E6600 vs 4800+

What would you choose?

  • Socket 939 4800+

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • E6600

    Votes: 24 88.9%

  • Wait for quad cores

    Votes: 2 7.4%
  • Total voters
    27
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Tyri3l

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Hey all :) Ok, In the past I always went AMD because of performance and lower temps. However, I'm way overdue for an upgrade.

Current specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
128MB Geforce 6600GT
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200

I primarily need a gaming PC and of all the canned benchmarks I've seen, it seems the E6600 is the better choice. However I haven't yet found a real world gaming test that compares the E6600 and 4800+. From what I have seen though the E6600 seems to be able to keep pace or out perform an FX-62 which honestly confuses the hell out of me but the canned benchmarks could be the culprit although the E6600 does feature a 4MB L2 cache over AMD's 2MB L2 cache.

Also, it is the socket 939 4800+ I was looking at which is closer in price to the E6600 not the AM2 version which is around $700 (lolz). What I really want is a fast processor for current games like Battlefield 2, Call of Duty 2, Counter-strike: Source etc. but will also fair well once UT2K7 is out.

The other key part I was looking at was the videocard: a X1900 XT, 7800/7900 GTX, or X1950 XTX
the X1900 XT seems to be the best value in terms of price/performance. However, the X1950 XT is only $100 more and is on par with the 7950 GX2. The only reason I was considering the 7900/7800 GTX is [H] seems to have had difficult times with crossfire in the past...

The final option would be to wait for quad cores... But I'd really rather not wait and even if I save the money there is no gaurantees I will be able to afford it or that games will even support more than 2 cores... though I'm certain they will.

So now comes the fun part... what's everyones opinion?

So far I'm leaning toward the X1950 XTX with the E6600.
 
e6600.

lets put it this way, I have an amd opteron 165 @ ghz and i think i want to upgrade to e6600 :)
 
And I have an Opteron 170 running at 2.4 ghz (same as 4800+), and i would also go for the E6600. Then again, i dont plan on upgrading for a long time - i'm not waiting for quad core either.
 
E6600, hands down. I upgraded from an X2 3800+ @ 2.5ghz/core to an E6600 @ 3.5ghz/core and the difference was one of those *WOW!* upgrades that come so rarely.
 
GoldenTiger said:
E6600, hands down. I upgraded from an X2 3800+ @ 2.5ghz/core to an E6600 @ 3.5ghz/core and the difference was one of those *WOW!* upgrades that come so rarely.
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was it really? that confirmed what my upgrade :).

In what types of activities?
 
e6600. I've stuck with AMD in the past as well, but this time I'm switching over to an e6400. You can wait for the quad cores if you want, but my personal recommendation is to get what you want now. There will always be something around the corner, something tempting you to wait just a little bit longer. Trust me, I've been doing it too, but longer than you. I've just started upgrading my XP 1500+, GeForce 4200ti...

I'm hoping it's one of those "WOW!" upgrades too ;)

EDIT: As far as games supporting multiple cores, I recently read that Alan Wake is being optimized for at least a dual core, a quad core being even better.
 
dx10 and vista are around the corner.

i would wait a little while for memory prices to stabilize cause they are simply crazy right now.
 
go for the e6600 and x1950xtx, here's a review from [H] (linky to review) where they've tested the x1950xtx + crossfire vs 7950gx2 and the x1950xtx actually came out on top. Anyways I'm getting an e6400 + x1950xtx , with any luck the system should arrive in about a week.

On another note my WOW factor will pwn the rest of you guys' by a mile since I'm upgrading from a pentium 3 system with an 8gig hdd :p
 
tisb0b said:
go for the e6600 and x1950xtx, here's a review from [H] (linky to review) where they've tested the x1950xtx + crossfire vs 7950gx2 and the x1950xtx actually came out on top. Anyways I'm getting an e6400 + x1950xtx , with any luck the system should arrive in about a week.

On another note my WOW factor will pwn the rest of you guys' by a mile since I'm upgrading from a pentium 3 system with an 8gig hdd :p
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Whoa
 
I suggest you wait on buying a videocard, with DX10 this close it's just a waste. If you have to get one then get some cheap thing to hold you off. As for Intel or AMD, doesn't matter they both are very good processors just depends how much money you plan to blow on a couple seconds worth of performance.
 
tisb0b said:
go for the e6600 and x1950xtx, here's a review from [H] (linky to review) where they've tested the x1950xtx + crossfire vs 7950gx2 and the x1950xtx actually came out on top. Anyways I'm getting an e6400 + x1950xtx , with any luck the system should arrive in about a week.

On another note my WOW factor will pwn the rest of you guys' by a mile since I'm upgrading from a pentium 3 system with an 8gig hdd :p
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i don't think you'll be able to handle your new system. better hold on tight. :p
 
lodingi said:
i don't think you'll be able to handle your new system. better hold on tight. :p
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Yeah he's gonna miss seeing the Windows hour glass all the time, an old friend by now with a system like that.
 
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