ATHLON64 x2 OR CORE 2 DUO E6600 for gaming ?

Question

some one help me please ! this is so confusing !

Answer 1

go for Athlon64
it is much faster than intel core duo
by spendind cost for intel core duo u can buy Athlon and graphics card ( u get high speed sytem).coz intel duo is costlier than Athlon 64.

Additional info
if u decided to buy Athlon better buy motherboard with inbuilt nividia graphics card(to get very high speed)

Answer 2

... the Core 2 Duo is definatly the faster one now
a 3ghz AMD is about the same speed as a stock E6700
that is 2.66ghz
and 3ghz is about the highest you will get on an AMD Cpu without extreme cooling
the E6600 or E6700, however, is known for it's overclocking ablilities
people have gotten their E6600 to 3.7ghz
and if you use phase changing, people have gotten them to 4.1ghz
the Core 2 Extreme X6800 can go to 5.1ghz though

Here is basically how the line works now
Intel Core 2 Duo > AMD Athlon 64 > other Intel cpus

it's another way of saying
Core 2 Duos are better than AMD Athlons which are better than any intel cpus that arn't Conroe/Core 2 Duo

Answer 3

Whoo, I also passed by this this was the same question in my head but from what ive heard and the one im using AMD's Althon is much faster and has much better resolution that Intel's Duo and the price of Duo is twice that of Althon64 but you need to add a video card to have better performance but it wouldnt cost that much like the Core 2 Duo.

Answer 4

Oh my gosh I can't believe those fist two answers. The E6600, it is not even close. Go here:http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
and compare the E6600 to the X2s on games, like Call of Duty, Quake, FEAR, Unreal Tournament. The E6600 is the winner everytime.