Are AMD gaming rigs possible?

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Hi,

Im looking into upgrading my rig, which is currently a Phenom 955/ati 6970 etc.

Im not an AMD fanboy, but i generally do buy them as i find there bang for buck good performance wise. But the more i read post's, the more im hearing people to stay away from the latest AMD cpu's and go Intel route.

So my question is, can you spec a good AMD gamer rig for around 300-400 (just motherboard, chip, ram, gpu and cooler)

Games i play currently are, Planetside 2, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2 (fairly upto date games etc)

Thanks for any help/advice :)
 
I have a Phenom 965 BE chip and that handles everything for this generation paired with a 6950 2GB graphics card, it's fantastic and was cheap as chips, so definitely a good gaming rig is possible, not completely to par with Intel, but price/performance is great.

^ What Martini said, the 955 is still a decent chip, with a little overclock is will perform nicely. Next generation of games however/BF4, i'll be switching to Intel Haswell/Ivy for sure.
 
I run exactly the same processor and graphics card as you and I don't feel the need to upgrade yet. Both the cpu & gpu are overclocked in my system and it's quite happy playing the latest titles at 1920x1200 with most of the eye candy.

I'm waiting for steamroller at a minimum before I decide on where I will go for an upgrade.
 
The latest AMD processors are not bad at gaming, but a similarly priced Intel does better. In games like Battlefield 3, the AMD 8350 runs similar to the Intel i5. For older games though which only make use of 1-2 ish cores the Intel pulls way ahead.

Haswell wont be that long and AMD Steamroller could be soon so it may be worth waiting, since you have a capable processor already.
 
In terms of price vs performance for multithreaded applications, the AMD FX-8350 does better than the Intel 3770k.

The Intel chip is faster, but the price you pay for that performance does not scale well.

For example, the 3770k is 1.5x the price of the FX8350, but you do not get 1.5x the performance.

Intel 3770k = £279.95 usually and currently
AMD FX8350 = £184.99 usually, £155.99 currently which would make Intel 1.8x the price!

If you have the money, go Intel but some AMD chips are better bang for the buck. For gaming you may as well go Intel as you do get better performance.

This post does seem very contradictive, but read it twice before attacking me.
 
Hi,

thanks for the replies folks, main reason why im looking to upgrade, is purely becuase games like PS2 and Crysis3 i really struggle to have them at medium settings (which just looks meh) lol.
 
Don't think a Piledriver's going to help much for PS2 (Although when overclocked it'll be better than your Phenom II, but it needs IPC)
Crysis 3 the 7950 and FX8320 will be pretty potent.
 
Just like eveyone else, my FX-6100 is a great little chip. Overclocked @ 4.4ghz with 8gb RAM & GTX660 in SLI, it takes all I throw at it. BF3 FPS average is 70+, Crysis 2 was 60+ and I cannot complain.
 
maun said:
Hi,

Im looking into upgrading my rig, which is currently a Phenom 955/ati 6970 etc.

Im not an AMD fanboy, but i generally do buy them as i find there bang for buck good performance wise. But the more i read post's, the more im hearing people to stay away from the latest AMD cpu's and go Intel route.

So my question is, can you spec a good AMD gamer rig for around 300-400 (just motherboard, chip, ram, gpu and cooler)

Games i play currently are, Planetside 2, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2 (fairly upto date games etc)

Thanks for any help/advice :)
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Check my specs in sig (im upgrading to 7970 soon) but even with what I have now, i'm maxing any game I play with no issues whatsoever. Bf3, crysis3, guild wars 2, you name it :) and the price this system cost me? cant ask for anything better :D
 
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