second thoughts

[AlmostEvil]

alright, i was thinking of getting the x2 3800+ but after seeing some of the 3dmark05 scores, im a little doubtful ill see that much increase. I get around 5500 with my system, will i see a major increase if i do get the X2?
specs in sig

 

[nobrainer]

thats ridiculous 3dmark is worthless, you can't base your decision on 3dmark points. Besides 3dmark05 is orientated towards videocards

 

[J'Tok]

3d mark has had some problems in the past, and just now actually, that make me question their ability to be fair and accurate. I won't get into it here, but I'd be wary of basing a decision off of them. Also, I don't know if they'r multi-threaded. That's where you're gonna notice a difference with and X2.
If you have any questions, or want to a link a review of 3dmark just post it, and i'll get back to it today.

Best O Luck

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

thats ridiculous 3dmark is worthless, you can't base your decision on 3dmark points. Besides 3dmark05 is orientated towards videocards

agreed... 05 is so video card limited, it's rediculous

 

[DeathFromAb0ve]

3d mark essentially starts it's life as a video card benchmark. Eventually it's pretty balanced, and later on it's more of a system benchmark.

 

[Vengance_01]

You would see a nice healthy boost. These 3800's can do 2.4 on stock voltage usally. Asrock makes a nice AGP/PCI-E board that is cheap and is stable as hell, can even O/C Best of all its only 69$

 

[Elysian]

alright, i was thinking of getting the x2 3800+ but after seeing some of the 3dmark05 scores, im a little doubtful ill see that much increase. I get around 5500 with my system, will i see a major increase if i do get the X2?
specs in sig

can you play 3dmark? is it fun?

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

can you play 3dmark? is it fun?

no, it's nothing but a boring benchmark you have to watch. i personally don't touch it unless i have to

 

[AlmostEvil]

3d mark has had some problems in the past, and just now actually, that make me question their ability to be fair and accurate. I won't get into it here, but I'd be wary of basing a decision off of them. Also, I don't know if they'r multi-threaded. That's where you're gonna notice a difference with and X2.
If you have any questions, or want to a link a review of 3dmark just post it, and i'll get back to it today.

Best O Luck

Yea, i just ran the test again and i got 5100, but i didnt do anything to my system between the two tests. its weird , so im questioning the accuracy also.

You would see a nice healthy boost. These 3800's can do 2.4 on stock voltage usally. Asrock makes a nice AGP/PCI-E board that is cheap and is stable as hell, can even O/C Best of all its only 69$

Im looking at the asrock mobo cause i wanna keep my 6800gt, its agp. And now that i think more about it, the X2 is dual core so it is going to be faster and not just in games. I was just kinda freaked out because i was reading about peoples scores in 3Dmark 05 and then their comp specs and everything. im good now I have done a lot of research into the X2 and the 4800 is even better than the FX-57 in some tests. Also the games that are coming out will be optimized to run on dual cores. thanks for all the replies

 

[Elysian]

no, it's nothing but a boring benchmark you have to watch. i personally don't touch it unless i have to

sorry, was trying to make a joke, a bad one at that