Greetings Everyone-
First off, let me say this isn't supposed to start CPU War. This question is being asked because I am trying to understand and educate myself with the help of fellow friendly computer users.
I am in the process of building a new gaming computer and I am having a hard time choosing a CPU. From my understanding, AMD used to have the best CPU's for gaming ( I very well could be wrong) but now most say Intel is the king of CPU's. I have been a fan of AMD for many years and a loyal supporter so I naturally want to buy and AMD CPU. But, here is the problem... lack of knowledge! Sure it's great for someone to say, "This one is the best... buy it! " . That doesn't teach me anything... I want to know why it is better. So, school is in and I have open ears and a willing mind to learn.
Here are my two choices I have found to be the top of there class (again, I maybe wrong) . They are both Dual-Core CPU's because from what I have learned from my research Quad-Cores aren't really being used the gaming market and aren't really needed because you won't see a difference in performance.
1. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
From my limited amount of knowledge, they appear to be very equal in performance save for a few things : Cache Size and Hyper Transports 2000MHz / FSB 1333MHz . From what I have read, Cache size isn't really as important as RAM, CPU. GPU speed because the Cache is only used in repeated functions and not for gaming which is always loading and compiling new data. I have no idea of what the difference between HT and FSB is nor exactly what they are or how they work. I have read a few comparison charts and I am a bit familiar with the issue of AMD CPU's not fully untilizing the full RAM speed.
Please feel free to comment and correct me in any errors or lack of knowledge. I am here to learn and I greatly appreciate any input anyone has to offer. Which is better Gaming CPU and why? Thank you for your time and consideration.
-Drezzil
First off, let me say this isn't supposed to start CPU War. This question is being asked because I am trying to understand and educate myself with the help of fellow friendly computer users.
I am in the process of building a new gaming computer and I am having a hard time choosing a CPU. From my understanding, AMD used to have the best CPU's for gaming ( I very well could be wrong) but now most say Intel is the king of CPU's. I have been a fan of AMD for many years and a loyal supporter so I naturally want to buy and AMD CPU. But, here is the problem... lack of knowledge! Sure it's great for someone to say, "This one is the best... buy it! " . That doesn't teach me anything... I want to know why it is better. So, school is in and I have open ears and a willing mind to learn.
Here are my two choices I have found to be the top of there class (again, I maybe wrong) . They are both Dual-Core CPU's because from what I have learned from my research Quad-Cores aren't really being used the gaming market and aren't really needed because you won't see a difference in performance.
1. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
From my limited amount of knowledge, they appear to be very equal in performance save for a few things : Cache Size and Hyper Transports 2000MHz / FSB 1333MHz . From what I have read, Cache size isn't really as important as RAM, CPU. GPU speed because the Cache is only used in repeated functions and not for gaming which is always loading and compiling new data. I have no idea of what the difference between HT and FSB is nor exactly what they are or how they work. I have read a few comparison charts and I am a bit familiar with the issue of AMD CPU's not fully untilizing the full RAM speed.
Please feel free to comment and correct me in any errors or lack of knowledge. I am here to learn and I greatly appreciate any input anyone has to offer. Which is better Gaming CPU and why? Thank you for your time and consideration.
-Drezzil