cpus need. So, I am prepared to buy a 4-core Athlon II or Phenom II, but only if I know that my mobo won't be a noticeable limiting factor. If my mobo can be a limiting factor, then should I would better go for a high speed 2-core Athlon II or Phenom II....

much better off with a newer Athlon II X2 or Phenom II X2. Good advice up there^. Unless you pick up one of the old X2's running at least 3-3.2ghz, you should set your sites on the new Phenom Processors. They perform better clock for clock, and they run much,...

9800 gx2 on AMD cpu. Hi there, i'm running an amd based system with a phenom processor, I currently use an 8800 GT from evga and was considering doing a step-up to a 9800 gx2 the question is: has anyone benched or does anyone have a url to a bench for a...

upgrade CPU/Mobo - you will see improvements not only in games , and then think about the GPU You don't need to buy a phenom, AM2+ does not mean phenom CPU's only.... Anyways I bet any AM2+ CPU will work on your mobo. If you do not want to risk it then why...

processor is NOT a phenom 2 it is a phenom 1 which are HORRIBLE processors. balls slow and wicked power consumption for little improvement on overclock. my first guess is this: 1) your processor is a HUGE bottleneck and 2) the games you play do not scale...

Don't know if the bug has been replicated outside of a lab. Now you should try to OC the processor, I'm interested to know how high yours will go. Heard you are lucky to get a phenom processor that can do 2.8 gHz. Have fun! Just to help you out with...

Maybe they need to go thru that, just so AMD can catch back up I dont think its going to be that big of a deal. Intel will go on almost like nothing ever happened. You know like car manufacturers.............. OOOOO I used a car analogy. Oops! Anyway, yes it...