Proc Comparrison

[raiden_nrl]

Alright, i'm going to be doing alot of gaming and I was trying to compare these 2 proc, now I heard not many games support the dual proc mode so..

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor San Diego 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache

OR

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHZ 512KBX2

I used to have the Venice version of the 3700+ how much faster will it be if I get the San Diego version, cuase i'm pretty sure mine just crapped out lol..

 

[bmxfreakrider]

go for the 4200. just a little info if u dont know, a 3700+ compares to a 3.7ghz p4, and the 4200 would = a 4.2ghz p4. if you wanted to go for a single core, go for the 3800+, they have better oc'ing capacity. but if you wanted to go all out, get a E6300, or a E6600 if u got the $$$(theyre both in the $xxx pricerange tho)

 

[raiden_nrl]

Yeah I was looking at Proc under $250 CAN, and those were the two that stuck out the best..
But i heard that it would only run in dual core mode with certain games.

 

[raiden_nrl]

Alright so would this be considered better then the San Diego?

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Processor Venice 2.4GHZ 512K L2 Cache

The San Diego has 1MB L2 cache but the venice is a 3800...

 

[Behemoth]

The 3800+ would beat out the 3700+ and X2 4200+ in most single-threaded apps because of the higher clock speed, until games and apps start taking advantage of the dual core. As far as gaming is concerned, the two chips are between 5-7 fps of each other, so not a major difference. I still would say go with the 4200+ , just because more programs will be written for dual core chips in the near future.

 

[molsen]

if you're going to overclock at all, you might as well get the 3700+ sandy instead of the 3800+ venice because the sandy has 1mb cache and will EASILY get past 2.4ghz. besides you wouldn't notice any difference between 2.2 and 2.4ghz.

out of all 3, however, i'd get the dual core.

 

[raiden_nrl]

Well, the 3800+ venice with 512 L2 cache is $140 CAN

And the 3700+ San Diego with 1MB L2 cache is $280

So $140 difference for not much performace change..
I think i'll go with the 3800+ and overclock that.

 

[molsen]

oh holy crap. thats an odd price difference. yea good call

 

[raiden_nrl]

For $25 more I can get a
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2GHZ
Are the manchester cores slower then venice?
And also if it was only using one proc in a game it would perform at 3800 right?

 

[molsen]

well it's 2ghz vs. 2.4ghz, so, yes they're slower....but only in single-thread mode. if you plan on overclocking, you can probably OC the 3800x2 to maybe 2.4ghz