E6550 & R3850 (512) vs X2 4000+ & 8800GT (512)

[zela]

Which setup in your opinion would do better for modern games? Budget is quite limited so consider that there aren't any extra $$$ to spend. Tnx.

 

[amd_fanboi]

games + gpu limited... so on that

depends on the res... for lower res, the first one... for higher res, the second one...

personally i'd take the E6550 + the 8800GT, but hey, i know how money can be

 

[zela]

Let's say that the resolution wouldn't be higher than 1600x1200.

 

[amd_fanboi]

ehmm, i'm not sure, to be honest... the problem witht he 8800GT is the CPU isn't as good... can you not try getting the 8800GT and the E2140/60/80? cos the HD3850 isn't going to last all that long at that res... even with 512mb

 

[zela]

I've already considered E2xxx, but I thought that those are severely crippled by their small amount of cache. Surely overclocking would make up for that, but I wouldn't go too far, 2.4-2.6 GHZ maybe. Stock cooling and default voltage would be nice for long-term worry-free.

Does E2xxx beat Brisbane at the same frequency? I'd like to know because I believe I could safely up the X2 to those frequencies too.

 

[zela]

I've just did some research, seems that even E2xxx is faster than brisbane at the same frequencies. So I guess that E2xxx and 8800GT would be a way to go.

Thanx for your help!

 

[amd_fanboi]

dunno... i know a E2160 @3.4 beats out an E6700... (legionhardware) so i would guess so... and you can hit up to 3.0ghz @ stock volts w/ the stock heatsink (legionhardware, again)

as for brisbane, i'm not so sure, but this might help ^^

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3112&p=8
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=10581&page=5