First of all, I just found these boards today. Well, I was already registered, so apparently I found them a while back and just forgot about them. Lot's of useful information here and thanks to everyone who shares their knowledge and tries to help people out.
I apolgoize for bringing up a subject thats probably been driven into the ground...
I plan on building a new desktop for gaming in a couple of weeks. I've built a ton of computers before, so no problem there. My problem is.. I'm kind of out of the loop on hardware! I've just used laptops the past couple of years and haven't been into gaming or anything in quite a while.
Most of my past computers were always AMDs, and I really liked them. What should I look for in today's AMD processors? I'm not really up to part with how a AMD Athlon 64 3400+ @ 2.4ghz stacks up to a Pentium rated at 3.0 or 3.4ghz. Forgive my ignorance... but can an AMD 2.4 hang with a Pentium 3.0 or 3.4 without being overclocked? I know we aren't talking about the kind of difference you would get between a 500mhz and a 1.5ghz... but still... what can I expect?
Thanks ahead of time for any help!
I apolgoize for bringing up a subject thats probably been driven into the ground...
I plan on building a new desktop for gaming in a couple of weeks. I've built a ton of computers before, so no problem there. My problem is.. I'm kind of out of the loop on hardware! I've just used laptops the past couple of years and haven't been into gaming or anything in quite a while.
Most of my past computers were always AMDs, and I really liked them. What should I look for in today's AMD processors? I'm not really up to part with how a AMD Athlon 64 3400+ @ 2.4ghz stacks up to a Pentium rated at 3.0 or 3.4ghz. Forgive my ignorance... but can an AMD 2.4 hang with a Pentium 3.0 or 3.4 without being overclocked? I know we aren't talking about the kind of difference you would get between a 500mhz and a 1.5ghz... but still... what can I expect?
Thanks ahead of time for any help!