will an AMD Athlon X2 4200 do good on games like FEAR if its just 2.2GHZ?

ADE said:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=A6...0fec18e5055461ae68399cfc0a0871532f821dc895c80
this is where I think I might buy it. The only thing is, even though its dual core, its still only 2.2GHz. That's what mine is right now.
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Processors have moved on from the era of Athlon XP's. It's not just about clock speed which decides how powerful a processor is. There are many other factors involved in this.

However, for $20 more, you can get an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, which easily beats the X2 4200.
 
The E6300 would be a much better processor. Clock speeds are just a small factor when comparing different processors.

And for either CPU, you should get DDR2-800 for best performance.
 
OK, well this is my budget gaming system. Should I do it?

CPU- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4200+ http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=A6...0fec18e5055461ae68399cfc0a0871532f821dc895c80
$181

MOBO- Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD http://www.chiefvalue.com/product/productdetails.aspx?submit=&item=13-128-321&ATTMotherboards AMD
$94

GPU- GeForce7300GSPCI-E16X256MB 256bit DDR2 http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?p...LX&srccode=cii_14110944&cpncode=09-14586465-2
$66

RAM- Super Talent 512MB x2
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=T800UA12C5&c=fr&show=r

Do you think my 400W PSU will be good enough?

with a total W/ shipping =$440
 
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That video card won't play FEAR too well... If you want a card that'll play current games with anything, expect to pay around $150 for the card...
 
I am planing to use SLI so that I won't have to buy a hi priced GPU. Are you all sure that dual GeForce7300GS PCI-E 16X 256MB 256bit DDR2 wont do the job?
 
Heres a 7600GT for a little over $110
http://www.provantage.com/xfx-pvt73puds3~7PINE05V.htm
But still, this has got t be my budget system. In the long run it would be better to go with something like this, but at the moment, I have very little cash to do this with. So thats why I wanted to do a little at a time. Buy a good budget now and get another one later was my plan.
 
ADE said:
I am planing to use SLI so that I won't have to buy a hi priced GPU. Are you all sure that dual GeForce7300GS PCI-E 16X 256MB 256bit DDR2 wont do the job?
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Proably not both of those cards together probably are just as good as 7600GS i would just get two 7600GT's and sli those thats what i am planning to do.
 
Are you sure two of those wont do it? I mean come on, I'm using an AGP 6200, that would be a big step up wouldnt it? On Battle field 2 my min fps on full graphics and 1200x700 something like that is 10fps. I hate it that low. I was an Ideot and bought a new CPU for my old computer and later found out I could have gotten a dual core for less than I paid for that hunk of junk. Pluse I don't want to reliy on AGP because 2 is better than one.
 
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