you use. The majority won't use what they buy, and will have a lot of empty slots.
Who gives a rats ass about dual 16x lanes? 8x 2.0 is plenty
Or are you going to point me to a few benchmarks with 2-3% performance gain over x8? You honestly can't start worrying about a potential 2-3% loss of performance at super high resolution when you happily accept much larger losses in performance all over the board by choosing the inferior product (Phenom 2)
Or are you going to point me to a few benchmarks with 2-3% performance gain over x8? You honestly can't start worrying about a potential 2-3% loss of performance at super high resolution when you happily accept much larger losses in performance all over the board by choosing the inferior product (Phenom 2)
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The funny thing is, that they use "PCI-E 3.0 isn't needed".
well i use all what i said above....
so for me i guess going over to a intel board would being issues
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But you can change to accommodate.
You could cut your hard drives so you run the same amount of storage in less drives using RAID or something.
My board has a lot of USB 3.0 etc and was 260 quid.
who don't know if 7000 eats more bandwidth
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do we know what bulldozers uk pricing is?
SHUSH YOU!
How could you EVER understand the need for 120 USB 3.0 devices and 60 HDDs all needing THEIR OWN port. Jeez
