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Dual core/Single core does it matter?

gam3r

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Im going to upgrade my PC in a few months, as i'm waiting to see what Conroe is going to offer with its dual core..

Now i would be using this PC just for gaming, bit of video encoding(divx to dvd) and web browsing/work. Looking at the deals of the week i see the AMD 3500(is it the venice core?) chip for under £90 which is rather tempting, but the burning question inside me is would it be better for me to get a dual core chip for gaming or single core chip, and does it make that much of a difference?

I would probably be willing to stretch the budget to a San Diego core but right now the 3500 on offer is very temping.

This is the system spec i had in mind:

AMD 3500+ AM2
2GB of some DDR2 ram
X1800/1900xt

How would it play games? Would it max most of todays games out or would i be CPU limited?


Im trying to so hard to wait until Conroe comes out i'm pulling my hair out :eek:
 
Hiya, Thanks for the reply.

As you can see from my Siggy, my system specs don't let me play any of my games that i'd like to play properly, meaning i can't rally wait for the 65NM chips, i can only possibly wait for Conroe to come.

It doesn't help that my motherboard has gone all funny on me as my system randomly likes to lock up when doing anything or just sitting idle, so i need to upgrade in the next few months.

I was thinking, if i go for an AM2 setup it is sort of future proof ( i know no such thing exists), compared to 939 if you know what i mean so i'm not really sure about that tbh.
 
When you say dual core, do you mean SKT939 or AM2? I will wait to see what Conroe's offerings are in terms of gaming and general performance, not to forget pricing - although i have a feeling motherboards for this CPU will not be cheap..
 
I don't think i really want an opty, its either an X2 or a conroe but if the any single core chips can do the same job just as good as these too at games then i'd be happy...
 
Concorde Rules said:
Wait for Conroe.

Job done :p
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I have a feeling that the DDR2 ram and motherboard will rape me for all i've got :(

That San Diego 3700+ in Weekly offers is tempting me now...pure evil :mad:
 
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM) £99.95
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) £104.95
Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK) £36.95

Subtotal £241.85
VAT £42.33
Total £284.18

:(

Again, i think with conroe the motherboard and ram will be dear.. and we don't even know how it performs with games yet, just superPI really.
 
I guess i can last for at most another month, see conroe's offerings and AMD's price cuts..;)

It's so hard trying to use a computer that freezes randomly :mad:
 
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