Got Ok For New System

[drdeathx]

Tequila, Ran fine with 1 512 3870 seems problems when crossfired and the 4870 x 2 were  working with only 1 gpu

[TequilaChaser]

for what it is worth ( very little ) I built my new PC because of the availability of using both the AM2+ and the AM2 processors:
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

    * CPU Type: Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
    * FSB: 2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s)
    * South Bridge: AMD SB600
    * Number of Memory Slots: 4×240pin
    * Memory Standard: DDR2 1066
    * Maximum Memory Supported: 8GB
    * Dual Channel Supported: Yes
    * PCI Express 2.0 x16: 4 x PCIe x16 with ATI CrossFireX support, @ dual x16; tripple x16 / x8 / x8; or quad x8 modes
    * Model #: M3A32-MVPDeluxe/WiFi

while I truely know INTEL does hold the upperhand currently......... I find it is really useless to continue to see people thrash about which is better........ anything starting with an old AMD  AthlonXP 2800+  with a 500watt PSU and 1 gig ram PC3200 and an old Ati 9800 Pro 128 meg AGP card will play Aces High in 1024 x768 / or 1280 x 1024 with High Res Textures preloaded and damn near play at max resolution on most LCD screens ( 60 to 75 fps ) running steady......dropping to high 40s/low 50s during scenarios or humongous furballs/smoke/fire 30+ cons

Yes TODAY's E8500 ( this year 2008 ) is by far more powerful than 2 year old AMD Athlon64 X2 6400....which was at the time being compared to I think the E6600 / E6650 / E6700 / E6750 core 2 duo and equivlent type INTEL chips.....

as for overclocking, MrRipley...my MB will allow me unworldly options on overclocking it is unreal....... I can push this AMD X2 6400 to 3.8 on stock heatsink/fan..(mainly due to my Antec900 case's EXCELLENT cooling capability)...and it can even hit 4.15 ghz ( if you don't think so, research it ) if I want to go the water cooling route.......yes with most of it in the BIOS settings...I can easily overclock my memory nearly the same manner....but why would anyone need to do this, when like I mentioned above an old 2.0 ghz single core athlonXP2800 handled the game nearly as well

I must apologize to ImaDot, sorry for highjacking your Thread, Sir......

I knew if I started running with the AMD vs INTEL that I would get people to come a runnin' ..... I was bored......just felt like typing a bunch of useless dribble.......

this is why I keep saying it is user preference.......... sorry for the rambling

[drdeathx]

Nice Tequila.. I  think we are saying Intel makes a better processor(E8500 and 6660) just saying AMD is not bad! Your MB is an excellent one too.  The FSB makes phenoms work nicely and if you research the micro-architecture its not bad for AMD's first try. I thnk this will take them to the next step. I used  that MB and switched to MSI K9A2 and The Asus oc'd a bit better.

[drdeathx]

170 really an outdated processor for today applications.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

as for overclocking, MrRipley...my MB will allow me unworldly options on overclocking it is unreal....... I can push this AMD X2 6400 to 3.8 on stock heatsink/fan..

There are two big differences. With AMD there's no guarantee whatsoever that your mobo/cpu combination will overclock even one bit where on Intel it's almost a no brainer. Second big point is that the AMD pushed to 3.8Ghz will probably just match E8500 at stock clock - E8500 running 3.8 blows the oc AMD away.

I used to be AMD only but now I switched to Intel for a reason.

[Getback]

There are two big differences. With AMD there's no guarantee whatsoever that your mobo/cpu combination will overclock even one bit where on Intel it's almost a no brainer. Second big point is that the AMD pushed to 3.8Ghz will probably just match E8500 at stock clock - E8500 running 3.8 blows the oc AMD away.

I used to be AMD only but now I switched to Intel for a reason.

My, and we've heard this soooooo many times, is clocked at 3.8 and it screams. I think under test it only reaches 53c. Most of the time while gaming it only reaches into the 40s.

[drdeathx]

Ancient news rip