Hardware comparisons

[Nathan138]

I play at 1650x1080 so I was just wondering what would be the better choice for me

AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Quad

or

Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHz LGA 775 Dual-Core

and

9800gtx+ 512

or a

4870HD 512

 

[Stryker_77]

E7300 n hd4870. Killer combination.

 

[Nathan138]

I really would like to hear why, give me some insight why you made your choice

 

[Luke]

4870 and e7300 = Faster/more powerful

Although i really should not compare the clock vs. clock of amd and intel, but it is pretty clear.

 

[Nathan138]

this whole micro Atx thing is really starting to get on my nerves, it's hard for my to find the proper things that I need. Guh.

 

[Luke]

^like what?

 

[stb1swat]

Are you saying you have a micro atx mobo? If shouldn't matter as long as the ports are correct and the parts physically fit.

Intel is just faster for gaming at the moment. Larger caches and FSBs.
AMDs are better at raw processing, multitasking, and I guess encoding and stuff too.

 

[Luke]

^+1, except for amds being better at multitasking.

 

[Nathan138]

well, i've been on new egg trying to figure out a nice setup to fit a med-high end gaming pc for the time being in my mATX case that I have within around $750 Canadian dollars, i'm finding it difficult to know what will fit on the board without obstructing anything and such.

 

[hikaricloud]

What everyone else has said, E7300 + 4870. The old Phenoms suck hardcore, and that video card rocks.