Gaming PC

N

Notebook

New Member
Hi
I wondered how much difference there is in speeds between
Athlon 64 X 2 6000
and a QUAD CORE 9.6Ghz Q6600
9500 QUAD CORE PHENOM

Noticed the athlon 64 prices have dropped, and as I am looking to buy a gaming pc wondered if it made much difference.

would the money be better spent say on a 8600 graphics card rather than an 8500 etc

Thanks
Nick
ps looking to play crysis?
 
my money would go towards the Q6600 or e8400 and a 8800gt if you can afford it. if you cant afford the q6600 and a 8800gt, then get something like the e6750 which is 100 bucks less.

fyi: the q6600 is a 2.4ghz processor not 9.6ghz. it has 4 cores that run at 2.4ghz...you don't add up the total.

the cheapest 8800 is the xfx 8800gs on newegg i believe. this would be a much better choice than a 8500 or 8600.
 
Last edited:
Notebook said:
QUAD CORE 9.6Ghz Q6600 2GB/500GB & 8500GT 1GB!! & SHIN
16XPCI-E 8500GT 1024MB!, CORE2QUAD 9.6Ghz + Lightscribe

as advertised on ebay?
Click to expand...
they are trying to trick u it is a quad core @2.4GHz they might be one of those people who think u add the speed for every core making people think it is faster 9.6 / 4 = 2.4 so they have deffently just added all the speeds together for every core
 
reddevil6 said:
they are trying to trick u it is a quad core @2.4GHz they might be one of those people who think u add the speed for every core making people think it is faster 9.6 / 4 = 2.4 so they have deffently just added all the speeds together for every core
Click to expand...

lolz yeah thats what exactly i was thinking.

many people are butt crack with greed all over their face.





btw 8500s and 8600s is a no no for gaming... well 8600GTS is a bit ok though.
 
Last edited:
hells3000 said:
both are good

If your on budget AMD single cores are best

Otherwise core 2 duos are the best atm
Click to expand...

E1200 is a great budget dual core CPU. Celeron, yes, but based offa the C2D architecture. IMO it shouldn't be compared with the Netburst Celerons, but the C2Ds.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top