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pentium d 930 vs. athlon x2 3800+

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/pentium-d-930-vs-athlon-x2-3800.33373/

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ramana321388 Original post #1
Aug 5, 2006 at 1:08 PM
please help me in choosing the right processor
Pathik
Pathik #2
Aug 5, 2006 at 1:39 PM
do u already hav a mobo or still to take one.....
i wd say athlon x2 3800+
Ambar
Ambar #3
Aug 5, 2006 at 1:41 PM
dude gettin the right processor out of the two depends on the other peripherals ......for the AMD one u need to have low latency ram ....as for the pentium u need to have ram with high frequency .......another problem wid intel is that there r not any games or programs currently supportin it...(only QUAKE 4 wid latest patch supports it and u get a boost of around 87%) and no there r not any optimizers for intel available as of now ...but fr AMD they have released an optimizer...which makes programs see it as a sigle processor...
so AMD would be bettr...

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akshayt #4
Aug 5, 2006 at 3:29 PM
x2 3800 is a clear win imo.
Official Techie
Aug 5, 2006 at 4:09 PM
why not go for p xe processosors
deathvirus_me
Aug 5, 2006 at 6:58 PM
X2 3800+ can easily do 2.4 GHz .. so that means ur getting urself a X2 4600+ for quite a low price ... and that would pwn the PentiumD 930 ... get the 3800+ .. with a mobo that is good with oc preferably ...
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akshayt #7
Aug 5, 2006 at 6:59 PM
intel xe is just extreme cpu, expensive but not as good.
why not go for amd 64 5000, this is the same question?

rather get c2d 6600 instead of both of these.