Intel duo or the Duo version of amd for gaming?
2006-10-05 12:59:27 · 12 answers · asked by shizdan 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Intel is making the fastest processor right now, I will provide benchmarks. As for the shotty support guy, never experienced that problem myself. http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
2006-10-05 13:04:37 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still personally like AMD better when it comes to games. That little performace increase that intel's new Core 2 Duo's gives out prolly wouldn't even be noticeable by your eye. Sure, benchmarks are nice, too bad their mostly simulated or specially constructed to take advantage of a specific task. AMD is definitely cheaper right now and still very respectable. I've gone AMD and will prolly never go back to intel, not for a little while at least.
Others are right about the vid card though. If I were you, I'd get an upper midrange vid card and something like AMD's AM2 X2 4200+ or around that anyways. I'm pretty sure you won't strictly gamer on you computer so stay with dual core, I've seen no negative effect in games since I've upgraded mine and my friends' pc's. Games that are coming out soon will really take advantage of that extra core too. And they're not that expensive anymore.
2006-10-06 01:55:35 · answer #2 · answered by xxplalmxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the money intels core 2 duos are the best CPUs you can buy, however if you are on a budget AMD 939 X2's are the way to go for cheap upgrades. Most likely an upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duos will require a new more expensive motherboard new ram and graphic card.
Try this store for good deals on both, check out the prices on AMD X2 CPUS and 939 motherboards....
http://gamegiants.net/index.php?cPath=1
2006-10-07 16:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by decker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intel usually comes out with the latest and greatest first... So whatever new thing Intel puts out is the best....
BUT - when AMD releases their version; It blows away Intels version. Not only is it better, but it is more stable - less problems etc...
My favorite combo for a gaming system is an ASROCK mother board and an AMD processor.
2006-10-05 20:10:08 · answer #4 · answered by irishtek 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you haven't been given a correct answer up until now. While the speed of your cpu is by far the thing that will determine how fast your computer is at doing everything that it can do, it isn't the speed of your processor that determines how fast, or how well, you can play games. That honor belongs to your video card.
Now, you wouldn't want to use the top of the line video card with a 10 year old processor. But, never, ever spend so much on your processor, that you have to get a slower/weaker video card, if you're a gamer. Getting the fastest, or nearly the fastest, video card, and a slower processor, will always give you MUCH better results.
2006-10-05 23:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intel has shoddy support for a few crucial graphical implements in top of the line games. At $50 dollars per stupid mistake, buying a game that will never work with intel is less expensive than buying a game that may eventually work with amd.
2006-10-05 20:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by minstrel_of_munificence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesnt always depend on the cpu it depends on the memory and the graphic card... but if i wre you i would wait till november becacuse intel is takign out a quad core cpu which will be like 10x better than the intel core 2 duo which will blow all of the AMD and INtel cpu's away to dust
2006-10-05 23:15:45 · answer #7 · answered by aman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amd is actually the cheaper choice although if you go with the Intel E6400 or E6700 chip ovclocked, you can't currently beat it's perfomance.
It even smokes the AMD 5000+.
I hope this helps.
www.silicondirect.com
2006-10-05 20:04:18 · answer #8 · answered by silicondirect.com 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I have always gone with Intel when it comes to gaming.Yes it's true to some extent that AMD is faster.But ask yourself. Are you going to use this computer for absoulty 100% of the time strictly for playing videogames not online? If you answer yes go right ahead and get AMD.I can't afford to devote an entire computer to video games.I wish I could but I can't.So I compromised went a head with P4.And for the best bang for buck i have a very good videogame PC that I can do all of my online stuff with and daily PC uses.
2006-10-05 20:07:53 · answer #9 · answered by erkyoerk 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Currently there are hardly ANY if ANY games that support the dual core processor technology. In order for your dual processor to be effective, the game needs to be made to support that processing ability, otherwise it will be run with the power of a single processor of the indicated speed..
Personally, wait a little while untill the programming world catches onto the technology, but for now wven a p4 3.4 GHZ wqould do you greately.
But if you are bent on dual core technology, go with the Intel.. always one step ahead.
2006-10-05 20:13:35 · answer #10 · answered by GhandiDahandi 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋