I want to get the AMD athlon X2 4200 2.2ghz toledo dual core cpu. Is it worth getting it? Thanx need answers soon as possible beucase I am heading to the comp store.
2006-11-13 03:38:25 · 6 answers · asked by Omer S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It all depends on what you use your machine for. Some apps e.g. rendering will benefit from 2 cores others will not.
Also do you run apps simultaneously e.g. email and anti-virus? If so you will see a speed boost because the OS can run an app on each core.
This page has CPU performance data:
http://tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html
The faster CPUs are at the top. Select the benchmark test from the dropdown at the top and the chart will redraw.
2006-11-13 03:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by Adrian C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely worth the upgrade, BUT ...if you can wait a few months, you'll be seeing the first of AMD's Quad-core product hitting the market
2006-11-13 10:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that E2160 will KILL the AMD once you overclock it previous 3.0Ghz that is very available on inventory cooling. and what's with the guy that asserts that the AMD will burn CDs quicker? Are you loopy? That has to do with the speed of your opticalcontinual, not the CPU...
2016-11-23 19:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dual core will be better
2006-11-13 04:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you do or what you want to do.
you can get it just because you want it, or because its cheap. You should not see substantial increase in performance unless its a multithreaded application.
2006-11-13 03:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by yesssssssss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would wait and see where the dust settles with vista
2006-11-13 03:42:55 · answer #6 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋