I5 or core 2 duo.

[yogman]

Hello, I'm trying to figure out if i should put a

(Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8500 CPU @ 3.16GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache 64-bit

or a

Intel® Core™ i5-661 3.33 GHz 4M L3 Cache LGA1156

in my computer.

I use my computer mostly for gaming.

some of my concerns are; the i5 has less cache than the core 2 duo, and the the i5 has slower bus speed.

if you want to look the the specs here they are:

core 2 duo
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=33911&processor=E8500&spec-codes=SLAPK,SLB9K

i5
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43553&processor=i5-661&spec-codes=SLBNE

please reply, to help me decide!

 

[yogman]

It depends on the medium card, it might be better to have two 5750s or 5770s in crossfire than a single 4870X2 or 5830/5850 for example. In some situations two 5750s or 5770s can be cheaper than a single high end card whilst performing almost the same.

But the GT240 isnt "medium" its low end by today's standards.

ok well would one 5777 be able to run games like fallout 3 call of duty and that type of stuff?

 

[Guest]

well, sense i haven't actually bought the computer or the monitor, so i dont really know what the resolution is going to be.

This is going around in cicles.

Tell us the size of the monitor and we can tell you its native resolution.

Surely you have a list of games you want to play now and in the future?

but what single graphics card would you suggest and ill tell you if i can afford it

We already adviced you. We said a minimum of a 5770. Ideally the 58xx series i.e. 5830, 5850 or 5870 is your budget allows.

 

[Raidur]

I thought I just gave my opinion on that subject.

Lol I thought my eyes were playing with me at first. Thanks for clearing that up.

OP:

Single cards are good for a plenty of reasons. 1 and 2 being heat and power.

3. Possibility to upgrade in the future to dual cards instead of having to ditch your current 2.

4. Not all games are optimized for 2 cards. Meaning those games will only use a single card, and will not benefit at all from sli/crossfire (2 cArds).

5. Bad scaling. Not all dual card capable games do it well. Meaning some games will only 'slightly' benefit from 2 cards, making the stronger single cards choice the better option once again.

 

[Guest]

ok well would one 5777 be able to run games like fallout 3 call of duty and that type of stuff?

The 5770 will handle those games easily if the rest of the system is upto par. ie. decent processor and ram.

Read this review it has all the latest video cards and it shows its performance in the charts.

5770 review:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_5770/1.html

5850 review

http://www.techspot.com/review/206-his-radeon-hd-5850/

On those two reviews the is enough information and charts to figure out how fast (or slow) these cards are.

 

[yogman]

This is going around in cicles.

Tell us the size of the monitor and we can tell you its native resolution.

Surely you have a list of games you want to play now and in the future?

but what single graphics card would you suggest and ill tell you if i can afford it

We already adviced you. We said a minimum of a 5770. Ideally the 58xx series i.e. 5830, 5850 or 5870 is your budget allows.

ok, one i hope to get a 20 inch monitor
two, can the 5777 run games like fallout 3, call of duty, amy of two, and that type of games?

 

[Raidur]

All of the 5 series are priced well so buy what your budget allows. I'm still hoping they price drop soon after nvidia's 4xx GTX release, but we'll see. :/

 

[Guest]

ok, one i hope to get a 20 inch monitor
two, can the 5777 run games like fallout 3, call of duty, amy of two, and that type of games?

20" monitors usually have a native resolution of 1600X900.

Like I said earlier the 5770 can run those games well, I gave you some links with reviews that SHOW you how these cards perform, have you actually looked at them and understood them?

 

[ScoobyJooby-Jew]

For whatever its worth, I play at 1360x768. I use a 19" lcd tv as monitor. XFX 575X XXX edition. ATI overdrive 810 mhz GPU Clock, 1270 mhz memory clock
Crysis Demo @ ultra high settings ----->~30 frames per second - in game counter
WoW @ max settings ---------------------> 55 frames per second in SW, 45 frames per second in Dalaran, 70+ when not in capital cities-in game counter
DoD Source @ max settings -------------> 200+ frames per second - FRAPs