C2d VS amd

[justin9180]

i don c people talkin bout xfx mobos? arent they good nough?
XFX nForce® 650i Ultra MCP is wat i intent 2 buy,is 650i history??heard the newer 780i and 790i'z r out?


btw if m goin 4 Core 2 Duo E6750, i wld like 2 kno da EQuivalent AMD processors 2 ..
which is better 4 gamin?

btw ny1 can provide me da contact number of comp shops frm lamington?

[Hrithan2020]

Go for Core 2 Duo 8xxx series having more L2 Cache.(Games are quite sensitive to Cache size,go for e8200 if available at same price ).It supports SSE 4 in case u encode too & is more overclockable.
790i motherboards are rather expensive right.
Dunno much abt its stability.

AMD right now can't beat Intel in medium end cards.( E 6600 performs better that X26000+).But with tri-core it has an advantage.But no idea abt gaming performance

[dOm1naTOr]

U wont get equivalent performance as E6750 with any current X2 proccy. But try Phenom 9500 which is for 8k range. Its a quad.
And Gigabyte 780G mobo @ 4.6~4.8k is a very gud deal. It has DX 10 IGP nd performs better than 8400GS, PCIE 2.0 , DDR2 1066 dual channel support and is spider platform and supports AM2+ proccys nd older AM2 also.
I think Phenom 9500 @ 7.8~8k is better than E6750 @ 7k.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
But E8400 oced wud be real gud. It can take 4Ghz easily on stock cooling provided u have gud memory modules and a cool ocing mobo.

For Intel, get E8400 and Abit IP35-E for 8k and 4.6k. But that mobo dun have IGP, SO need to get atleast 8400GS for 2.2k.