AMD FX 4100 VS Intel i3 3220 (gaming)

[CommanderShawnzer]

the title explains it all
and i'm talking about gaming with a graphics card and without one.both

 

[sumonpathak]

not the same comparison but close enough

Spoiler

*media.bestofmicro.com/U/0/354888/original/BF3.png
*media.bestofmicro.com/U/1/354889/original/DiRT.png
*media.bestofmicro.com/U/6/354894/original/Metro.png
*media.bestofmicro.com/U/C/354900/original/Skyrim.png
4170 is the 4100 bulldozer chip with clockspeed boosted..

without GPU both are not in the same league since FX has no die GPU and Intel's on die GPU plain sucks..
*www.legitreviews.com/article/1766/12/

i would say stay away from any of them if u want to game at low budget

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

so what proccy on low budget?

 

[sumonpathak]

how low is ur budget?
how soon you want it?

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

budget is 7.5K max(proccy only) and i'l get it by march-april(when my 10th results are announced)
i also plan to get HD 7770/7750 If possible

 

[sumonpathak]

dont ask now then...trinty would be out by then and many more stuff

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

^but will trinity be cheap?

 

[_AkasH_]

It should be around your budget. It will be less than 10K.

 

[sumonpathak]

^but will trinity be cheap?

the highest end motherboard with Xfire capability and 7 sata 6Gb/s costs around 6kish in newegg ...go figure

 

[topgear]

^but will trinity be cheap?

this should give you some good Idea
AMD announces Trinity APUs: superb graphics, improved CPU | PCWorld