On Fri, 9 May 2008 20:07:44 -0700 (PDT), buckwadd@xxxxxx wrote:
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>Apparently my mother board does not support quad cores, so my question
>is, is it worth upgrading to lets say...amd 64x2 3800, to a amd 64x2
>5200? would there be much inprovement, or am i looking at the wrong
>piece of hardware to change?
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I wouldn't look too much at the AMD performance numbers as they can be
quite misleading. Look at the actual clock speed and how much L2 cache
they have. I see 5200 is 2.7GHZ with 2x512kb L2 cache. That's 512kb
for each core so it is the same as a single core with just 512kb cache
as far as most games and apps are concerened. I would go for this one
if you want to see a nice benefit.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 3.2GHZ 2X1MB
90NM 125W Retail Box