3800 or 3800

[dvdpiddy]

what do you guy's think x2 or 64 3800 whats better for what

 

[slvr_phoenix]

Well, 64 is better for singlethreading/tasking, and x2 is better for multithreading/tasking because the 64 is a higher-clocked singlecore, and the x2 is a lower-clocked dualcore. 😛

 

[dvdpiddy]

thx phoenix i just started this thread for a few friends of mine who are newbies and did'nt if they wanted me to build them one or the other

 

[mdd1963]

if the extra $100 won't be missed, I'd opt for the dual core...

The X2 will pull ahead once users begin to realize they can burn DVD's, process SETI, all while playing a game with scarcely a performance hit....

ALso, Quake4 has an SMP patch that boost framerates by 30-40% with dual cores...other games may follow, and I believe ATI and Nvidia have both multithreaded their drivers for slight improvements with multicores...

 

[dvdpiddy]

like i said friends needed advice asked the experts thanks guy's going for dualcore

 

[dvdpiddy]

forgot to say they are the same price almost 3800 64 venice 282 3800 x2 manchester 300 prices newegg.

 

[dvdpiddy]

18$ more much better fps in quake and they can finally share the both do something at the same time you know one can watch a dvd while the play's a game

 

[Vile]

and they can finally share the both do something at the same time you know one can watch a dvd while the play's a game

Now that's totally pointless and just stupid.

 

[pmr]

and they can finally share the both do something at the same time you know one can watch a dvd while the play's a game

Now that's totally pointless and just stupid.

lmfao

 

[dvdpiddy]

i meant THAT WITH DUALCORE ONE OF MY FRIENDS CAN PLAY A GAME WHILE THE OTHER WATCHES A DVD.

 

[dvdpiddy]

PMR IS JUST PISSED OFF CAUSE OF MY OTHER THREAD TITLED INTEL FANBOY'S

 

[LALA]

One thing I noticed is with the X2, even if any of the Windows programs crashes the computer will act normal. Since one core will take 100% of the load and the other will have 0% to avg 50%. Thus, easily closing programs and don't have to wait for programs to end.

 

[pmr]

PMR IS JUST PISSED OFF CAUSE OF MY OTHER THREAD TITLED INTEL FANBOY'S

Answer number one- Playing games and watch dvds at the same time is pointless and stupid, like Vile said.

Answer number two- U make no sense. If you say stupid things in all the threads you start, I just can say one thing: You really are STUPID.

 

[dvdpiddy]

pmr listen and listen good all im saying is this that the amd athlon x2 3800 is a good proccesor for multi tasking my friends asked for a computer so they could game good and both go on at the same time okay friend a likes to watch dvd's friend b likes to play bf2 ok simple enough for you pmr

 

[Wolfy]

Surely then they have two monitors to one machine which you completely forget to mention otherwise you are talking nonsense.

 

[sleepdeprived82]

pmr listen and listen good all im saying is this that the amd athlon x2 3800 is a good proccesor for multi tasking my friends asked for a computer so they could game good and both go on at the same time okay friend a likes to watch dvd's friend b likes to play bf2 ok simple enough for you pmr

to get any sort of good fps on BF2 you have to turn a core off, so you will not be able to achieve your desired playing and watching. There is no chance at all of EA releasing a dual core patch as well.

Also is it even possible to watch a movie and play a game, surley the gpu would be the bottleneck then?

 

[cheetsy]

In my experience u cant watch a dvd on one monitor and play a game on the other, the second monitor just basically shows the desktop image when u play a game, but that was a couple of years ago, i had a Ti4600 back then, so maybe things have changed, and im going to get an X2 3800 soon, cant wait, upgrading from a 3k 64

 

[Wolfy]

PMR IS JUST PISSED OFF CAUSE OF MY OTHER THREAD TITLED INTEL FANBOY'S

Answer number one- Playing games and watch dvds at the same time is pointless and stupid, like Vile said.

Answer number two- U make no sense. If you say stupid things in all the threads you start, I just can say one thing: You really are STUPID.
I agree that playing games and watching movies at once is a stupid idea. BUT, is it stupid to play a game, and burn DVDs???? Checkmate my friend, you can't say that's stupid. And also, there's no point of calling someone stupid becasue you can't prove it.

You can't spare 5 minutes away from your gaming to burn a dvd?