Is this cpu enough for gaming?

[weedface]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103696&cm_re=amd_phenom_95w-_-19-103-696-_-Product

that's the max my motherboard can take and I'm also upgrading my video card and power supply but i want to squeeze as much as possible from my motherboard.

I'm going to play mainly battlefield bad company 2, crysis, and modern warfare 2. if it isn't good enough please recommend me a good motherboard with a cpu that can play those games

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

oh it will be more than enough!

enjoy it!

 

[weedface]

oh it will be more than enough!

enjoy it!

thank you

 

[builderbobftw]

Yeh, Thats fine. You should be ok for another couple years, and yes, it can play crysis.

 

[ubernoobie]

no, you need a core i7 920, jk that's very good but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product is faster and cheaper

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

no, you need a core i7 920, jk that's very good but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product is faster and cheaper

no!!

you do not need a core i7 920. (intel fanboys these days)

Yes, that CPU ubernoobie suggested is faster and cheaper, but.....

does your mobo support it? what motherboard do you have? let me see if it will work....

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

and why not get this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103809

its the same as the other you have and 15 bucks cheaper.

correct me if im wrong

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

using this im assuming that your mobo supports no more than 95 watt cpu's

otherwise you could definetely go for a heavier CPU.



EDIT: Sorry for all the posts

 

[yiplong]

This is really kind of confusing. Why does Newegg sell two P2 945s at two different price? What's going on here? And why is P2 955 BE cheaper than a 945?

 

[loneninja]

This is really kind of confusing. Why does Newegg sell two P2 945s at two different price? What's going on here? And why is P2 955 BE cheaper than a 945?

New products have been added that are cheaper. If you didn't notice there are 2 955's right now, one is C2 stepping, and one is C3 stepping. The C3 stepping is currently cheaper than the C2. That's the same with the 945, they just released the C3 stepping, and they still have C2 in stock. Same thing occurred a while back with the 965. The new C3 945 is cheaper than the C3 955.

 

[yiplong]

How does the C3 stepping chips differ from the C2 stepping ones?

 

[SV_Bubbles]

How does the C3 stepping chips differ from the C2 stepping ones?

8mb of L3 instead of 6mb, lower power envelopes and it usually equates to a better overclocker.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

in other words get the newer one with the c3 stepping!

 

[yiplong]

8mb of L3 instead of 6mb, lower power envelopes and it usually equates to a better overclocker.

But the two 945s mentioned in this thread both have 6mb L3 and both are 95W.

 

[warmon6]

How does the C3 stepping chips differ from the C2 stepping ones?

Typically the difference between different stepping is that newer step produces a little bit less heat than than the older step at same speed. Which for overclocking, is a good thing as it means you can overclock a little higher than the last stepping while producing the same high heat.

Also newer stepping means that some bugs that where discovered in the old stepping are removed.

Overall if your not overclocking or highly picky of temps, get whats ever cheaper of the 2 stepping.

 

[warmon6]

here 2 (very old) articles that my shed more info about steppings.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/29

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.aspx?i=6