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Athlons vs pentiums

radio91

radio91

radio91

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I know this has probably been done to death but why are athlons just as fast or faster than pentiums of far higher clocks speeds, Like my athlon 3500+ i assume means its as fast as a pentium of 3.5ghz but with a clock speed of only 2.2ghz.
 
But is the athlon called a 3500+ because its as fast as a pentium 4 3.5.ghz?
And what sp special about the athlon FX processor that makes it 600 quid?
 
Why are the A64's better for gaming? I always thought gaming was heavly dependant on number crunching and Floating point calculations which i thought the pentiums are better at. Also whats the difference between different athlons apart from clock speeds, because i see that a 3500+ is clocked at 2.2ghz but so is a 3700+ and the 3800+ and 4000+ are both clocked at 2.4ghz, So whats making the 4000+ faster than the 3800+? And is the FX 64's only advantage being that it runs at 2.8ghz or is it faster than the other athlons for other reasons as well.
 
Okey i get you, Is there anywhere i can read up on what multipliers and other overclocking varibles actualy are ? Its all very well trying to follow the guide and knowing what to set things to, But its better if you actually understand what it all means.
 
How far do you think socket 939 will go? I mean will there be any knew faster cpus released on socket 939 and if so what do you think the maxium speed will be?
 
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