Best AMD Duel Core cpu

zero_01 · 7 Mar 2006 at 09:41

Okey i am considering getting a AMD Duel Core cpu but i am not planning on overlocking it.

Is The 3800+ good

any other ideas on any better cpu its for mostly gaming.

Hope to play the up and comeing games on vista.

ACESHIGH · 7 Mar 2006 at 09:57

The X2 3800+ (2x 512kB L2 cache) is a very good dual core CPU.

The 4400+ (2x 1024kB L2 cache) is possibly a better buy but also more expensive. That would be my choice if it was within my budget.

The Opteron 165 / 170 (2x 2048kB L2 cache) are great dual core CPU's, especially for overclocking.

zero_01 · 7 Mar 2006 at 10:15

looking at the prices the 3800+ Duel Core is the best for me the 4400+ is 2 expensive for me is the 3800+ gonna be good when vista comes out,

Biffa · 7 Mar 2006 at 10:20

ACESHIGH said:
The Opteron 165 / 170 (2x 2048kB L2 cache) are great dual core CPU's, especially for overclocking.

Its 2048Kb of L2 cache in total not per core. Onlye 1MB per core. Read this

ajgoodfellow · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:30

zero_01 said:
looking at the prices the 3800+ Duel Core is the best for me the 4400+ is 2 expensive for me is the 3800+ gonna be good when vista comes out,

If you're not overclocking the X2 3800+ is a good dual core chip. The OEM version is a particuarly good price, at only £159+VAT. You will need a HSF for this - I'd recommend the Artic Freezer 64 Pro. Great quiet HSF and not too expensive (it's cheaper to buy the OEM chip and this HSF than the retail chip at the moment)

The Opteron 165 will perform about the same at stock, slower clock speed but more cache. It's expensive though so only worth it if you're going to overclock

Street · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:22

zero_01 said:
Okey i am considering getting a AMD Duel Core cpu but i am not planning on overlocking it.

Is that one of those CPUs where each core fights each other for supremacy?

zero_01 · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:50

Is that one of those CPUs where each core fights each other for supremacy?

Yeh it would be hard for them to decied which one was the best

Zefan · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:52

LOVING THIS THREAD

kingnothing · 7 Mar 2006 at 17:17

zero_01 said:
Okey i am considering getting a AMD Duel Core cpu but i am not planning on overlocking it.

Is The 3800+ good

any other ideas on any better cpu its for mostly gaming.

Hope to play the up and comeing games on vista.

Duel core? You are going to fight with it? :confused:

BS Dave · 7 Mar 2006 at 21:40

there can be only one!!!

King_Boru · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:08

Core 0: "Core 1, I am your farther"

Core 1: "Nooooooooooooo"

Ok too geeky

zero_01 · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:41

Core 0: "Core 1, I am your farther"

Someone has been watching star wars too much.

Agent WD40 · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:45

King_Boru said:
Core 0: "Core 1, I am your farther"

Core 1: "Nooooooooooooo"

Ehehehehe, a little geeky but still very amusing...

Agent.

Clown · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:53

Yet "father" is wrong...

L_D · 8 Mar 2006 at 14:50

Clown said:
Yet "father" is wrong...

on purpose for comedy value I think?

zero_01 · 8 Mar 2006 at 14:52

i didnt even notice the mistake if it was for comedy value or not. Shows you how much concentration i have.

Explicit · 8 Mar 2006 at 14:57

King_Boru said:
zero_01 said:

Street said:

Is that one of those CPUs where each core fights each other for supremacy?

Click to expand...

Yeh it would be hard for them to decied which one was the best

Click to expand...

Core 0: "Core 1, I am your farther"

Core 1: "Nooooooooooooo"

Ok too geeky

LMAO!

King_Boru · 8 Mar 2006 at 19:37

Clown said:
Yet "father" is wrong...

Took it from Austin Powers : Goldmember

Farjer>farther>father

L_D · 8 Mar 2006 at 20:40

King_Boru said:
Took it from Austin Powers : Goldmember

Farjer>farther>father

thought so

Anyway on topic - for best price/performance ratio it has to be 3800+ - will be fine for Vista and games - although games performance will depend heavily on your graphics card too.

chex · 9 Mar 2006 at 00:42

I hear vista will want 800mb RAM too

so stock up on that as well