AMD Athlon 64x2 Duo-Core

Nevakonaza · 05-15-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Nothing is more than enough for Crysis

. But the dual Core question. Say a guy walks home from the store with 20 pounds of food. Now he takes his buddy to the store with him and they both walk home from the store with 20 pounds of food. They dont get home any faster but they got there with 40 pounds of food. Got more done in the same amount of time.

hehe fantastic explaination,gets stright to the point

EndofAll · 05-15-2008, 09:31 PM

I think my processor is overheating. On speedfan it shows it as 63-67C and cools back down to 60C

EndofAll · 05-15-2008, 10:32 PM

StrangleHold · 05-15-2008, 11:21 PM

Yes thats hot for a X2 4200. Use more than one program to check your temps. Try PC Wizard and Sandra Lite
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.ht...264&langx=en&a=

ellanky · 05-15-2008, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EndofAll

I don't understand.. wtf is the point in having 2 cores at 2.2ghz why not just have one? it's ****ing stupid. I thought my processor was kickass till now.

Its dual CORES not dual processor!

OvenMaster · 05-16-2008, 08:21 AM

1. I have that exact same processor. Two cores is roughly equal to having two processors in one container. They are very useful when running some applications that can really take advantage of them working in tandem: video compression, .mp3 encoding, some games, graphics work, CAD, etc.

2. Some Athlon X2 processors are well-known to have very poor temperature monitoring capability. AMD is well aware of it, but did nothing to fix it. The Brisbane core models are especially bad... I have one. When I installed SpeedFan, I was getting 60°C temps at idle, and 75°C at full 100% load (Folding@Home). I adjusted SpeedFan to read perhaps 2° or 3°C over room temps at idle because I have a direct duct to the outside of the case to pull in room air. Now, when my room is 27°C, my CPU reads 30°C at idle, and 45°C at full load.

Tom

zer0_c00l · 05-16-2008, 11:52 AM

ya kinda hot for that 4200+

05-15-2008, 10:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
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StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,084	Yes thats hot for a X2 4200. Use more than one program to check your temps. Try PC Wizard and Sandra Lite http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.ht...264&langx=en&a= __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 4gb PNY XLR8 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

05-16-2008, 08:21 AM	#26 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 1,982	1. I have that exact same processor. Two cores is roughly equal to having two processors in one container. They are very useful when running some applications that can really take advantage of them working in tandem: video compression, .mp3 encoding, some games, graphics work, CAD, etc. 2. Some Athlon X2 processors are well-known to have very poor temperature monitoring capability. AMD is well aware of it, but did nothing to fix it. The Brisbane core models are especially bad... I have one. When I installed SpeedFan, I was getting 60°C temps at idle, and 75°C at full 100% load (Folding@Home). I adjusted SpeedFan to read perhaps 2° or 3°C over room temps at idle because I have a direct duct to the outside of the case to pull in room air. Now, when my room is 27°C, my CPU reads 30°C at idle, and 45°C at full load. Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41 Last edited by OvenMaster; 05-16-2008 at 08:23 AM.

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zer0_c00l Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Posts: 530	ya kinda hot for that 4200+ __________________ Mob:GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L CPU:Intel E8400@3.0ghz RAM:2Gb Mushkin pc6400 4.5.4.11 PSU: COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro 550 80% ef GPU: Saphire 4850 HDD:Seagate Cuda 250GB SATA 16mb cache Case:COOLER MASTER RC-690

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