X2 4200+ or the 4400+

[Booner!]

i am stumped to wether its worth the extra £90ish to just get a L2 cache of 1024... is it really worth it? will i notice a difference gaming if i spent the extra? if my build has 2gb geil value and 1 7800GTX would the 4400+ make things a lot better or just marginly?

4200+
Price: £219.95 (£258.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

4400+
Price: £284.95 (£334.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)


thanks, its always good to ask you experts

 

[Booner!]

I see, the build you have with those scores in 3d mark 05 is pretty much same as me, 2gb ram, X2 ""00+ , 7800gtx

however, the big question is im moving from a hardcore prescott 478 (3.2ghz with ht @3.78ghz) , 2 gb ram, 6800gt AGP.....

WILL i notice some better performance with the new build of AMD? (i have never built AMD before or PCI-E before) and is it worth the 18months that i will have the AMD system for

 

[Booner!]

i just clocked my CPU in at 4.21ghz after some tweeking, though an improvement from 4855 to 5119 using turbo and some manual tweeks. but thats my last attempt with this system.

so your basically saying i should go for the 4400+ rather than a 4200+ and that over 18months it will be the better chip. i can overclock it using my beasty Koolance exos 2 water cooling unit (which got my 3.2ghz prescott to 4.21ghz at under 50*C!) to something higher maybe with the 4400+

 

[Booner!]

might go for a AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail

looks the better chip for gaming.. what do you think? (cheaper too)

 

[Booner!]

i thought the X2 3800+ has 512kb L2 cache and the athlon 4000+ has "blistering" 1mb..?

 

[Booner!]

im stuck for choice with MAX £330 on cpu ...choice is

AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache Price: £317.19 with vat

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm Price: £237.29 with vat

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ Price: £334.82 with vat

maaan this is so tough , with no previous experience of AMD too lol, help!!

 

[Booner!]

its just my cousin is building to the same price scheme as me competition for our new builds, both AMD systems,
he is going
ATI X1900xtx
Athon 64 4000+
nforce 4 lanparty D
2GB gold OCZ 3200
cooling via AIR

im going:
7800GTX
opteron 170 up dual core
nforce lanparty D
2gb gold OCZ 3200
Cooling via water

best performer? we'll see, but predictions? (im going to overclock higher i think)

 

[Booner!]

because its cheaper and i can afford it and if i want to cheat i might go SLI and show him its power lol! however i have heard about the X1900XTX being like in a league of its own ? so i guess the 7900GTX would be its competition...that aint out yet though!

my build will be like yours give or take some stuff

 

[Booner!]

wow thats crazy

oh and my cousin informs me that he is getting the X1800Xt 512 my bad, he cant afford the X1900XTX on the budget we set each other ... so its

both building to the same price AMD systems this week for a laugh.

HIS build (ATI + air cooling):

X1800XT 512
Athon 64 4000+
nforce 4 lanparty D
2GB gold OCZ 3200
cooling via AIR

My build:

7800GTX
opteron 170 up dual core
nforce lanparty D
2gb gold OCZ 3200
Cooling via water (koolance exos 2 )

even playing ground? or the ati will beat me? (gaming, pc mark etc)

 

[Booner!]

What if i went for the opteron 165 up (1.8ghz 2mb L2 cache) and got the 7800GTX silent OCuk card? because i cant get that other card off my cousin now...

would the opteron work on the dfi lan party nforce 4 board? i know its socket 939 but cant see in the spec if it is compatible

what im trying to get at is
performance difference between
opty 165 up (1.8) and the opty 170 up (2.0ghz)

and the 7800gt (bfg) or the 7800gtx (ocuk)

what best , the better graphics card and slightly lower opty or the higher opty and the lower 7800GT?

sorry about the millions of questions

 

[Booner!]

i just realised , isnt the 7900 out on thursday? pricing? or even price drops of 7800gtx maybe?

 

[Booner!]

lol thank god, my cousin ordered today, HAHAH im gonna get some more bang for my buck!