What is better 4 gaming

[ckibunenko]

Hi everybody!I am new here
What is more imortant , in general, for gaming - L3 cache or number of cores?In other words Phenomom II X3 710 or AMD Athlon II X4 620?Phenom II 710 have 6MB of L3 cache and 3 cores and Athlon II 620 have 0 MB of L3 cache and 4 cores?Which CPU is better solutions for playing games?
What do you have to say about this topic?
Thx!

 

[OvrClkr]

what games do you play?

 

[ckibunenko]

I wait for NBA 2K10,PES 2010,FM 2010, one day Starcraft 2 :lol: , Age of dragon ...And games that are alredy here SF4,World in conflict,Anno 1404,Grid...
For GPU i have a plan to buy HD 4770...

 

[OvrClkr]

yea, you need a quad......

don't even think about a 710 or a 620...try saving up for a 955 .....

both of those CPU's are really considered low-end/bargain cpu's..... if you want GAME then don't skimp on the CPU.....

 

[dirtmountain]

Usually for playing games the PhenomII x3 710 would give slightly better performance. I would suggest that you spend an extra $10 and get the PhenomII x3 720 though.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon-ii-x4-630_6.html#sect0

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3638&p=8

 

[emyyhh]

You'll be wasting a quad on a 4770. If your planning to game at high res/settings go for a 4870 minimum.