aravind_n20 said:
For sub 9k, u can get Athlon X2 5200+. Its better than C2D E6400 or Pentium D 3.4Ghz in number crunching and it runs cooler than the 3.4Ghz machine.
And for 4k, u can get Asus M2NE mobo which is a gud perfomance mobo and very gud value for money. It dun have onboard GFX, so get a 6200 for 2k.
*in.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=308&l4=0&model=1181&modelmenu=1
I dont know how people with such conviction claim these benchmarks.............Pentium D is way down under......then probably X2 5000 but still leading are the kings 6600/6700 C2D series and with 6300, 6400 OCed to give 6600/6700 performance even they lead the way ahead.......lets look at some of the numbers......
Starting with gaming......
Quake 4 and FEAR
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BF2
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Now...MP3 and Windows media encoding
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Finally WorldBench overall performance
WorldBench's overall score is a pretty decent indication of general-use performance for desktop computers. This benchmark uses scripting to step through a series of tasks in common Windows applications and then produces an overall score for comparison. WorldBench also records individual results for its component application tests, allowing us to compare performance in each.
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It covers pretty much everything........
Source::::techreport.com