Going duel core?

[geeza]

Currently have my Opteron 146 running at 2.8ghz with Gskill HZ memory. Would it be worth me getting something like an opteron 170, 175 or X2 3800 or 4XXX?

I really want to stick to socket 939 and not upgrade the lot

 

[geeza]

doesnt that 165 have half the cache of the 175? wont this make a difference?

 

[geeza]

still £90+ for a second hand 165. what is the multi on the 165? memory is on 254mhz at the moment on 10x multi and a divider

2800mhz

 

[geeza]

As you can see in my sig I have an Opty 146 and I noticed worse performance in games with an AMD 4200 X2 @2750mhz, even with the dual core patch. Unless you need the X2 for encoding or multiple apps I would stick with the 144.

interesting. i was thinking on the lines of supreme commander and crysis. Whats this about a new graphics card. Surely wont the next gen games require dual core more than a top end graphics card. my overclocked x1800xt could surely handle graphics on medium/low settings

 

[geeza]

I went from an Opty 148 @2.9Ghz to a 165 @2.9Ghz. The performance increase and additional smoothness of dual core were well worth the upgrade.

interesting. Whats the rest of your setup?

I hear most people saying that going duel core isnt really worth it from single same speed (unless encoding and such)

 

[geeza]

So Geeza. Did my big talk put you off and only just this morning did you go and buy a set of golf clubs and thought to yourself "Sod this PC crap?". You never know. Had to ask .

nah, but i do need some new irons but im not playing at all really now.

I was very tempted to get an *extreme overclockable* opteron 165 on ebay last night for about £85 (it went for £85inc) but seems as ive lost my phone last sat and theres no sign of it being delivered as they said they would i passed on bidding on it.

Maybe when i get my phone sorted and some money ill get one