X2 FX60 or FX57 ?

Vogon · 29 Jan 2006 at 23:24

For gaming use,
Which would you get, and why ?
What are the stock volts ?
Which is most likely to hit 3ghz on good but not extreme air ?

Normally I would say the FX57 as its faster clocks and cheaper, but at this amount of folding one has to think about future proofing as much as possible ..

Please no mention of CPUs without totally unlocked multi's

Scoobie Dave · 30 Jan 2006 at 00:13

I would say X2 FX60. Should hit 3gig on air I would have thought. More future proof too (if there is such a thing)

Martynt74 · 30 Jan 2006 at 00:19

FX60, its quicker in 3dm06

easyrider · 30 Jan 2006 at 00:58

Vogon said:
For gaming use,
Which would you get, and why ?
What are the stock volts ?
Which is most likely to hit 3ghz on good but not extreme air ?

Normally I would say the FX57 as its faster clocks and cheaper, but at this amount of folding one has to think about future proofing as much as possible ..

Please no mention of CPUs without totally unlocked multi's

You should know better

Legless · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:42

I'd get the X2 FX-60, as this can be overclocked to the same speed as FX-57, plus you get the benefits of Dual Core...

King_Boru · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:14

Marvt74 said:
FX60, its quicker in 3dm06

Would that be becasue it is multithreaded

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I would get the FX60. Multi Core is the future and getting an FX-57 would be a slight waste in that scenario.

Vogon · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:24

Thats pretty decisive so far

Still "only" 2.6 puts me off a little, knowing my luck I would get a very poor clocker

at least the 57 is certain to be 2.8 minimum lol.

I should know better than what easyrider ?

Just playing with idea's atm, nothing whatsoever decided.
3DM06 isn't a valid reason for dual cores IMO ... but near future performance benefits in real games are ... especially at those prices :eek:

King_Boru · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:30

Games these days are so CPU limited that debating over 200mhz of performance is quite pointless.

Stop feeling sorry for the FX57 and get the FX60.

Vogon · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:37

King_Boru said:
Games these days are so CPU limited that debating over 200mhz of performance is quite pointless.

Stop feeling sorry for the FX57 and get the FX60.

Lol .. well CPU limited is exactly why I want faster clocks

Don't forget the FX57 is around £120 less too .. but at this end of the scale I don't suppose its all that relevant ... anyone know what the stock voltages are for these CPU's ?

ajgoodfellow · 30 Jan 2006 at 14:14

1.35V

Quake 4 and COD2 have patches out for dual core which boost performance and FEAR is said to have multithreaded elements

The FX57 is pretty much guaranteed to hit 3Ghz whereas not all of the FX60s will. I'd still get the FX60 though

Agent WD40 · 30 Jan 2006 at 14:40

Mmm, I'd say got with the FX-60.

The FX57 is a great chip but for a little bit of future proofing i'd go with the 60. What type of cooling are you intending on using?

clone · 30 Jan 2006 at 15:18

The FX 60 will clock to 2.8 no problem,its after that you may have trouble getting more out of it,im in the same boat was going to get a mach 2 and overclock like mad or get the FX 60,but after a week of thinking hard im going for the FX 60..

Scoobie Dave · 30 Jan 2006 at 17:54

Marvt74 said:
FX60, its quicker in 3dm06

Like that makes a difference, it's still painfull to watch on any cpu.

jemz · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:34

after doing some testing at weekend my FX60 got to 3445mhz
with 3dmark 01 i get score of 41272...so FX60 seems ok cpu

jemz · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:43

FX60 is very poor for oc.....2.8ghz on air max giving 50c and needed little volts increase for that
seems it has volts protection for 1.8V......results in pc shutdown 3-4 secs after bootup

King_Boru · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:44

huh? complete contridiction there mate

jemz · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:53

well the 3445mhz was with vapochill LS....but if it didnt reach 3.5ghz not really much good
but ill hopefully post some pics later.....once i find out how :-)

Vogon · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:13

Agent WD40 said:
What type of cooling are you intending on using?

Currently very pleased with My Zalman 7000CU effective and quiet ... but if needed I don't mind changing, just mustn't be too noisy

lemonkettaz · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:16

going from single core to dual core, would you need any patches?

would it all startup as normal and windows work ok and the games run or would you need to reinstall.. or update certain things?

juno_first · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:17

my bro has an fx57 @ 3 & 1x 7800gtx (3dmk6=4100) & his games play at higher fps than my x2 @ 2.75 & 2x 7800gtx (3dmk6=8k), so explain that !