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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+, is it worth it?

ozy

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Hey,

Is it worth buying a 4800+ over the (substantially cheaper) 4200,4400 or 4600+? Each successive CPU seems to be a serious price hike, what sort of performance gains am I likely to see across the range when paired with a ATI 1900-XT GFX card (possibly two in the future)?

Cheers,

Chris (ozy)
 
Thanks for the responses

hmmm, I've been looking into dual core processors, and apparently the 4800+ is no quicker than a single core A64 4000+ for games (which makes sense, one core is idle)

As this is going to be primarily a gaming machine, it seems to makes sense to perhaps go for this 4000+ single core chip, as its a clear £200 cheaper!

Just wondering though, currently dual core processing really seems to take effect in the realm of multimedia, video/audio editing etc or for those who like to run their antivirus scan while playing a game (multitasking aint my thing :P ). In the future, will future games begin to use both cores of a dual processor? Would you guys recommend a dual core chip as a future proofing purchase?

Just for the record, i'm not looking to overclock the cpu in any form. Not yet anyway. With this in mind, does the 4000+ single core chip seem a more sensible choice for a gaming machine?

Cheers

Chris (ozy)
 
I think you're right Bradmax, dual core may well be a shrewd future investment.

OK. Assuming I bought a dual core 4400, and wanted to up it to a 4800, would I be able to do it with 2GB of Corsair Value Select memory (CAS3), or would I need better memory?

BTW, The CPU cooler will be a Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower Cooler

Cheers

Chris (ozy)
 
Squiffy: I thought about it, but someone told me the stock coolers are quite noisy. I'm not too fussed about paying a little more for a quiet cooler, which should in theory give better cooling than the stock cooler.

That just leaves the question on the memory, I don't want to be caught out by buying the wrong stuff again (bought 1gb of PC2700 for my last system, boy was that a mistake lol)

Cheers,

Chris (ozy)
 
Squiffy: When you say "correct type of memory", in what respect exactly? I'd assume the system would run ok with stock 3200 memory, and that 4400 would only be needed for overclocking ?

Chris (ozy)
 
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