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[Ratrap]

Hello, i posted it here and not "Hardware" because i want to know Experience AND facts.

I am about to get a new Computer, a really expansive one, 4000+ euro

But i don't know what kind of CPU!

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 (2600 MHz, Bustakt 1000 MHz, Level 1 Cache 256 KB Level 2 Cache 1024 KB)

or

Pentium® Extreme Edition 955 (3466 MHz, Bustakt 1066 MHz, Level 1 Cache 16 KB Level 2 Cache 2048 KB)


i had once a AMD and got bluescreens like hell (1ghz some years ago)

Since that time i just bought Pentium.

Which CPU is better for games?

[Deepone]

I would wait for AM2 from AMD.. should be coming pretty soon. of course the initial ones will cost like h*ll but from the budget it seems you want the bleeding edge so it might be good idea to wait a moment for it (if I recall it right it should be coming on Q2 ie this month).
at this point of time waiting would be good option, but if you want to chooce from either one of those two, I would propably go with AMD. Pentium's are going really hot these days so cooling might be a problem. also check out these:

http://www.nforums.net/board/index.php?showtopic=2938
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?mod...=118&model2=319

play around with the different comparisons on the last link - it would be notable that amd got a lot better scores in multiprocessing and games that i checked out. Altho testing programs and power for prize seem to favor Pentium, so its really your call :)
oh, and as a sidenote - havent had problems with AMD myself.. :) (from what I know there have been some problems with the VIA's chipset on the motherboards of their processor tho so that might have been the reason)