What cpu for?

cre8 · Post by **cre8** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:52 pm

My friend is getting a 6800U with his new system he's building
What cpu won't bottle neck it?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:20 pm

any thing AMD 64 3000+ or better should do just fine. I would look at the Sandi cores like 3700+ they cost a bit more but that extra cache makes a difference.

ELIK18 · Post by **ELIK18** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:23 pm

AMD 3000+ 939 will be great.

Yuriman · Post by **Yuriman** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:46 pm

Will he be overclocking? I have a 3000+ running at 2.52ghz (40% increase), and an X850XT PE (modded X800GTO²), and I am very much video card limited in some games.... at least, at the resolutions I like to play at.

zenzog · Post by **zenzog** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:12 pm

I read somewhere (other forums) that the new 7x/x18's are so powerful that the cpu is pretty much going to be the bottleneck until the next generation comes out.

But with the 6 series, you'll probably be fine with any A64.

Yuriman · Post by **Yuriman** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:52 pm

Depends on what games you play. My X800GTO² is only about 10% slower than a stock 7800GTX (after OC and unlock), and I am forced to run AOE3 at 1280x960 16x AF 0x AA in order to keep my framerate above 30 most of the time. I'd very much like to run 2048x1536, or turn on some Anti-aliasing, but nothing short of 7800GTX SLI would be capable of that.

allenpan · Post by **allenpan** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:05 pm

10% slower? let me give u an accurte number is more of 30%-50%,

(edited by admin)

u really wanna compare 2 cards, please use something that is more resource consuming, like F.E.A.R BF2 everyhing higherst so on

zachig · Post by **zachig** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:45 am

If he plans overclocking, the AMD 64 3000+ (Venice Core) will be just great for him!!!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:02 am

allenpan wrote:10% slower? let me give u an accurte number is more of 30%-50%,

he said opened up (read: flashed to an X850XT PE) + OC'ed. so yes that would put it around GTX - 10%