athlon 64 or athlon x2 ???

[Omsck]

hi. ..
im thinking of this :
ASUS M2NPV-VM
2*512 ram 533
athlon 64 3000+ OR athlon X2 3600+ (both am2)

now the processor is worrying me
how much is the difference between these two??
is there huge performance difference??
if i put a gud gfx card later, will the proccy matter??
ive read somwhere that if u put a gud gfx card, a athlon64 3000+ works good enough ...
nd athlon 64 is almost half the price of X2
r the prices of X2 coming down ???
then i can change it to a better X2 later
so... what should i do??

 

[webgenius]

better get a core2duo. Its lot better than X2 or 3000+.

 

[Omsck]

but what abt my query??

 

[webgenius]

x2 is obviously better than 3000+. X2 prices don't seem to be coming down now. Their prices have already been slashed.

 

[deathvirus_me]

ofcourse the X2 3600+ will be better , even than an insanely oc'ed 3000+ ..

 

[rajasekharan]

Go for x2 3600 mate . . Put asus m2n-e if not planning to insanely overclock . You can do mild overclock .

 

[assasin]

If u hav the budget den go for C2D,it'll be a far better dan X2.

Athlon 64 X2 3600+> Athlon 64 3000+

 

[da_tcpip]

X2 is definitely better than 3000+.. and btw.. C2D are only compared Amd Fx versions.. so ts a diff story altogether

 

[codename_romeo]

X2.............all the way

 

[shantanu]

X2 is better its DUAL CORE BUDDY

 

[nishant_nms]

But it would be better if u get a graphics card as it will provide better gameplay with 300+ than a 3600+X2 without graphics card

 

[deathvirus_me]

X2 3600+ with 6100 IGP is the lowest he'd get anyway ..

 

[nishant_nms]

X2 3600+ with 6100 IGP is the lowest he'd get anyway ..

But if he get 3000+ with 7600 GS with 256/512 MB graphics RAM then it will be better for playing games. Isn't it

 

[ambandla]

And if he get's X2 with 7600 GS with 256/512MB GPU RAM, it will be even better for playing games. Isn't it.

@Omsck Go and get X2. Dual core is future proof and there is amazing difference in performance between 3000+ and X2 even when 3000+ is overclocked to the extremes. btw, X2 is more overclocker friendly.

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@Omsck
one thing u should remember. Future games like UT07 nd Crysis nd all upcoming games are optimised to run on dual/quad cores. A single core cpu would be a bottleneck even if u have a good gcard. Those games like crysis are more CPU intense, nd in the recc. req for such games u can see "Dual core preffered" nd even an X2 3600+ would do the job.
I would suggest get X2 3600+/X2 3800+/C2D E6300 along with a 6100/6150/X 3000 IGP, and later upgrade to a mid end DX10 card (GF8 series like 8600 or 8400).

 

[shantanu]

HEY BUDDY X2 is really good GO FOR IT

 

[kin.vachhani]

x2 rocks'

 

[keith_j_snyder2]

U r querry is solved,i believe but check out the latest & greatest man!!!
Core2Duo is the hottest thing & u can have it with spending almost little more than AMD & it will give u value for ur money & its performance is way better than AMD....so far.U should run with the technology!!!

 

[Omsck]

thanx a lot evryone, ill go for the x2 then ...can someone plz tell me the current prices for : x2 3600+ , asus m2npv-vm, 160 gb sata hdd,dvd writer, 2*512 ram 533....which brand of ram shud i use ? does it matter? nd plz give prices at mumbai...

 

[drvarunmehta]

X2 3600+ 6k
Asus M2NPV-MX 4.7k
160GB HDD 2.9k
Liteon DVD writer 1.9k
1 GB RAM 4.5k (Buy 1x1 GB RAM not 2x512 MB)