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What is wrong with my CPU?

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April 3, 2013 10:29:46 AM

Everyone seems to think my Proccessor is Bad? I don't understand why, when ever i rate it etc i'm getting like 8.00/10.00 So it can't be that bad surley
Here it is:
AMD Athlon II x4 640 3.00ghz (4CPU's)??
and would a Sapphire 11201-17-20G AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5
Run well with this CPU? I play games like Arma 2/3 and would like to play on High or maybe Near ultra Settings

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April 3, 2013 1:24:25 PM

Your cpu is fine; continue using it if it's the best you can afford. Newegg has had the phenom II 965 as low as $85 in the retail box recently, but I would sell your old one first before you even order it to see what price it will bring.
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April 3, 2013 1:42:13 PM

people are comparing it to something like a new i5 or the best amd cpus, the best in gaming cpus, the athlon x4 is a great cpu yet
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April 3, 2013 1:56:38 PM

Oh okay, so it's not a bad CPU? it's just some people trying to show off there new CPU's or somthing? i realise it's not the best on the market i just always thought it was Decent
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April 3, 2013 2:18:32 PM

JohnPY93 said:
Oh okay, so it's not a bad CPU? it's just some people trying to show off there new CPU's or somthing? i realise it's not the best on the market i just always thought it was Decent

Yeah, like a i7 870 is crap to a 4.5 Ghz OC 3770k (heard that before), plays games great, just doesn't cost $800. Keep gaming!
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April 3, 2013 2:37:45 PM

i would prefer a phenom II x4 over the athlon but really any quad core is good for modern games with a gpu like ur 7770. Itd be a different story with a higher end gpu like a 670 or 7950 as the cpu wouldnt allow the graphics card to perform at its best. My friend is getting a 640 x4 likes urs to pair with the 5850 im using at the moment.

Most people are always based off benchmarks with the newest items. Like even comparing any amd cpu beside the 8350 to almost any intel cpu will get the same response, just because intel is better for core performance, and theres newer stuff doesnt make amds older cpus obselete and bad for gaming. Most ppl say games barely utilize a quad core but when u have something like the athlon its oh u need a new cpu. I used my x6 with stock 2.8ghz and even at the stock clock and for games that dont get near 6 core use perform great. For the right price id upgrade my old athlon x2 6400+ with a phenom X4 first gen as there still good cpus for the whopping $30 u can get them for lol

My bro in law had a first gen x4 before going with his i7, but that x4 and a 9800gt played bf3 barely and wow amazingly and cod pretty good, so usually its not the cpu that holds gaming back. It can but only by a few fps, a 1ghz oc on my x6 increased my fps by about 10 on bf3 and gave smooth gameplay over the stock setting for ultra, and other games didnt rlly effect much as bf3 likes more cores.
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April 3, 2013 2:54:09 PM

Its a good budget CPU to go with a good budget (Radeon 7770) graphics card, neither part is good compared to parts 2-4 times there price but they do there job well for there price.
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