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Gaming wise, the real difference? (6300 vs 4200 x2)

Noufas said:
so would the opteron 185 be a good upgrade for a 939 socket user ? i dont want to spend money on a socket that its gonna get replaced next year...
i have a winchester 3000+ 2gigs of ram and an epox mobo, will the opteron be good enough for games?
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At the moment my Venice 3000+ at stock is good enough for most games. The only things that bother me are the particularly CPU sensitive bits of Oblivion and in Rome:Total War when you have several thousand men running around on screen. How long a CPU lasts depends on what game developers have to throw at us in the future.

Socket 939 has already been replaced. Whether you upgrade just the CPU or most of the major components you're only ever buying more time until the next upgrade (unless you decide to stop at some point). Is that 939 CPU going to cost you more than replacing the RAM, CPU and motherboard you'd need for the equivalent Core 2 Duo system? Don't forget the resale value of your existing components either.

Intel aren't known for keeping their cpu plaform for long and AMD have K8-L in the pipeline, which will be limited in an AM2 socket. Don't upgrade to be future proof beyond what you know is coming soon. Ask yourself 'what would give me better performance for my budget NOW'. If you can't afford something significantly better wait until you can. Tha same cash will get you faster stuff later.
 
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so should i buy the opteron?
i have a 500 pounds budget, but i have a trip to ny as well, and frankly 270 pounds extra spending money there would be welcome...maybe even getting a wii with zelda...
also, i dont use any auction sites so reselling my staff is gonna be hard.
 
Depends on your current motherboard and your requirements. A 939 CPU can still match the stock speed of the lower end Core2Duos in games. If you're missing anything like PCI-E I'd save the money and get ready to move on later.

The Opteron 185 looks like it could be a good buy compared to an FX60. If you want to spend less and still get an improvement maybe the X2 4600+ would be a good buy. The day that you absolutely have to upgrade because those chips are stopping your GPU from getting a playable framerate is hopefully still a long way off.

If you don't mind overclocking, the goalposts shift. Immediately you can start looking at the lower end 939 X2s for a big improvement and the Core2Duo E6300 suddenly becomes incredible value. Don't forget - if you have the right motherboard and RAM - you might be able to squeeze a lot more grunt out of that 3000+. In a few weeks the Core2Quadro will be released and the prices of pretty much everything else will shift. This advice has a sell-by date...
 
This is what I got.

In the end I bought an FX 57 for £220. Hopefully this will keep me in the air in FSX until whenever I make the leap to Vista, Intel, etc.
 
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£220 for a single core?

Sorry to say I wouldn't have gone there myself. It's probably the best single core there is but I wouldn't expect that much improvement over the 4000+
 
You're probably right but I couldn't find the Opteron. I make all sorts of daft decisions. Given what you say about FX processors and overclocking I've decided to give it a go. What the Hell?

Thanks again for the good advice. :)
 
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