AMD 939 Gaming processor

hostghost · TweakNOOB Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 38

The santa have whispered in my ear that I will get stinkin' rich!

So I need to decide on a processor for my new gaming rig.

AMD it will be! so I have some alternatives.

- Opteron 170 (the 175 isen't sold over here yet, but will probably be soon)
- X2 4800+
- FX-60

The Opteron is the cheapest ofcourse, but since I am stinking rich I dont care about price.
Earlier it has been so that dual processors did not give the same performance in games as teh single ones. IS that still the case? Won't games that come take full use of the dual processors?

Any input?

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sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

I would say go with the X2. It will run current games fine and be able to handle anything in the future for a couple years.
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racing87stang · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

I have no problems with the Optie, it will last in the long run against the x2 since itsmade for server environments but the x2 clock speed can be attained with the opteron as well, so no performance loss at all.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Well, if money is not an issue, the FX-60 would be my choice. It's dual-core as well. As far as games using both cores, it's a tough call. Some do now, with some patching or game code mods, but very few games really even take advantage of Hyperthreading on Intel chips, and that's been around for quite some time. I would say that yes, in a couple of years, the "holy grail" games (Doom 4, HL3, maybe) will utilize dual core procs, but the majority won't, right out of the box. It'll take a reworking of the game engine at a deep level of the code, so the chances of it becoming mainstream before the next gen of engines come out is slim.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:11 am Post subject:

actually FnF alot of the current popular games are optimizing for dual-core cpus. But not all of them are doing this. This optimization for dual-core is also giving the Intel hyper-threading cpus a boost, in some cases about 18% rise in fps.

If you want a cpu RIGHT NOW, and money is no problem go with the FX-60. But to give you an idea of what I would build if money was no object and was building a major power system. I would go with two opteron 280's on a motherboard that would support SLI.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I know that, but define "popular".

What I mean is yeah, Doom 3 and HL2 have patches available to optimize for dual-core, but it's not a native game engine code. Maybe the new Unreal code is, I'm not sure. True native dual-core (and 64 bit support) won't be a full reality for a little while yet.
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archaeic_bloke · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject:

i got a better idea than all of u, any reason your not asking him why hes suddenly super rich? i dont know about the rest of you but i could use a hint in how to ghet super rich too, so share it man, how did u recenetly come upon so much money?
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racing87stang · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

the santa told him. Meaning either Family or lotto. Means either he wont be rich til the end of the year and hes planning it now, or that its going to be a very early christmas this year.
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-.-PhanTom-.- · TweakNOOB Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 136

I would go with the Opteron170.
Mine is doing 2800 - which is FX60 speed + 200 Mhz, for less than half the price :)
If you get a good stepping you can even take it to 2900-3000 on air!!!
Why spend more money than neccessary?
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racing87stang · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:51 am Post subject:

heheh.. Im waiting for my apex kit to even try OC'ing the bad @$$ optie 170. Not to mention a better PSU. Countin the Pennies this time... What a horrible month. Doh wel... I say the Optie is more than fast enought even at stock speed.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

*slaps stang on the hand*

seriously man.....*shakes head*

=P
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hostghost · TweakNOOB Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 38

Thanks guys, I think it'll be an X2.
But the dual Opteron 280's are tempting!. Any recomindaitons, and links to rewievs for dual 939 processor motherboards?

Oh and the rich thing...
I simply told somebody how stupid they where, and they gave me bundles of cash. Sometimes ignorance is a good thing.... for me that is

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

dude...whats your secret...

i tell people theyre stupid all the time...and the most i get is a punch in the face
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

That's because you keep calling me stupid, and I have no money. Very Happy

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archaeic_bloke · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:52 am Post subject:

so ur a consulter r u? i use a dfi lanparty nf4 sli-dr, prolly the best 939 mobo out there is the a8n-32sli from asus, very good, but freind, u may want to wait for the summer, and amd's release of socket AM2, it will support up to DDR2-1.100ghz memory speed, thats effing fast, so u may wanna wait..lol
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

or if you are going to wait a while then the new Intel chips are going to be the way to go. They are smoking fast!
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject:

YAY INTEL

(BOO AMD BLOWS!!!!!!

)

MY P4 still rocks my socks... of course I was upgrading from a P1... I still miss its 200 Mhz of pure power

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Xal · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:51 am Post subject: