amd vs.amd vs. amd?

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Reggie 17

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Ok, I deffinitely want a new processor/motherboard combo Ive picked out my motherboard to be the asus a8n-sli (either deluxe or premium). But I was wondering what the best processor for my type of application would be. Im trying to decide between the amd 64 3200+ venice, the amd 64 3500+ venice, or the amd 64 3700+ San Diego. I intend to overclock it mildly, I will be doing mostly multitasking but also intend to play games such as counterstrike source, americas army, and maybe some other higher end games. I am simply looking for your input on which you think would be good for me. I do not wish to hear comments such as "get the 3700+ because its the best" or stuff like that. I dont wanna sound like a jerk, but this is will be a big decision as I dont really intend to upgrade mobo/cpu for a while. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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whats your budget? have you looked at the x3800+? It should be in the ballpark of your budget if you can afford a 3700+.
 
if u don't intend on upgrading for a while then i would say lay the extra (if any) down and pick the x2 3800 up.
 
opteron 165 or 3700+
opteron 165 is much more overclockable than the X2 3800+ and the 3700+ is much more overclockable than the 3200+ or the 3500+
 
quick question....what are the major advantages of going dual core over a higher mhz single core (ex: 3800x2 at 2.0 ghz to the 3500+ at 2.2ghz)? and also what are some of the other advantages (if any)?
 
Reggie 17 said:
quick question....what are the major advantages of going dual core over a higher mhz single core (ex: 3800x2 at 2.0 ghz to the 3500+ at 2.2ghz)? and also what are some of the other advantages (if any)?
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A dual core will be better at multi tasking cause two threads will be going through at once unlike a single core only one thread is going through at a time. And games are starting to become multithreaded so dualcores will be able to take advantage of that. And you will be able to have more programs open at once and your system response time will be faster.
 
I dont really like the idea of spending $300 on a processor, If I got the amd 3500+ with the asus a8n-sli premium and overclocked it, would it do the job, I mean basically with a good graphics card would it still play the games I want to play (cs:s, AA, etc.) well on highest settings and not lag or anything?
 
Reggie 17 said:
I dont really like the idea of spending $300 on a processor, If I got the amd 3500+ with the asus a8n-sli premium and overclocked it, would it do the job, I mean basically with a good graphics card would it still play the games I want to play (cs:s, AA, etc.) well on highest settings and not lag or anything?
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yes it would play that game fine if you got a good graphics card to go with it. what graphics card were you planning on to get?
 
Reggie 17 said:
idk....something like a 7900gt...or along those lines
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then yes you will be able to play that game on high settings. but i wouldnt get the 7900GT i would get the 7900GTX cause the 7900GT is not that much better then the 7800GTX.
 
ckfordy said:
then yes you will be able to play that game on high settings. but i wouldnt get the 7900GT i would get the 7900GTX cause the 7900GT is not that much better then the 7800GTX.
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But it's also much cheaper.

And what would you do about a processor?
 
haha ok, Im still not POSITIVE about anything yet besides mobo, if I can find an extra $100 somewhere then I will deffinitely go x2, I kinda want to because it has newer technology that could better support programs and games that might come along in the future...
 
Reggie 17 said:
quick question....what are the major advantages of going dual core over a higher mhz single core (ex: 3800x2 at 2.0 ghz to the 3500+ at 2.2ghz)? and also what are some of the other advantages (if any)?
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basically dual core is better, for converting, encoding, and things of that sort.
single cores are better for single threaded applications such as games (normally at least) in which case the higher frequency would come as an advantage. i used to plau unreal tournament 2004 with some background processes and it would lag somewhat so i decided to get a dual core.

again, if you go dual core get the opteron 165... its worth it if you want to overclock.

ckfordy said:
then yes you will be able to play that game on high settings. but i wouldnt get the 7900GT i would get the 7900GTX cause the 7900GT is not that much better then the 7800GTX.
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100% agreed. the 7900gtx has 512mb integrated into it, that means it will not only be less taxing on system memory, but it will also give you much higher FPS in games such as quake 4 and doom 3.
for the money, its definitely worth it. everyone says a 7900gt can be o/ced to 7900gtx speeds, but even at those speeds the memory is still crippled by being half size on the 7900gt. 7900gtx would own a 7900gt.
 
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If he is on a major budget- My 3200+ is just fine for everything i do. encoding, games, multitasking, etc. It could be faster, but for a budget CPU, the 3200+ is great.
 
You could also get the ATI X1900XT which has 512mb but isn't as highly priced as the 7900GTX. It is obviously slower than it but it still has the high memory bandwidth.
 
fade2green514 said:
100% agreed. the 7900gtx has 512mb integrated into it, that means it will not only be less taxing on system memory, but it will also give you much higher FPS in games such as quake 4 and doom 3.
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It doesnt use any more or any less of system memory. The only cards that use system memory are those that have turbocache or hypermemory.
 
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