Is the difference of $24 worth it to me as a gamer? I mean, that's pretty much all I do when I am on the computer. I play Dark Age of Camelot, UT2003 and UT2004, America's Army, Call of Duty.. and maybe a few more in that genre.
I don't plan on buying Windows XP 64 when it's released, so no real gain on the OS.
Another major factor that scares the bejesus outta me is.. compatabilty issuses. Is all my shizz gonna work still?
Any thoughts you have toward my dilema would be greatly appreciated
p.s. Can someone tell me how you add the url into a word (click the colored/highlighted word and url opens)
Go Athlon 64.
The scales for the numbers are different between the K7s and K8s.
When compared against the Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE, the Athlon 64 3000 won.
Also, if you could spend a little extra money on the 3200, you could say your CPU beats the Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE. For the extra cache 2 comes in handy.
Of course you have nice upgrade options with the 3000.
But, if possible, I would wait for the socket 939s (March 29th).
Since the 754s will go XP.
64s will go 939.
Opteron will go 940.
It would help in upgrading.
Also for RAM:
754 - Single Channel
939 - Dual Channel
940 - Dual Channel Registered
Athlon XP 3200 3DMark05 Score: 3460
GeForce 6600 GT 3DMark05 Score: 3132
14304 SETI Results:
Athlon 64 2800
Athlon XP 3200
Athlon XP 2100
Athlon XP 1800
Pentium 3 Celeron 667MHz
If you haven't played Descent 3, you aren't a gamer.
No.
Athlon 64s are not just 64-Bit CPUs.
They have 64-Bit extensions from their 32-Bit environment.
They are the best CPUs for the 32-Bit world.
We will have to see about the 64-Bit world.
But still, wait for the Socket 939s.
Not only do you not have to get Registered RAM with them, but you can also have dual channel.
Athlon XP 3200 3DMark05 Score: 3460
GeForce 6600 GT 3DMark05 Score: 3132
14304 SETI Results:
Athlon 64 2800
Athlon XP 3200
Athlon XP 2100
Athlon XP 1800
Pentium 3 Celeron 667MHz
If you haven't played Descent 3, you aren't a gamer.
