Core i3-2100 vs Phenom II X4 955

[Andre S. Veteran]

Wasn't everybody going on about how AMD was finally making a comeback, not too long ago? What happened?

They're supposed to, with Bulldozer in Q2 of this year. No benchmarks as of yet, so at this point it's just hope. I really don't want Intel to monopolize the desktop cpu market.

[RATiO]

OP, if you're paying any more than ?100 for the graphics card you should consider this card for ?98+VAT:

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/9583388/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-5850-xtreme-1-g.html

Its more powerful than the 6850.

[Seizure1990]

I didn't mean to come across like that. I was just making the point that the average gamer doesn't need a massively powerful number crunching processor.

Are you sure about that? Pretty sure that CPU power is very important to a game's performance. Whether it's more, similar, or less important then the graphics probably depends on the game, but I'd like to see you play Assassin's Creed 2 on a 2.2GHz Pentium. Obviously an extreme example, but trust me, you'll see differences in performance when the speed of two CPUs vary enough.

They're supposed to, with Bulldozer in Q2 of this year. No benchmarks as of yet, so at this point it's just hope. I really don't want Intel to monopolize the desktop cpu market.

I only buy Intel, personally, but I still would love to see AMD make a comeback. Just so that Intel can have some competition. Nothing spurs development better then a bit of rivalry. Speaking of which, I remember reading way back that there was a new Chinese company that started producing CPUs, though not for the consumer (yet). I wonder what their plans are.

[inferniac]

OP, if you're paying any more than ?100 for the graphics card you should consider this card for ?98+VAT:

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/9583388/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-5850-xtreme-1-g.html

Its more powerful than the 6850.

I'm from Poland and the pricing here looks a little bit different :) But I took a look at 5850's at the store where I'm gonna order, they only have 4 models, all more expensive than the 6850 I picked. Considering what I'm using atm I'm confident the speed bump's gonna be noticeable anyways :p (

Athlon X2 4000+, 2GB RAM, HD 4850 512 MB

)

[CronicHazel]

Wasn't everybody going on about how AMD was finally making a comeback, not too long ago? What happened?

Then Sandy came along :p haha

I was waiting for Bulldozer to show up before I built my PC, but I just couldn't wait any longer~ I just hope they show up before Ivy does :s