basically which shuld i get, the 3800+ is dual core, but the perfformance rating is less than the 4000+, but if its a dual core wuldnt it b quite faster? wa u rekon
amd 4000+ or amd3800+
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Also, what will you be doing mainly?
I game a lot, but I also have a lot running in the background.. and I never close anything, I ended up getting the 4800+ dual core (best one on market atm). But the 4000+ single core would have actually performed better in BF2, and it's a hella cheaper, and not even the best in it's class.
But dual core is brilliant, I can open ANY game and not have to worry about my background tasks, being able to affiliate my two cores to different applications is also another awesome feature.
You've got to balance the pros and con, and make a decision based on what you do the most.
I game a lot, but I also have a lot running in the background.. and I never close anything, I ended up getting the 4800+ dual core (best one on market atm). But the 4000+ single core would have actually performed better in BF2, and it's a hella cheaper, and not even the best in it's class.
But dual core is brilliant, I can open ANY game and not have to worry about my background tasks, being able to affiliate my two cores to different applications is also another awesome feature.
You've got to balance the pros and con, and make a decision based on what you do the most.
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basicly, do u run more then one task at a time, (big tasks) or would u stop loads things to play a game normaly? if you would like to do quite afew things at once, im guessing the dual core? (correct me if im wrong) but if u want just the speed in one place for the amd4000+?
plus the 4800+ dual core is abit extreme aint it? :P much that set u bk? cos you'll be pissed soon when a better one comes out, 3 cores or somet lol. then yours is ''crap'' :P
plus the 4800+ dual core is abit extreme aint it? :P much that set u bk? cos you'll be pissed soon when a better one comes out, 3 cores or somet lol. then yours is ''crap'' :P
Dual core is the future and it's already showing it's strength now in games over single core processors.
If you can afford dual core, there is NO reason to go single core. Hell, if you got a nvidia card their drivers are multithreaded which means game ownage.
If you can afford dual core, there is NO reason to go single core. Hell, if you got a nvidia card their drivers are multithreaded which means game ownage.
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The previous pc made me over £6,000 to start with, and is still making money... I guess it's only fair to treat it to an awesome upgrade.
EDIT: I prefer computers to consoles, If I got really desperate because I wanted a bigger picture or w/e, I can just hook it up to my HDTV plasma screen. But I despise gamepads, mouse + keys for the win.
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lol, well all i wanted to know, if ur making cash from it, why not go all out on it hey 
p.s gimpasaurus i wasnt asking how, or any tips :P i do know you can but i do know people dont, and just use for gaming which i found £1,488 was extravegant for just gaming, which alot cheaper pc's can handle the games which are out at this time and will still be able to play the not so far future ones.
p.s gimpasaurus i wasnt asking how, or any tips :P i do know you can but i do know people dont, and just use for gaming which i found £1,488 was extravegant for just gaming, which alot cheaper pc's can handle the games which are out at this time and will still be able to play the not so far future ones.
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i would multi task alot, but when i mean that i mean like msn running in background, playing cs;s and may b having a few p2p progs downloading various crap, but i dont know if a 4000+ could do that anyway, and u say there is a big price difference, looking on komplett.co.uk the 4000+ is 240quid, and the 3800+ is 235quid.
A single core can handle all those tasks fine. BUT DON'T GET A SINGLE CORE.
Get an X2 3800+ or s939 Opteron 165.
Get an X2 3800+ or s939 Opteron 165.
well their basically same price, both dual core, but one is down .2ghz, but has 2mb l2 cache, so which? lol.
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well, if u like to do those things already, and u do them, then what u using now? cos if u do it now succesfully, obviously anything better than that will cope with it, id like the dual core myself. although being in the amd 4000+'s would be nice lol, when u getting it? after crimbo or befor? lol cos price can change alot. might be able go 4000+dual core
my specs right now r very crap, thats why im gunna treat myself with sumthin rly gd lol. this is my current pc;
as u see its not good at all, bout 5/6yrs old, all ive done is added 256mb ram lol. atm it actually manages to run cs;s as long as nothing else is running, when i got cs;s about a month ago, i could actually see through boxes and windows on cs from say a few feet away lol, now theyve fixed it
it takes like 4mins to load cs;s aswell lol, no joke.
im going to be buying all components, or a few at a time, after xmas.
im hoping to get sumthin like a amd 3800+, may b a 10000rpm 74gb hard drive, 256mb graph card, gig ram, ect
as u see its not good at all, bout 5/6yrs old, all ive done is added 256mb ram lol. atm it actually manages to run cs;s as long as nothing else is running, when i got cs;s about a month ago, i could actually see through boxes and windows on cs from say a few feet away lol, now theyve fixed it
it takes like 4mins to load cs;s aswell lol, no joke.
im going to be buying all components, or a few at a time, after xmas.
im hoping to get sumthin like a amd 3800+, may b a 10000rpm 74gb hard drive, 256mb graph card, gig ram, ect
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