AMD ™ Dual Core X 2 Processor 3800 or AMD 64 4000+

[Spartan]

yeah, TESIV: OB is gonna be multi-threaded, yeah cannot wait 4 that game

 

[PZEROFGH]

I say the x2 3800+. If overclocked to 2.4 ghz, it will perform the same as a 4800+ and it is not uncommon for people to get 2.7 on good air or water-cooling.

it wont perform as well, sense the 4800+ has 2MB of cache

 

[Shingmaster]

are we sure they will utlizie dual core? well i say go with the 3800+

as always you can OC a dual core processor to single core speeds, but you cant OC a single core processor to dual core speeds

If i recall correctly, F.E.A.R is utilizing dual core

 

[PZEROFGH]

yup

 

[Vampire_Slayer]

I found a review that overclocked the 3800+ and compared benchmarks to the 4800+. All in all they performed pretty much the same, although the 4800+ beat it slightly in a lot of areas but also the oced 3800+ beat it slightly in quite a few others. I will try to find the link and post it.

Edit:This looks like the review: http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=229

 

[PZEROFGH]

they should have played Doom3 then the 3800+ would have lost big time!

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

i mean, you can get a single core 1MB L2 and get a duel core 1MB L2. so in reality, if a game only ultizes on one core, it only gets 512MB of L2 as opposed to a single core would get 1MB

 

[PZEROFGH]

4800+ 1MB*2 so that would be 1MB cache per core, in total its 2MB

 

[Vampire_Slayer]

They did lol. With the 3800 and 4800 running at the same speeds, they scored:

DOOM3
3800@2.4=96.8
4800@2.4=98.8

Very small difference.

But in other games the tides can turn, with minor differences still.

FARCRY
3800@2.4=119.23
4800@2.4=118

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

ooo i thought the 4800 had 1MB... mah bad. but do you know what i mean if it had 1MB? makes sence right

okay i change my vote to duel core