Opty @2.4-VS-Conroe @3.2

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Hello everyone,

I'm thinking of building a Conroe rig, and wondering what kind of performance I'd be gaining by doing so. This would be a gaming rig.

I'd like to get some general idea before I went ahead with the build, if the performance is not going to be that much, I'll just shoot right to the quads.

Thanks

Sphere

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Clock for clock Conroe beats A64, and you're talking adding another 800Mhz on top, there's no question the Opteron would get slaughtered.

/Opteron 165 owner out.
 
Yea, I have an Opteron Dektop and a C2D laptop and have to say that the C2D owns the Opteron hands down.

I have my Opteron running at 3Ghz and this C2D is at 1.6Ghz and the laptop can hang with the desktop without any work, those are stock speeds. SuperPI scores are within 1 second of each other and the PCMark Scores are significantly better for the C2D
 
Thanks for the replies.

Now, in your opinions, if I were to sit down with 2 pcs, with the specs in the title, I'd be able to notice the difference and pick out the C2D rig?

Thanks again.
 
Sphere said:
Thanks for the replies.

Now, in your opinions, if I were to sit down with 2 pcs, with the specs in the title, I'd be able to notice the difference and pick out the C2D rig?

Thanks again.
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Considering you have an 8800GTX and those need a fast CPU to really shine, I would upgrade... get your monies worth from the video card if nothing else. I assume you are a gamer and your CPU is probably a bottleneck for you (not saying your current rig would be slow by any means... you just arent getting the most from your graphics card)
 
FWIW, I had a E6300 at stock, at 3.22GHz, and a X2 3800+ at 2.7GHz, their 3DMark06 scores (individual graphic tests) were all within 1fps of each other. This is with a 8800GTS.
 
If you are unsatisfied with your Opteron, go ahead and upgrade to the C2D, at least that why you have more life out of the socket.
 
theelectic said:
FWIW, I had a E6300 at stock, at 3.22GHz, and a X2 3800+ at 2.7GHz, their 3DMark06 scores (individual graphic tests) were all within 1fps of each other. This is with a 8800GTS.
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Can we get some specifics on your test and results?

else...

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Hornswoggler said:
Can we get some specifics on your test and results?

else...

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Remember I'm talking 3DMark06, which is a video benchmark, and may/may not be the best indicator for games. Luckily I saved my Excel file from my old system, check it out:



Ignore the CPU score, because of course any OC'd C2D will smoke an X2, just look at the GT1, GT2, HDR1, HDR2 results in fps. Very very close. In fact ALL of the HDR1 results are pretty close, even the ancient 3.4GHz P4. The GT1/GT2 tests seem to scale well, the HDR2 test does to a point.

The 3.4GHz P4 score is a Dell 8400. Stock E6300 score is on a Foxconn 965 mobo, OC'd E6300 score is from a DS3 (460x7), X2 3800+ score is with an Asus Crosshair. The Intel results are w/2GB of RAM, AMD results w/1GB of RAM.
 
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