What setup would you take?

[dave343]

Which setup would you take. I'm primarly using the system for Battle Field 2 and the upcoming Oblivion. I already have the 1st option but I'm being offered a swap no charge for the second.

Intel P4 3.0ghz Northwood 512k 800fsb
Intel D868GBF Dual channel
2Gb DDR-400 in DC mode.

or

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512k
DFI nForce 3 Ultra board no Dual Channel
2GB DDR-400 running in single channel mode

Rest of specs:

BFG Geforce 6800GS 256mb AGP
Creative X-FI Xtreme-Music
Maxtor 120gb 2mb 7200
LG 52x CDRW

 

[gwai lo]

I'd go with the second option just because it's overclockable. No point in running a Northwood at stock.

...and because the 3000+ would probably have a slight edge.

edit: Wait...is the socket 754?

 

[pstang]

I'd go with the second option just because it's overclockable. No point in running a Northwood at stock.

...and because the 3000+ would probably have a slight edge.

edit: Wait...is the socket 754?

either way itll still be a better choice

 

[BlackTigers91]

I'd go with the second option just because it's overclockable. No point in running a Northwood at stock.

...and because the 3000+ would probably have a slight edge.

edit: Wait...is the socket 754?

I believe so if their's no DC RAM........could be wrong.

But yes, i'd take the AMD

 

[gwai lo]

either way itll still be a better choice

Yeah, it was just a question, wouldn't have changed what I said. Just one of those off-topicish questions.

 

[L1ght]

Second one. 754 FTW.

 

[ChingChang]

Yeah, I'd probably go with the 2nd one over the pentium4, if it was being used for games. Dual channel doesn't help too much with AMD processors compared to intel, and socket 754 processors are around the same performance as socket 939.