3200+ or x2 3800+/CPU role

bratton

bratton

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I may be considering an x2 3800+ if it actually drops to $170~. But, if I'm basically doing the regular home stuff: internet, music, norton/adaware/spybot scans, word processing, spreadsheets, powerpoint.. etc (you get the idea), how much difference am I going to see between a 3200+ and an x2 3800+? I guess the most I could possibly be doing is playing WoW during a scan with music on. So, is it worth forking out an additional $70+ for the x2?
This will be on either 1gb or 2gb ram.
 
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I did. :( You wouldn't believe how many excessive hours I've spent reading up on everything.
EDIT: Well. I thought I had read all of it. oh well ty
 
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i'd think you'd notice a difference. it probably won't be an incredible jump but you should be able to run higher settings on WoW.
 
Bratton, go for the X2 ;)

It's more future proof. Think about what Vista will require. Do you want it running on a single-core AMD Athlon 64? Or a dual-core Athlon X2? I know which one I would want.

Plus, the majority of software/games will eventually be written to take advantage of dual-core CPU's, and so, the extram performance will come in time.
 
I still don't know what to do, and I think it's because I really don't have problems with this 5 year old p4 2ghz with 512 ram and a geforce pro. Shouldn't a 3200+ be a 50% increase on that? while 1gb ram and a 6800xt will also put it high above?
Oh, and, ... I refuse to run Vista. Give me the Windows95 I grew up on and I'd be happy.
I'm even skeptical about moving to AM2 at the moment, but I guess I definitely should do that.

Thanks guys, even though your persuasion for the X2 led me to the 3200 :P
 
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You'll have a hard time upgrading if you're gonna use Windows 95. :P Especially with video cards.
 
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